We cover four main interpretive areas:

The Coronado Quivira Museum exists to collect and preserve the history of Rice County. Potential donations must reflect the culture, lifestyle and history of Rice County and meet additional standards as set forth in the Collections Management Policy before approval by the Collections Committee. If you have an item you would be interested in submitting for consideration by the committee, contact the Curator of Collections.

The Coronado Quivira Museum is announcing a new podcast series! We have uncovered a treasure-trove of research about Rice County's various salt mining operations, and we simply couldn't tell all of the great stories in our Smithsonian Companion exhibit By The Sweat of Their Brows: The Men, Mechanics and Science of Salt. To give some of those stories a chance to be heard, museum staff are working on a podcast series. The podcast will be available from our website and from I-Tunes Music Store.

501 c 3 status. Board of Directors

The Coronado Quivira Museum hosts a research library including an extensive collection of research and writings on historic topics relevant to Rice County history. The library is open during museum hours. Museum admission is required of non-county residents and non-RCHS members to use the research library.

Staff of the museum can perform research when requested, utilizing the full extent of museum archival and photographic collections. Fees for this service are listed on our website. To submit a research request, contact the museum at 620-257-3941 or e-mail

Access: General Public, Students, Scholars, Members

Appointment required: True

Tours of county historic sites are available from mid-May to mid-October, weather permitting. Contact the museum at 620-257-3941 or e-mail museum[at]cqmuseum.org to book your tour. All tours must be book at least 48 hours in advance.