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The First City Museum is proud to have acquired many interesting artifacts. You will see educational displays for WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War and Iraq War. Take a sneak preview of the photos below. We have literally thousands of items too numerous to show you here. A short listing of our collection is at the bottom of this page. Watch our collections grow! Come in and tour one of Leavenworth's finest Museums!

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  • Horse-drawn carriages - Several horse-drawn carriages and sleighs used by Leavenworth citizens.
  • Dugout Canoe - Circa 1750-1810, preserved and encased in glass enclosure.
  • 1965 Mack Pumper Fire Truck - Restored and maintained by a local retired firefighter. Always entered in parades and flies military flags.
  • Silver Slot Machine and Warrant for its confiscation - The 10 cent slot machine was made in the mid 1950's.
  • 1960's Commander's Cupola from an Abrams Battle Tank - 1,010 manufactored by Kramer Machine & Engineering Products Co.
  • Broom Making Machine - Operated by a local family in the 1920's.
  • 1830's Kansas Central Railroad narrow gauge 24-foot Boxcar - Currently in the restoration stage. Can be viewed outside the museum.
  • Buffalo Bill Exhibit and Cody Safe - The safe that reportedly held the gold dust of Buffalo Bill's father, Isaac Cody.
  • Abernathy Furniture - Twin Beds, Vanity with mirror and 36-drawer hardware storage cabinet.
  • 1930 Advertisment Canvas; 22 advertisers - Hung in one room public schools
  • Antique appliances - Early GE refrigerator, old time kitchen and washing machines
  • The J & J Miniature Circus (6 ft by 8 ft) - by the Nortons. Has been displayed in six states.
  • Great Western Stoves - The Great Western Stove Co. was located in Leavenworth in the early 1800's. One now valued at $4,250.
  • Thirteen hundred square feet displaying Leavenworth County penal institutions' artifacts including:
    • Scale model of the U.S. Federal Penitentiary
    • Constructed by inmates of the U.S. Federal Penitentiary in 1960's
    • Scale model of the Lansing Correctional Facility
    • Constructed by inmates of the then Kansas State Prison in the 1960's
    • 8 ft by 12 ft Jail cell removed from former county jail and installed within museum.
  • 1,800 wood worker's tools - from the John Sachse Estate
  • Largest Western Union Telegraph Company collection in the world (exceeds even the Smithsonian) - Includes Morse Code, Teleprinters, Candy Grams, Dolly Grams, and more.
  • Extensive (G)overnment (I)ssue of WWI's Doughboy PVT Elwood Leach, a former Leavenworth resident. Includes bugle and burial flag.