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Museum at Prairiefire

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Museum at Prairiefire
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Established2014
Location5801 W. 135th Street
Overland Park, Kansas
Coordinates38°52′55″N 94°39′08″W / 38.8819°N 94.6521°W / 38.8819; -94.6521
TypeNatural history
Websitevisitthemap.org

The Museum at Prairiefire is a museum in Overland Park, Kansas. The museum is a 42,000 square foot facility that opened in May 2014 and has received honors for its architecture style.[1] The museum carries displays created by other museums, such as American Museum of Natural History.[2] Prairiefire secured a partnership with the American Museum of Natural History and displayed two main traveling exhibits annually[3] that lasted until 2018.[4] When this partnership expired, plans were made to convert the traveling exhibit space into a permanent exhibit named "Kansas Revealed", though this has been repeatedly delayed. In 2024, Prairiefire announced a partnership with the National College Baseball Hall of Fame to open a permanent space at the museum.[5]

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  1. ^ Heck, Josh (January 30, 2015). "Overland Park museum captures top honors at contractors' convention in Wichita". Kansas City Business Journal. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  2. ^ Rice, Glenn (March 21, 2015). "Inside the Museum at Prairiefire, dinosaur research roars to life". Kansas City Star. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  3. ^ Collins, Leslie (August 29, 2014). "Museum at Prairiefire director: World-class content in OP". Kansas City Business Journal. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  4. ^ https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article211093119.html
  5. ^ "Overland Park, Kan., becomes first home of the College Baseball Hall of Fame". MLB.com. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
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