Frontier Army Museum

Frontier Army Museum is a museum in City of Leavenworth, Kansas which is located on Reynolds Avenue. Frontier Army Museum is situated nearby to the town Fort Leavenworth, as well as near the aerodrome Sherman Army Airfield.

Opening hours:
Tuesday—Friday: 9:00 AM—4:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
Type: Museum
Also known as: “Bldg 801”
Address: 100 Reynolds Avenue, Leavenworth, KS 66027

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sherman Army Airfield and Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth.

Sherman Army Airfield

Aerodrome

Photo: USGS, Public domain.

Sherman Army Airfield is a joint use civilian-military airport located at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in Leavenworth County, Kansas. The airport is located on the United States Army post, but the city of Leavenworth, Kansas, has an agreement providing for civilian use at all times without prior notice or permission.

Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth

Prison

Photo: Americasroof, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth is a medium-security federal prison for male inmates in Leavenworth, northeast Kansas, United States. Federal Correctional Institution, Leavenworth is situated 1½ miles southwest of Frontier Army Museum.

Centennial Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.

The Centennial Bridge is a through arch bridge road bridge over the Missouri River connecting Leavenworth, Kansas, and Platte County, Missouri. Constructed in 1955, it was initially a toll bridge. Centennial Bridge is situated 1½ miles south of Frontier Army Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Leavenworth and Stillings.

Fort Leavenworth

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Fort Leavenworth is a United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, in the city of Leavenworth. Built in 1827, it is the second oldest active United States Army post west of Washington, D.C., and the oldest permanent settlement in Kansas.

Stillings

Hamlet

Stillings is an unincorporated community in Platte County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies within the Kansas City metropolitan area. Stillings is situated 2½ miles southeast of Frontier Army Museum.

Leavenworth

Photo: Melissa Bower, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Leavenworth is a city in Eastern Kansas. Leavenworth, the "First City in Kansas", established in 1854, is located on the west banks of the Missouri River and became nationally known as the "jumping off point" for the opening of the West.

Frontier Army Museum

Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: City of Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.34969° or 39° 20′ 59″ north

Longitude

-94.91488° or 94° 54′ 54″ west

Elevation

827 feet (252 metres)

Open location code

86F783XP+V2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 72273470

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

7234069

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