Located in Montezuma, Kansas, the Stauth Memorial Museum features the travel adventures of Claude and Donalda Stauth, long-time residents of Southwest Kansas.

Journey with Claude and "Donnie" as you stroll through the permanent exhibit 'Around the World'. Browse colorful displays of handicrafts and arts from every corner of the earth. Experience famous sites and everyday places from around the world through video and slide programs based on the Stauths' trips.

Explore the world in the World Discovery Center with over 60 years of National Geographics, Map & Geography computer games and the extensive Stauth Coin Collection from all around the world.

The Stauths wanted the museum to go beyond the story of their personal travels.

Continue your discoveries in the Special Exhibitions Gallery featuring traveling exhibits provided by the Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibition Service, Exhibits USA, and other national and international exhibit sources.

Return again and again to Stauth Memorial Museum to learn about history, art, science and more! Exhibits change every 6 to 8 weeks so there is always something new to see and learn, thus continuing the Stauth's vision of bringing the world to Montezuma. Check out the Traveling Exhibitions page for a complete list of Special Exhibitions and Events. On exhibit now "BEARS! Icons of the Wild, photographs by Jenny E. Ross. This is some of the most amazing bear photographs to be seen anywhere in the world and this is the only scheduled stop for this traveling exhibit in the midwest!

What a great place to bring holiday guests or come to Gray County for a "Quilt Getaway" to take a break from the hustle and bustle of the Holidays! See the quilt exhibit in Montezuma, shop our great fabric & quilt stores; Just For You in Montezuma, Sunflower Creations in Copeland and Country Dumplings Quilt Store in Cimarron. Finish (or start) your Holiday shopping at Clark Pharmacy and the Kansas Wheat House of Cimarron then have a great meal and the best HOMEMADE PIE at Donna C's Restaurant. Intrigued…just give us a call!

This breathtaking exhibition of big game animals includes nearly all of the major North American Big Game species.

Ralph Fry, a friend and neighbor of the Stauth’s, was a big game hunter for almost 50 years. He traveled throughout North America, including Canada, Alaska and even to Norway from 1928 through the mid 1970s, and then brought his beloved trophies home to Montezuma.

Experience a rare North American Big Horn Sheep “Grand Slam” featuring two Rocky Mountain Big Horns, a Stone Sheep, the coveted Dall Sheep and finally the elusive Desert Big Horn that his daughter, Mary Jo, obtained the in 1995 to complete this Grand Slam.

Feel the sheer size and power of three record setting specimens featured in the exhibit. A beautifully symmetric Mule Deer, the highly prized Dall Sheep and a huge American Elk that was rated #2 in the world when Ralph hunted it in 1952.

Mr. Fry enjoyed sharing his hunting stories with friends, civic organizations and at speaking events all over the United States. He also taught gun safety classes and always stressed the need for game conservation. Some of his greatest stories are available for viewing in this exhibit. Come share in the experiences of Montezuma’s Ralph A. Fry, a farmer, rancher, naturalist and conservationist.

Enjoy our newest addition to the museum, the Wall Western Collection. Featuring 23 western bronze art works collected by Montezuma resident, Howard Wall and permanently loaned to the museum for this exciting exhibition. Howard was intrigued by Frederic Remington’s art and his role in creating the popular image of the West that still persists today. He studied and enjoyed these sculptures because they represent mans struggle to control nature and reveal Remington’s constant challenge to control the limits of the medium. This is the largest collection of Frederic Remington bronze miniatures in Kansas plus it showcases a fabulous print of “A Dash for the Timber.” Experience the famed Bronco Buster, the bone-chilling Norther, the support for a fellow trooper in The Wounded Bunkie and the gravity defying Buffalo Horse. Impressive bronzes by Lanford Monroe and James Earle Fraser are also displayed.

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