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As the restoration of the Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall gets underway, you'll see some of the first significant changes in the neighboring Carriage House, which has been home to the Museum's Natural History Hall for many decades.


The Collection of Animals Heads West

This year marks the retirement of science education from the Museum's programs. The animal specimens currently on exhibit will be transferred to other regional centers to continue their already-long public service.

The buffalo, polar bears, beavers and other prized specimens, which have been part of the Museum for as many as 60 years, will be moving to the Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands Education Center in the Sternberg Museum of Natural History at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, and to the Ozark Museum of Natural History in Cedarcreek, Missouri.


Restoration of the Carriage House

The Museum's Natural History Hall will be restored to the building's original purpose as a Carriage House for the R.A. Long family. Daughter Loula Long Combs' famous and extensive collection of horse carriages will return to the Carriage House after restoration is complete.

The two-story building originally contained horse stalls, a harness and tack room, and an elevator which could lift vehicles to the second floor. The Long family's stable hands had living quarters on the second floor.

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A large mounted buffalo served as a centerpiece of natural history displays in the Hall. The extensive taxidermy specimen displays attracted thousands of visitors and school groups during the decades of natural science programming and service at the Kansas City Museum.



The exquisite horse carriages of Loula Long will return to the Carriage House after it is restored. The restoration of the historic building will begin after the retirement of the animal exhibits in the Museum's Natural History Hall.