Hillsboro, Kansas: Robert Wadlow Shoe (Gone)
The Adobe House Museum had a shoe or a pair of shoes that belonged to Robert Wadlow, but they're gone now that it's the Mennonite Settlement Museum.
- Directions:
- Mennonite Settlement Museum. Corner of 5th and Ash, next to the windmill. Museum survives; shoe is gone.
- Hours:
- T-F 10-12, 1:30-4; Sa-Su 2-4
- Status:
- Gone
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The Adobe House Museum in Hillsboro, Kansas had a shoe or a pair of shoes that belonged to Robert Wadlow, World's Tallest Man. I know this because I lived several years in Hillsboro, Kansas and my father had been a friend to Robert in the late Thirties. I noticed you listed where you could view Robert's shoes.
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July 2007: No longer on display. The Museum changed from the Adobe House Museum to the Mennonite Settlement Museum in 2000, with predictable results for the Shoe.