2022
- The Museum is open Tuesday-Saturday, 11AM-4PM.
- Closed on May 28; July 2; and Sept. 5 so our volunteers may spend the holiday weekends with their families. Â
- Saturday, June 11: The Excelsior Springs Genealogy Society hosts the Million-Finley Founding Family reception, 1 p.m-4 p.m. at the museum, 101 East Broadway. Join as to learn more about this family that was so pivotal to the discovery of the healing properties of the mineral waters here.
Pleased to see progress! Congratulations is gaining the National Park Service approval!National Park Service has finally issued the long-awaited Notice to Proceed for work on Hall of Waters. Arrangements are being made to dismantle the Water Bar & ship it to St. Louis to be refurbished, shoring for the front yard & Hall of Springs foundation is being prepared. We anticipate scaffolding will be placed in the pool to repair water leaks in the ceiling above the pool & below the Water Bar.
The Museum will be closed throughout the holiday weekend, reopening Tuesday at 11 a.m. Here's a bit of local history to tide you over: the preparations in 1906 for the Fourth of July celebration included a parade, band concerts, a ball game in Elms Park and a balloon ascension! Click on the image to read all about it.
The Waterfest Quilt Show by the Calico Quilters drew many visitors this past weekend, but perhaps these two were most surprised by the awesome quilts on display! Deborah Calloway and Vanessa Williams found their names on the Museum's own Wyman School Quilt, created for the Bicentennial Year of 1976! . They were two of the many children who created quilt blocks for this cherished quilt. Carol Bailey of Calico Quilters also found the block created by her daughter, Laurie Bailey. We all enjoyed the beautiful quilts on display throughout the Museum!
Look what's new at the Excelsior Springs Museum & Archives just in time for Waterfest visitors: Three banners are in place, three to go to provide more protection from UV sunlight and heat! The banners feature both historic and contemporary scenes around our town! Next up: Awnings to add even more UV protection on the six large windows on the west side to better protect the artifacts displayed inside. We hope this project also provides some added charm to the local streetscape on our busy corner of the historic downtown! While this was going on, across the street, the Atlas Saloon is getting a charming and more welcoming facade, too. Combined with the new restaurant right across Main Street from us and the still relatively new expansion at the New Age Salon across Broadway from us, this is the happening intersection in the heart of our downtown!
We had such a great party on Saturday at the Museum for descendants of Travis Million and/or his father-in-law, Calloway Finley. Thanks to Excelsior Citizen for covering the event and getting great photos. Courtney's story was great! excelsiorcitizen.com/genealogical-society-hosts-excelsior-springs-founding-family-million-finley/...
Genealogical Society Hosts Excelsior Springs Founding Family - Million-Finley
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On Saturday, June 11, 2022, the Travis Million-Finley family descendants gathered at the Excelsior Springs Museum & Archives to celebrate the family that discovered the healing properties of the miner...
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