WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Old Cowtown Museum is planning to rebuild an old business to display what it’s calling its “rolling stock.”
“This is a truly unique piece of the collection that includes carriages, wagons, and currently, they lack adequate storage space and have never actually been on public display because of that,” Wichita’s Arts and City Director. Cultural Services said Lindsay Benacka.
A $250,000 donation from the Board of Directors of Historic Cowtown Inc. and Bob Curtright, a former film critic for The Wichita Eagle, is allowing the rebuild to happen, according to District 5 Council Member Bryan Frye.
“The proposed new donation will provide a solution to safely store and display the rolling stock collection and further advance the museum’s mission,” Benacka said.
The museum began work on the design of the exhibition in 2018.
The name of the former local business that the Museum is rebuilding is the Wichita Carriage Works.
“The Wichita Carriage Works opened in 1884, which fits the timeline that Cowtown is currently looking to recreate and review,” Benacka said. “It was quite a large building, two floors. The proposed one is not that big, but it was designed with that in mind.”
It will be built throughout the Livery Stable and Veterinarian’s office.
