PHILLIPS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
EIN 48-0822963 · Historical Societies & Historic Preservation (A82)
What they do
THE PHILLIPS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HELPS RUN and MAINTAIN THE FORT BISSELL MUSEUM IN PHILLIPSBURG. THE MUSEUM is RAN FROM MEMORIAL WEEKEND to LABOR DAY WEEKEND. DURING THE 2021 SEASON THERE WERE 542 VISITORS FROM 23 DIFFERENT STATES. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 7 BUILDINGS AT FORT BISSELL MUSEUM. WITH EXTRA GRANT MONEY FORT BISSELL is BUILDING A NEW CHURCH to ADD ANOTHER HISTORICAL PHILLIPS COUNTY BUILDING to THE MUSEUM. GENERAL TOURS ARE GIVEN and MORE HISTORY is SHARED ABOUT PHILLIPS COUNTY DURING THE TOURS. THE TOURS CAN BE SELF-GUIDED or A PHYSICAL TOURGUIDE is PROVIDED. A FEW SPECIAL WORKSHOPS WERE HELD ON FRIDAYS for THE LOCAL CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES of 5 and 10. THE WORKSHOPS INVOLVED DIFFERENT CRAFTS and ACTIVITIES RELATED to THE PIONEER HISTORY THAT THE FORT BISSELL MUSEUM SHOWCASES. DURING 2021 THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS HELD and 54 CHILDREN WERE IN ATTENDANCE. THE ACTIVITIES WERE DECORATING CUPCAKES for THE FOURTH of JULY, A SCAVENGER HUNT THROUGHOUT THE MUSEUM and M
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ContactKathleen Beard
Mailing addressPO BOX 53, PHILLIPSBURG, KS 67661-0053
Main phone(785) 543-6212Source: Form 990 public record. Confirm details with the nonprofit before visiting or sending anything.
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- Recognized since
- July 1977
- County
- Phillips
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