Art Tougeau
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A wheeled art extravaganza. The eighth annual Art Car Parade continues the tradition of being larger and weirder than the year before. One-wheel, two-wheels, three-wheels or six; roller blade, skateboard, or bicycle; lawnmower, shopping cart or wheelchair; motor-driven, pedaled, pushed or dragged. The vehicles are given new identities by their owners ranging from clever to comical to just plain nuts. The parade will begin in front of the Art Center, 940 New Hampshire, proceed south to 11th, west to Massachusetts, north to 7th, east to New Hampshire, then south back to the Art Center.
Time: 12 noon
Art Tougeau
Phone : 785-841-4598 (Always call and confirm events.)
Web: www.arttougeau.org/
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Atchison Co. Historical Society Museum
This museum in the restored Santa Fe Depot traces the history of Atchison County. Exhibits highlight Atchison's transition from a bend in the Missouri River to a busy commercial center for steamboats, westward-bound wagon trains and the railroads.
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Views of the Missouri River, its bluffs and valley are dramatic every season of the year.
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The center provides visitors with brochures, maps, and a helpful staff who can answer questions about sightseeing in the Atchison area.
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Atchison County Courthouse
One of 13 Kansas courthouses designed by George P. Washburn, this ashlar limestone building was completed in 1897, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The clock tower was raised an extra 12 feet from the original design so that it could be seen downtown.
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Benedictine monks established St. Benedict's Abbey in the late 1850s. Today about 40 monks reside at the abbey on the northern edge of Benedictine College. The historic complex is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Gothic-style abbey, completed in 1929
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