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The Kansas Historical Foundation’s capital campaign, Honor · Education · Inspire, is raising $7 million for new exhibits for the Kansas Museum of History.
TOPICS
Bleeding Kansas
Stand on stage and deliver one of Abraham Lincoln’s speeches against the spread of slavery into Kansas.
Gathering of Cultures
Step in the archeological excavation of a 200-year-old Kansa village.
It Happens First in Kansas
Walk in the footsteps of Kansans who used the power of their words and actions to change society.
Making a Home
Enter a fully furnished dugout in western Kansas where trees are scarce, but dirt is plentiful.
Making a Living
Pilot an aircraft like Clyde Cessna's and consider his crashes before achieving
success.
Making History
Share your story along with other Kansans who have shaped our state’s rich history.
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Campaign updates in the news
Kansas Historical Foundation Announces Major Gifts Toward Capital Campaign - November 1, 2019
Hays Post, November 6, 2019
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Vicky Henley
Executive Director & CEO
Vicky Henley
Executive Director/CEO
Kansas Historical Foundation
Vicky Henley serves as executive director/CEO for the Kansas Historical Foundation. Henley leads the 60-member board of directors, and 3,000-member organization.
Henley joined the Kansas Historical Foundation in 2006 after serving as associate director of gift planning at the University of Kansas Endowment Association, where she cultivated and solicited major and planned gifts. She previously served the association as development director for the graduate school and international programs. From 1987 to 2000, Henley was director of the Kansas Film Commission, where she promoted and facilitated film production in Kansas. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Kansas.
A fourth generation Kansan, Henley has traveled the state extensively. In her work at the Kansas Historical Foundation Henley helps to build the financial infrastructure for the foundation and works closely with members of the board of directors, located around the state. “I have a deep and abiding love of Kansas, its people, and rich history.”
Email:vhenley@kshistory.org
Phone:785-272-8681, ext. 201