The Marshall County Museum and Research Library

After serving 90 years as a courthouse for Marshall County, the Marshall County Historical Society has preserved this building by making it into a museum and genealogical research library. This fine old building has an unusual eight-sided tower and decorative terra-cotta panels bearing the word "Justice" on the outside. The fear at the time was having the building burn so as you go inside you will see tiled floors, iron and slate stairways, stained glass windows and original oak furnishings. The museum has over 20 rooms of county historical displays, including farming and blacksmithing tools, a Kansas license plate collection, a wedding dress display, a newspaper printing display, a trails room with a ferry replica, a military room with memorabilia from the different wars, doctor's office with an iron lung, and more. In the impressive courtroom that can hold up to 150 people, each spectator’s seat has a wire hat holder under it. The genealogical library has census, marriage, and naturalization records, county newspapers on microfilm, histories of county towns and churches, family books, and a database of county burials. The genealogical library has census, marriage, and naturalization records, county newspapers on microfilm, histories of county towns and churches, and a database of county burials. April - October: Open M-F 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Weekends from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. November - March: Open daily 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. and CLOSED on Weekends.