The Bowman family has bought a museum!

Well, a museum in the making. For now, it is just a building that will eventually become a museum.

102 S. National Ave
Here is our new home. 102 S. National Ave, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Yes, we own the entire building. The building is 80 x 100 ft so that makes each floor approximately 8,000 sf interior. With 3 floors that makes a grand total of 24,000 sf.

The main question we’ve been asked is “what are you going to do with it?” Well, here it is. The top floor is an apartment already which is where we are living. The family business will be on the main floor. You can see the main floor as it currently is and our current vision for what it will be one day. We plan on creating a museum with interactive components. For each of the sections we’ll have some displays behind plexiglass and others that visitors can explore hands on. We will also be teaching classes ourselves (or leasing space for others to do so), hosting clubs and birthday parties. Be sure to follow our blog to keep tabs on our progress converting this open space into a realization of dreams.