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.
Its main display features a collection of personal effects belonging to Earhart and the Otis/Chaliss families.
Views of the Missouri River, its bluffs and valley are dramatic every season of the year.
Atchison, KS Scenic ViewsMany of Atchison's founding fathers, who were also prominent Kansans of the time, are buried in this historic hilltop cemetery.
Atchison, KS CemeteriesAdjacent to the Santa Fe Depot, the Atchison Rail Museum is owned and operated by the Northeast Kansas Railroaders, Inc. It features an outdoor collection of rail cars including a Baldwin locomotive, several passenger cars and cabooses, and a snow plow.
NEKR members operate the Atchison &
Atchison, KS MuseumsTheatre Atchison is a community theatre that annually presents four plays and a summer musical in the intimate setting of a renovated, historic church sanctuary. The theatre's capacity of 220 surrounds a thrust stage. Mystery dinners are offered 3-4
Atchison, KS TheatresMaxwell Springs is believed to have been a water source for travelers through Nemaha County, including Pony Express riders. T...