Fort Riley Museums
- U.S. Cavalry Museum - housed in the building used as headquarters by George Armstrong Custer, the museum houses exhibits about the U.S. Cavalry from the Revolutionary War to 1950
- 1st Infantry Division Museum - exhibits relating to the 1st Infantry Division from 1917 to the present and the United States Constabulary forces that served in Germany immediately following World War II
- Custer Home, 24 Sheridan Avenue - Historic house museum
- First Territorial Capitol of Kansas - History of Territorial Kansas
- Atomic Cannon, on the hills overlooking Marshall Airfield (accessible without passing through Fort Riley's security perimeter).
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