Fick Fossil & History Museum
Fick Fossil & History Museum
Location: From I-70 take either exit 70 or 76 to Oakley and follow the signs.
Contact: ph. 785/672-4839
Built
through local donations and completed in 1972, the Fick Fossil
museum houses the fossil collection of Earnest and Viola Fick . Along with
their collection of thousands of fossils collected within 20 miles of the Fick's
Logan County home, the museum also houses the Logan County Historical Museum,
one of the best county museums I've ever seen.
One
of the more unique displays in the museum are these sculptures
created by Viola Fick . At first glance they appear to be paintings, but
upon further examination you will see that they are actually sculptures created
with a few of the many fossils that the Ficks collected over the years.
The resulting artwork is a sort of textured painting which is quite impressive.
When
I went to the museum, I was expecting only fossils. The
Logan County Historical Museum came as a pleasant surprise. The
displays of local and regional history in this museum would be the envy of much
larger communities. It is quite well done and I was impressed. The
display in the photo at left is one of several, including a sod house furnished
as it would have looked in the days of the early pioneers.