Gordon Parks Museum

We want to say a Big Thank You to Rosannia Maddison, FSCC student and business owner of Florals & Balloons for her wonderful contribution today to the Gordon Parks Museum with her beautiful decoration display for our Black History Month Tribute Panel Exhibit.

Come in and view the Black History Month Tribute Panel Exhibit. This consist of over 80 different posters, photos and information of some of the great and important Black Innovators and Leaders throughout history. The exhibit also features some inspiring and moving quotes on display each day by different people. Now through the month of Read More …

Presentation Explores almost 70 years of a predominantlyAfrican-American abandoned cemetery’s history brought back tolife with displays of artifacts, research notes, family history, maps,and aerial drone photos. Guest Speaker: Shirley Hurd and Ann Rawlins, OFGS ResearchersFriday, February 12, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CTRegistration is Required. To Register log in below: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SO2BHwmiRme6rgfhTBffOA The abandoned Read More …

Read the 1963 novel and/or view the 1969 film, available on Amazon Prime, then join museum Curator Aileen June Wang, K-State English Associate Professor Katherine Karlin, and K-State Libraries Associate Professor Tara Coleman for a discussion on this story based on the childhood of Gordon Parks in Fort Scott, KS. Parks survived poverty and racist brutality Read More …

Some of the students and staff at Fort Scott Community College and Fort Scott High School partnered together to celebrate Martin Luther King’s Birthday today with “I STAND FOR” signs. Thanks to The Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes for the use of the signs.

“Free Did Not Mean Welcome” Presentation Explores Emancipated African Americans’“Free State” Experiences and Systemic Racism that still exists in today’s world. Guest Speaker: Dr. Carmaletta Williams Monday, January 18, 2021, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.Registration is Required. To Register log in below: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8vOjMtI4QuWHcPs6IsMz3g Millions of African Americans walked away from the South after Emancipation Read More …

Humanities Kansas recently awarded $5,745.00 to the Gordon Parks Museum in Fort Scott to support the “Learning Tree Film Scene Location Trail” project. Kirk Sharp serves as project director. The project is a series of signs located at the different scene locations where the filming of The Learning Tree took place. The signs will also include Read More …

“Free Did Not Mean Welcome” Presentation Explores Emancipated African Americans’“Free State” Experiences and Systemic Racism that still exists in today’s world. Guest Speaker: Dr. Carmaletta Williams Monday, January 18, 2021, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.Registration is Required. To Register log in below:https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8vOjMtI4QuWHcPs6IsMz3g Millions of African Americans walked away from the South after Emancipation looking Read More …

Come celebrate with us TODAY with a cupcake  in the Gordon Parks Museum!

November 2, 2020 by Kirk Sharp, Director of the Gordon Parks Museum in Fort Scott Gordon Parks was a Renaissance Man –  an internationally known photographer, filmmaker, writer and musician who discovered a passion and appreciation for photography while working as a waiter for the railroad in the 1930s. While on a work break, Parks became Read More …