Lansing Historical Museum in 1887 AT&SF depot The Lansing Historical Museum is located in a smallish 1887 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Train depot which was moved onto the grounds of the Lansing Correction Facility in 1992. The museum is free and takes only a few minutes to visit. The entrance to the Lansing Historical Museum has some railroad artifacts, and there are two small galleries. The west gallery is used for changing exhibits and was filled with quilts when this reporter visited. The east gallery has some very interesting material about the prison and a couple of items from a mine was located in Lansing. The balance is filled with material from local schools and businesses. When visiting the Lansing Historical Museum, be sure to go up the street a block to view the penitentiary where criminals such as Emmet Dalton, Rev. Tom Bird and the murderers of "In Cold Blood" were incarcerated. But don't take photos of the prison from the grounds. Also visit the nearby Mount Muncie Cemetery where some of those convicts were buried after being executed.
copyright 2007-2008 by Keith Stokes |
