Humanities Organizations: Kansas Historical Society: Back to the Future

FAIN: ZDH-284326-22

Kansas State Historical Society (Topeka, KS 66615-1099)
Mary Madden (Project Director: May 2021 to December 2021)
Michael Church (Project Director: December 2021 to November 2024)

Efforts to preserve, document, and share artifacts and documents housed at the Kansas Historical Society (KHS) that provide a window into life in the American Midwest. 

After years of waning investment, the Kansas Historical Society is emerging from Covid-19 with a commitment to kickstarting our state's future by preserving, documenting, and sharing artifacts and documents from the past. When the agency's budget plunged 36% between 2007 and 2018, we bridged the gap through new and increased admission and service fees. Unfortunately, this enhanced dependence on earned income left us especially vulnerable to cancellations and closures precipitated by the Covid-19 health and economic crises. As the crises wore on, many long-time staff chose to retire. This project is designed to use three priority projects to help us begin to rebuild our professional staff. Now, we're going Back to the Future.