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Bring the family to the Watkins for refreshments, music by Gwyneth Whistlewood (the Feral Flute), and Lawrence Art Guild Association activities celebrating our new exhibit... details>>
Free admission to see over 50 quilts; $6 for quilting speaker Theresa Ward in house at 1:00 on Sat. (includes tour of house if wish); tour of historic home $6 for adults, $3... details>>
Kansas Riverkings Museum exhibition provides guided walking tours. Education director, Barbara Higgins-Dover leads a journey into the past when 19th century rivermen worked... details>>
In celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the birth of James Beatty Mahaffie, Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farm Historic Site and Olathe Civic Theatre Association are cooking... details>>
Watch history go up in smoke: In connection with our landmark exhibit "Free State, Free Spirits: Lawrence's 1960s Counter Culture," the Watkins will show the infamous 1970 60... details>>
1/10/2018 9:00:00 AM | Kansas City, MO
Cattle, Cowboys, and Culture: Kansas City and Amarillo, Building an Urban West
Produced by the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas, this exhibit features artifacts, art and decorative art objects, clothing and textiles, photographs, and architectural renderings illuminating the historical, cattle-driven connections between Kansas City and Amarillo, Texas. The exhibit’s co-curators, Amy Von Lintel and Michael R. Grauer, are native Kansas Citians who now are historians in the Amarillo area....details >>
1/10/2018 1:00:00 PM | Topeka, KS
Homeschool Wednesday
Join us for Home School Wednesdays, the first Wednesday of each month September through May, at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka. Primary sources, activities, learning, and discovery for fourth grade through high school. Today we'll be Celebrating the Chisholm Trail. Preregistration is requested; space is limited. 1 - 3 p.m. Wednesday, January 10, 2018...details >>
