Ribbon-Cutting for the Smithsonian Exhibit
Video featuring the Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony and a Sneak Peek of the Crossroads exhibit
Governor Laura Kelly, Julie Mulvihill from Humanities Kansas, and Patty Reece, founder of The Volland Foundation kicked-off the festivities! The traveling Smithsonian exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America will be open by reservation at The Volland Store March 13 – April 25. The online exhibit Deep Roots and New Growth in Wabaunsee County explores the rural culture of ranching and the small-town life we treasure in Wabaunsee County.
The Volland Store is honored to be one of six venues in Kansas to host the traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian, Crossroads: Change in Rural America.
With COVID safety precautions of limited reservations and required masks, the Smithsonian exhibit, Crossroads: Change in Rural America, will be open at The Volland Store, Saturdays and Sundays, March 13 through April 25, 2021 with reservations available at 1, 2, and 3pm. For guests who arrive outside their reservation times, there is a nature trail that highlights the region’s unique geography.
Reservations can be made here to see the Smithsonian exhibit at Volland in person.
CROSSROADS COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Presenting Partners:
Humanities Kansas
Volland Foundation
Arla & Tony Barelli
Kansas Beef Council
Wabaunsee County Historical Society
Community Exhibit Partners
Alma Area Foundation
Bruce & Tina Breckenridge
Bank of the Flint Hills
Downey Ranch
Hendricks Hardware
Carl & Mary Ice
Jim & Barbara Meinhardt and KanEquip, Inc.
Lyons Angus
Ranch
M7 Ranch – McGee Family
Matfield Station
Mount Mitchell Prairie Guards
The Native Stone Scenic Byway
Heidi & Nelson Nast
Henry & Cara Newell
Patty & Jerry Reece
Stockgrowers State Bank
George Terbovich
Wabaunsee County Farm Bureau
Community Partners for the Opening Weekend
Alma Cooperative Oil Association
Farm Bureau Financial Services, Wab. Co.
Farmers & Drovers Bank
Lawyers Title of Kansas
EXPLORE Map printed courtesy of Wabaunsee County Economic Development Office
