"Ivan" Tyrant Lizard King (Tyrannosaurus rex) & Frightful Lizard (Daspletosaurus sp.) from western North America Occupying a building formerly used for the Old Town Farm & Art Market, the nine year old Museum of World Treasures is an impressive addition to Wichita, Kansas. The three story building is filled largely with items from the collections of two men: David Karpeles of the Karpeles Manuscript Library and Dr. Jon Kardatzke, retired physician & the founder of the museum. Items are also displayed from 30 other collections. Many are loaned only temporarily and even without traveling exhibits, the museum is regularly changing. The Museum of World Treasures has memorabilia from athletes, actors, presidents and public figures going back hundreds of years. In some cases it is just an autograph or a document that the person had written, but there are often more interesting artifacts. For example, the scalp of Custer's nephew (taken at the Little Big Horn). The Museum of World Treasures' main floor features antiquities including weapons, jewelry and statues from the Mediterranean, near & far East, & Africa. There are even several Egyptian sarcophagi & mummies. Last, but not least, there are minerals, meteorites and several dinosaur skeletons & other fossils. The first floor also features a 12' tall, 4½ ton section of the Berlin Wall. The wall section is on loan to the museum from the American Overseas Schools Historical Society. More details about the 2nd & 3rd floors of the Museum of World Treasures.
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