Jeffcoat Photography Studio Museum — Attraction in Abilene

Fascinating tiny museum. Covers the history of photography and cameras while giving a peak into some interesting moments of Eisenhower, who lived in Abilene, KS. One of the interesting points was one of the Jeffcoat women I don't remember her name) became an expert in touching up negatives in the Early 1900s. A quick visit but...

It's a nice, free museum in the historic downtown. There are quite a few cameras plus some other equipment, but is otherwise a small museum that can be seen in 10-15 minutes. A small annoyance is that the descriptions of the cameras are on a separate book, so you have to look up the information rather than just read it...

The museum was small, but interesting. They had history of the Jeffcoat family, who owned a photography business for years. They have additional exhibits in the back. Today's was about The Cowboy (Abilene's history of cattle drives)--VERY INTERESTING! Plus the...