Archive for Monday, October 3, 2011

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Polls

Will you be attending the Cookin' on the Kaw BBQ and Blues contest this weekend?

Response Percent
Yes
 
 52%
No
 
 33%
Maybe, we haven’t decided yet.
 
 14%
Total 21
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Museum plan calls for transformation into national attraction
Leaders say vision cannot happen at museum’s current Shawnee facility
By Sara Shepherd
October 3, 2011
The Johnson County Museum of History envisions moving out of its current Shawnee location and building a new, $44 million National Museum of Suburbia from the ground up. More realistically, the museum will keep looking for an existing Johnson County building it can renovate and grow into a national museum one phase at a time. Either way, the museum’s plans call for escaping the 1927 structure at 6305 Lackman Road.