Richard Allen Cultural Center, African-American history museum in Leavenworth, US.

The Richard Allen Cultural Center occupies the former home of Captain William Bly, a Buffalo Soldier in World War I, decorated as it would have looked in the early 1900s. A 2002 addition at the front of the house added display space, offices and classroom tutoring space. Exhibits include the Black Dignity Photos from the Mary Everhard collection, military artifacts and a Ku Klux Klan costume.

The building was originally the residence of Captain William Bly, a Buffalo Soldier who served in World War I. The museum underwent a significant expansion in 2002 to create additional exhibition space and programming areas.

The center displays the Black Dignity Photos collection, which shows African-American pioneers who lived in Leavenworth from the 1870s through the 1920s. These photographs offer a visual window into the everyday lives of the early Black residents in this region.

The center occupies the former Bly family home with a 2002 addition at the front; the basement of that annex is where tutoring sessions for children take place, led by tutors from Fort Leavenworth's Buffalo Soldier Chapter of ROCKS. Look for the military artifacts of African-American soldiers who served at Fort Leavenworth, and read the labels beside the KKK costume and the news article on the lynching of Fred Alexander.

The 2016 bronze bust of Cathay Williams, a woman who served disguised as a man, is set in a small rose garden outside the center. Information panels beside it recount her life, and the memorial was added to the grounds of the former Bly family home.