Big Brutus Museum

If you're a Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel fan, this is for you! I've read that book to my son many times and this trip made it come to life. Take your time to climb inside and look around. Big Brutus is an awesome site to see and worth your time. Walk the self-guided tour read the plaques at each numbered stop. It's a little difficult to see coming in from the east, but it's a welcome surprise when you finally get there.

Big Brutus itself is an awesome site to see, worth the stop. $8 to get in (per adult) seemed a little pricey and there really isn't much history about mining in the museum. Still definitely worth the trip! Cool photo ops!

What a great find. $15 for water and electric with a dump station. 10 spots next to the world’s largest steam shovel. Quiet country setting.

These are just a few spaces off the parking lot of the Big Brutus Museum (big steam shovel). The area is entirely rural, not in a town and the pavement ends just past the museum. We were there in heavy rains and all the spaces except one were too soft (grass), and no way to hook up to the power outlets without pulling in way off the parking lot surface. But we had the one gravelly spot all to ourselves (it was the sole 50 amp, which we didn't use, but it's $5 more than the basic $20). Dump site, water & electric (didn't check out the bathrooms) and it was absolutely peaceful. No one even drove by on the county road. Museum staff began showing up about 845 am. It's way off the beaten path, but oddly was one of our favorite experiences of our Kansas trek. Big Brutus is really . . . big. We didn't pay the $8.75 to do the tour the next day, as it was still raining. We had good OTA TV and maybe two bars Verizon.

Easy check in at Museum. Assigned site 6 but EMS showed reversed polarity Sites on either side OK so moved. Water, electric, bathroom and dump station. The museum was surprisingly busy until closing. This didn’t create any noise to speak of and absolutely quiet at night. Only myself and a tent camper on the other end of the lot by the end of the day. Arrived during a heat advisory. Disappointed there was no shade unless you were tent camping. The museum was mildly interesting and Big Brutus was indeed big. Enjoyed it nonetheless. Several OTA channels and 3 bars with T-mobile but only by using my cell booster. Overall a very pleasant stop.

Ok. This may be out of the way but it is worth the trip! I have never seen a piece of machinery so massive. You get to walk inside it as well. Kids of ALL ages will enjoy. I am bring my three grandsons back.

Awesome piece of history! Saying it is massive is an understatement.once you see it you will understand. Staff was very friendly and knowledgeable. My wife and daughters of 6 & 8 even enjoyed our visit. Call ahead and check hours they change with the season.