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===Oz Museum=== Wamego is home to a museum dedicated to ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|The Wizard of Oz]]'',<ref>[http://www.ozmuseum.com/ The OZ Museum - Wamego, Kansas<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> featuring a collection of over 25,000 Oz artifacts on permanent loan from Friar Johnpaul Cafiero.<ref name=oztoberfest>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oztoberfest.com/events/default.htm|title=Visit Wamego}}</ref> The Museum was founded in April 2004,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.landmarkunitedstates.com/site/19196/OZ-Museum|title = OZ Museum : Kansas}}</ref> and led to the development of several other small businesses with the Oz theme, which have come to be known as the "Oz Cluster."<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/1331|title = The land of oz: A case study of rural cluster development in Wamego, Kansas|year = 2009|last1 = Speirs|first1 = Leland V. Jr}}</ref> Prominent Oz-related businesses include the Oz Winery, Lincoln Street Station, Barleycorns and Toto's Tacoz.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visitwamego.com/Things-To-Do/Oz-Attractions/default.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-10-09 |archive-date=2009-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004144944/http://www.visitwamego.com/Things-To-Do/Oz-Attractions/default.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> On the first weekend of October, Wamego holds its Annual OZtoberFEST, an Oktoberfest-type celebration with an Oz theme.<ref name=oztoberfest /> The annual street festival typically hosts Hot Air Balloon Rides, Tallgrass Brewery Beer Garden, the Yellow Brick Road Bike Ride, and a local stage or music production. <gallery> Image:Museum of OZ in 2008.JPG|OZ Museum (2008) File:OZ Winery, Wamego, Kansas 2008.jpg|OZ Winery (2008) Image:Totos Tacoz 2008.jpg|Toto's Tacoz (2008) </gallery>
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