Kansas Barbed Wire Museum, Barbed wire museum in La Crosse, United States.

The Kansas Barbed Wire Museum in La Crosse holds a large collection of over 2,400 types of barbed wire and historical fencing tools from the American West. The exhibition documents the different designs and technologies of this simple but revolutionary invention.

The museum was founded in 1970 in downtown La Crosse and moved in 1990 to a new building next to the Post Rock Museum to accommodate growing collections. This relocation helped protect the collection and make it more accessible to visitors.

The museum shows how barbed wire shaped life and work in the region, and how ranchers used it to divide grazing lands. The fence is presented not just as a practical tool but also as a symbol of the changes the West experienced.

The museum stands in Grass Park at the south edge of La Crosse, beside the Post Rock Museum and the Rush County Historical Museum, so the three can be visited together. The 2004 addition holds the Antique Barbed Wire Society headquarters and the Larry Greer Research Center, where publications and a complete set of barbed wire patents are kept for study.

The 2004 addition houses the Antique Barbed Wire Society, an international group devoted to barbed wire heritage, and the Larry Greer Research Center, which keeps a complete set of barbed wire patents and related publications.