0907. Visitor Center

To get to the visitor center, cross the bridge from the parking lot and follow the dirt path to the front of Officers’ Row. Then follow the board walk in front of Officers’ Row to the stone barracks building. Enter through the wooden double doors.

The park's Visitor Center features a bookstore with a wide variety of books on Army life, the Plains Indians and the Santa Fe Trail. Exhibits in the museum tell about the westward expansion of the United States government, international commerce, and conflicts affecting the American Indians, traders, soldiers, and Indian agents in and around Fort Larned.

Although you can certainly tour the buildings before seeing the museum, starting at the visitor center museum will give you all the background history and context you need to understand what you’ll find in the buildings as you tour the grounds.