Museums
Little League Baseball Museum
This museum displays many awards and memorabilia of local sports heroes such as Mickey Mantle and Hale Irwin and other stars a Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Bill Russell, and other.
Heritage Museum
The Baxter Springs Historical Museum is filled with exhibits depicting the various stages of the city's history from the days of the Osage Indians through the Civil War and the lead and zinc mining era. Enjoy thirteen thousand square feet of climate- controlled historical exhibits for your pleasure. Experience an authentic Victorian Parlor, visit the reconstructed pre-Civil War Cabin, visit a full-scale replica of a Tri-State lead and zinc mine, see Wedding Finery through the years, walk the wooden sidewalks of historical Military Road, and visit the Blacksmith Shop. See American Wars exhibits, area Indian Culture and Civil War memorabilia. Visit the Heritage Museum online.
Heritage Museum Log Cabin
The log cabin was built east of the Lowell Cemetery in the 1870s. R.A. Hibbard built it as a home for his brother-in-law's family. Kent Lynch purchased the property and donated the cabin to the Historical Society in memory of Marsah Moncrief Lynch. In 1987, the cabin was taken down and rebuilt on this site. New shingles were hand-hewn from trees on the original cabin site. The cabin is furnished and may be seen upon request. It is located on the grounds of the Historical Museum.
Johnston Public Library
The grand old building was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Built in 1872, it was intended to be the County Courthouse but was never used for that purpose. Through the years, the building has been a city hall, theater, and college. In 1905, Peter Nils Johnston, a Swedish immigrant, provided a bequest for the city to establish a permanant library in the building.
Bilke’s Western Museum
Bilke's has several interesting features that tourists find entertaining and educational including a full-size mural of the longhorn cattle drive on the side of our building plus a western museum located upstairs. This is a personal collection of Jim Bilke and features many antique bits, spurs, saddles and more.
