Historic Lecompton — Attraction in Lecompton

LeCompton is hometown USA and community pride as its best. Rather than slick and overproduced, its museums are run by volunteers who are eager to explain LeCompton's pivotal role in American politics and history and proud to describe its wide-ranging array of historic sites and displays that have been primarily collected, curated, preserved, and donated by local residents and historians. In particular, LeCompton is a "must visit" for anyone who has been affiliated with a local historic society or organization to see just how well LeCompton has pulled together to document, display, and promote its history. You'll see unique displays of 19th and early 20th century sites and items up close and personal rather than behind glass. Definitely highly recommended as a welcome departure from...

My wife and I visited here for the annual Christmas tree displays. We will be returning. 150 Christmas trees with lights and ornaments from a large number of different times. Just an incredible number of displays. The nostalgia was incredibly moving for me.

Staff is friendly and helpful. Entry is by donation so very affordable for young or elderly families wanting some fun without a ton of money. Space is tight and there was a good number of people so be prepared to take some time and be patient. The building was built in the early 20th century and with all the exhibits it can be hard to move around at times with all the...

We stumbled across this jewel while visiting Lawrence. Worth the trip. It filled in a bunch of history I either didn't know or forgot. We got lucky and met a museum volunteer who opened up the "closed today" museum and gave us a personal tour (love me a small town museum). Even if you don't get to the museum there are lots of street level signs and explanations about why they say slavery started to die...