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===Museums=== The [[C.W. Parker Carousel Museum]] is listed as one of the "8 Wonders of Kansas Customs" by the Kansas Sampler Foundation.<ref name="Carousel Museum">{{cite web|url=http://www.kansassampler.org/8wonders/customsresults.php?id=204|title=The 8 Wonders of Kansas Customs - A Kansas Sampler Foundation Project|website=www.kansassampler.org|access-date=October 15, 2013|archive-date=March 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325202744/http://www.kansassampler.org/8wonders/customsresults.php?id=204|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Fred Harvey Museum]], owned and operated by the [[Leavenworth Historical Museum Association]], offers insights into the Harvey family and information about the chain of [[Fred Harvey Company|Harvey Houses]] in the American Southwest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visitleavenworthks.com/visitors/page/fred-harvey-museum|title=Fred Harvey Museum|access-date=September 2, 2023}}</ref> Also owned and operated by Leavenworth Historical Museum Association, First City Museum tells the rich history of Leavenworth. Displays include famous citizens, businesses, Indian tribes, the prison industry, the military, large collection of horse drawn vehicles and a 17th century dugout canoe. The [[Leavenworth County Historical Society]] maintains a museum at the Edward Carroll House, a Victorian-era mansion that is open to the public for touring.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leavenworthhistory.org/index.html|title=Leavenworth County Historical Society - Home Page|website=leavenworthhistory.org}}</ref> The [[Richard Allen Cultural Center|Richard Allen Cultural Center and Museum]] contains items and artifacts from [[African-American]] pioneers and members of the military, including the "Black Dignity" collection of 1870s-1920s photographs from the Mary Everhard Collection.
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