More than just a museum

Step back in time and experience the rich history of small town and rural life from the late 1800s to the mid-1900s at the Souders Historical Farm Museum. Offering a fun and educational experience for school groups, civic organizations, professional groups, reunions, charitable events, and more.

          Floyd and Norma Souders had a great love for Kansas, rural life, and history. They spent decades collecting and preserving artifacts, memorabilia, photos, and structures.  Along with the museum, Floyd and Norma made many other contributions to their community and the State of Kansas. They published The Cheney Sentinel, now The Times Sentinel, for more than 30 years. Floyd served as Superintendent of the Cheney school district, president of the Kansas State Historical Society, and as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives & State Board of Education. He was also instrumental in moving the Sedgwick County Fair to Cheney, KS. Norma worked beside him in the newspaper, conducted much of the historic research, and was active in the community. 

     Floyd died in 1996, at the age of 90. Norma died in 2005, at the age of 95.

The General Store, one of many on the Main Street, displays canning jars, irons, general medicines, hygiene, and several other items found in a shop. A motion picture projector used by Oscar Sellon, Cheney's pioneer photographer from 1883-1900. And much more. 

Also, be sure not to miss our original one room school house from 1880, our two train depots donated from Garden Plain and Cheney, KS. A Law Office, Livery Stable, Print Shop, Shoe Shop, Bank, Barber Shop, Post Office, Telephone Office, Jail, and Firehouse.