Having established that, I liked the rest of it, too. It turns out that I've actually seen most of the displays they had there when they were down in Wichita. I didn't realize that going in, but I seem to remember now that the museum had some sort of open house when it was in Wichita, and I took a stroll through there then. I most certainly didn't pay for it, that much I know. Would I pay for it? Well, not now, not that I've seen the whole thing for free, but had I paid to go in, I wouldn't feel buyer's remorse. I was pretty impressed with everything they had-- I mostly just expected some large cutouts of photos, and while there were a LOT of those, there were plenty of actual artifacts that made the displays seem more real. (I can't stand the natural history museums in New York or DC because they're basically full of a bunch of big dioramas. Dull. Show me some real stuff. Although the dinosaurs are fantastic.)
I do wish they had a little more context surrounding some of the items on display. Often, I saw a player or team photo and there was no label anywhere. Generally, I gleaned where that person/team was from, but often not the significance of showing that particular person/team. I don't know if that's a result of them having moved or what, but it was a little frustrating.
And a larger Shocker section.
Still, though, I'd tell other people to go without hesitation. Turns out there are a lot of things I don't know about Kansas sports history.
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