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photographers, explorers, naturalists, authors ... and native Kansans.


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Updated Monday -July 2, 2009

- What's New! -

The museum will be closed on 
SATURDAY JULY 4th

We will be open regular hours Friday July 3 from 10-5 and Sunday July 5th from 1-5.

 

Show off your 1930's Style while you support 
the Safari Museum!

 

SATURDAY AUGUST 29th 2009

From Riches to Rags
Annual Museum Fundraiser Gala

Come dressed as your favorite 1930's Fashionista or Hobo and have the chance to bid on amazing auction items.  All items  are donated to support the educational activities of the museum.  Can't attend in person?  This year we're offering long-distance bidding...details to come on the auction listing page, keep checking here!  

Tickets are $35 single/$60 couple

You can purchase tickets through the Museum, or at these other citywide locations: 
Cardinal Drug Store
The Chanute Office of Tourism
Chanute Mainstreet.

Want to support the museum today?

If you wish to make a contribution now, print out our support form and send with your donation to:

Safari Museum
111 N. Lincoln Avenue
Chanute, KS 66720

 

 

Married To Adventure: 
Photographs From the Travels of Martin and Osa Johnson

This traveling exhibition has just returned from a fabulous show at the  Florida Chautauqua Assembly  

Our many thanks go out to museum members Drs. Brenda and Dennis Ray and the City of DeFuniak Springs, Florida for their underwriting of the travel costs which allowed us to participate in this amazing event.

To learn more about this exhibition, and ways you could bring it to host sites and special events in your own communities, please call the museum at 620-431-2730!  

70 JOHNSON EXHIBITION PRINTS NOW AVAILABLE!

Click here to view or purchase prints.  

 

 

BOOK MAKES OSA A COVERGIRL!

Women Travelers


Osa Johnson graces the cover of yet another book...and her amazing lifestory is told inside!  

Check the Safari Store in the Featured Item Section for more details on this amazing new book!   

 •Johnson Movie Posters Now Available!
 
Please check the Safari Store in the Featured Item Section for more details and to purchase your own copy! 

 •Johnson Feature Films on DVD!

 
 
Six of Martin and Osa's films are now available through our Osa's Ark Museum Store in both NSTC (US & Canada) and PAL (Britain & UK) formats.  We have just added ACROSS THE WORLD WITH MR. and MRS. JOHNSON and also an amazing bonus DVD that includes interviews with Robert "DICK" Douglas, one of the three Boyscouts who accompanied Martin and Osa Johnson to Africa and star in ACROSS THE WORLD.  Please check the Safari Store for more details and to purchase your own copies!   

 

 


    •  Safari Film Fest 2010 
will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Martin and Osa Johnsons marriage!

Join us April 23-24, 2010!

Please check our April Schedule of Adventures to see updates concerning our annual Safari Museum Film Festival!

 

 

MARTIN + OSA are coming 

 

An estimated 300 new stores=Countless Fashion Adventures!


Washington...Dallas...San Francisco...
Newport Beach...Chicago...Atlanta...
Austin...Bloomington...Seattle...
White Plains...San Francisco...Boston... Danbury...Westchester...Novi...
Las Vegas...Skokie...Denver...
Farmington...Louisville

and many other cities nationwide!

 
www.martinandosa.com 


 •New Johnson Feature Films DVD Set


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Four of Martin and Osa's films plus two bonus flicks (The Snows of Kilimanjaro and King Solomon's Mines) are now available in a cool collector set!  Please check the Safari Store for more details and to purchase your own set!   


The 100th Anniversary of The Snark
 
With the 100th Anniversary Jack London's "Voyage Of the Snark" expedition in starting 2007, and ending with Martin Johnson's triumphant return to Kansas in 2009, there are many exciting activities and events planned that highlight his amazing adventure. 

To read about the ongoing project to build a life-size Snark please check out Toby Watson's amazing website here.

 

New Martin and Osa Johnson Exhibition 
to Open in Sabah, Malaysia
 


  


The Safari Continues!  To read about a new exhibition planned to honor the wildlife achievements of Martin and Osa Johnson and see how you can help keep the adventure alive, please click here.

 

Seeking Adventure? Sign-up Here Today ! 
  
Volunteers play a vital role at this unique non-profit historical and multicultural education organization!   Applications for volunteers are available year-round at the museum front desk or via
email for tour guides, outreach docents, library volunteers, office and archival assistants.
 We have immediate openings for Front Desk Greeters and Museum Store Sales Clerks.
Men and women of all ages and backgrounds who enjoy working with the general public—both children and adults—are encouraged to apply.



 

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The Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum is a private, non-profit Public Trust funded by memberships, contributions, admissions and museum shop sales. Information about memberships can be requested by email, by calling us at (620) 431-2730, or by writing to:
111 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chanute, KS, 66720

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