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EVENTS

MARCH 2023

  • Through March: Visit St. Joseph's Exhibits on Display

    Now through March, you can see all four of Visit St. Joseph's exhibits at the East Hills Mall! The four exhibits cover the Towers of St. Joseph, Stories in Stone, Ingenious Inventions, and Legends of St. Joseph. All four exhibits are chock full of interesting information and highlight many facts and facets about St. Joseph and Buchanan County. See more pictures here.

  • Through March: 'See Kansas' Art Project at the Flint Hills Discovery Center

    The Flint Hills Discovery Center will showcase the See Kansas Art Project in its atrium. The community is invited to view these works of art from March 1st to March 31st free of charge, though those wishing to explore the exhibits beyond the atrium will have to pay the general admission fee. Learn more here.

  • March 23: Code Girls with the Truman Library

    Join award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Liza Mundy for the "hidden figures" story of WWII espionage and intelligence. Recruited from settings as diverse as elite women's colleges and small southern towns, more then 10,000 young American women served as codebreakers for the US Army and Navy during WWII. Learn more here.

  • March 23: Jackson County Historical Society's Annual Dinner

    Join the Jackson County Historical Society for their annual dinner where the board of directors will be installed for 2023. The night begins with a cocktail hour before the doors open at 6 with a silent auction. The evening will end with awards and recognition for outstanding recipients. Get tickets here.

  • March 23: Wornall/Majors Book Club: Lady Rebels of Civil War Missouri

    Join the Wornall/Majors House Museums for their first book club of 2023 as they read and discuss "Lady Rebels of Civil War Missouri" with award-winning author Larry Wood. Even if you haven't read the book, you're still welcome to participate in the conversation! Get tickets here.

  • March 23: Mary Atkins Lecture: Annabelle Selldorf

    Rescheduled from December 2022, the Nelson-Atkins Museum will host Annabelle Selldorf, founder and principal of Selldorf Architects, an internationally recognized firm with a style described as "a kind of gentle modernism of utter precision with perfect proportions." Get tickets here.

  • March 23: Daughters of the American Revolution

    DAR members come from a variety of interest and backgrounds, although they all share the common bond of having an ancestor who helped contribute to the independence of America. Nancy Appelhanz, TGS chair and DAR member, will share the amazing history of DAR and what members are doing today to continue that legacy. Register here.

  • March 24: WyCo Museum's "The Wayback to School" Exhibit

    Take a trip down memory lane with "The Wayback to School Exhibit: Wyandotte County Schools through Time." This exhibit will feature memorabilia, photographs, and more from Wyandotte County schools. Visitors will also be able to search for relatives in school district records dating back to 1899! Learn more here.

  • March 24: Tivoli Presents: The Exterminating Angel

    "The Exterminating Angel" will be screened in celebration of the exhibit "Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure," to highlight the sculptor's work as a surrealist and his association with Sartre and the Existentialists. Get tickets here.

  • March 25: Family Fossil Hikes with the Flint Hills Discovery Center

    Join the Flint Hills Discovery Center for a guided hike through prehistory as you explore Flint Hills paleontology. Uncover ancient life from the interior seaway that once covered the Flint Hills. Register here.

  • March 25: Folklore of the Family

    Join the Mid-Continent Public Library at the Midwest Genealogy Center for the 2023 Spring Seminar: "Folklore of the Family," a daylong event featuring Gena Philibert-Ortega and a special musical performance with Kristin and Lucy Gray Hamilton. Registration for the event is due March 23rd. Register here.

  • March 25: Celebrating Women in Science with the KU Natural History Museum

    Join the KU Natural History Museum for their second annual Celebrating Women in Science event! Come meet KU scientists, learn about scientific techniques, view specimens, and try fun, hands-on experiments. Learn more here.

  • March 25: DNA for Genealogy Research

    Join genealogy expert Alisa Branham at the Watkins Museum for a class on using various companies like AncestryDNA to illustrate how to work with matches to your family tree. Learn more here.

  • March 26: Tivoli Presents: The Exterminating Angel

    "The Exterminating Angel" will be screened in celebration of the exhibit "Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure," to highlight the sculptor's work as a surrealist and his association with Sartre and the Existentialists. Get tickets here.

  • March 26: The Potato King

    There's no small potatoes about Junius Groves. Come see a program by Brad Harrington and Nina Kimbrough about the life and legacy of Junius G. Groves, the potato king, who was born a slave and went on to become one of the most successful entrepreneurs in Wyandotte County's history. Learn more here.

  • March 26: We Are Munsee: The Munsee Tribe in Kansas

    Local Munsee historian Mike Ford will discuss the history of the Munsee Tribe in Kansas, from their tribe's survival following the Gnadenhutten Massacre to the Moravian Missions in the northern Midwest, and eventually to the Moravian mission west of Ottawa, Kansas. The event is free to join in person or online. Learn more here.

  • March 27: Lenexa Historical Society's Annual Meeting

    The Lenexa Historical Society is excited to invite you to their 2023 annual meeting. Their featured speaker will be retiring Lenexa Chamber of Commerce President Blake Schreck, who will share how Lenexa's businesses have changed in the past 25 years. No registration is necessary, and all are welcome! Visit their Facebook page here.

  • March 28: Homeschool History: The Physics of Basketball

    The Watkins Museum will share Lawrence history with homeschool students aged 5-12 every month throughout the school year. Each lesson studies a topic based on Lawrence and/or Douglas County with galleries, artifacts, and hands-on activities. This month's lesson will combine history and physics as students learn about Dr. James Naismith and the science of basketball. Register here.

  • March 30: Online Book Talk with the Watkins Museum

    Join the Watkins Museum on either their YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter pages for a talk with historian Frank Van Nuys about his fascinating book, "Varmints and Victims: Predator Control in the American West." Learn more here.

  • March 30: Fierce Women: Artemisia Gentileschi and the Women Worthies

    Artemisia Gentileschi is the most famous female artist of her period; however, before and after her, there were dozens of other Italian women who worked as artists. Dr. Eve Straussman-Pflanzer will present on the instructive and scintillating life of Gentileschi and her groundbreaking career. Get tickets here.

  • March 30: Trans Insurgency, Black Radicality: Abolitionist Endeavors

    Marquis Bey, an assistant professor of African American Studies and English, advisory board faculty member of Critical Theory, and faculty affiliate and advisory board member of Gender and Sexuality Studies at Northwestern University, will talk through the concepts of "trans" and "black" in ways that think them through a sense of the radical. Learn more here.

  • March 30: War Football: WWI and the Birth of the NFL

    Trading their cleats for boots and game balls for bayonets, many athletes – amateur, collegiate and professional – became players in an entirely new game during the First World War. To raise the morale of servicemen, along with millions of dollars in funding for the war effort, each branch of the United States military created competitive football teams. The camaraderie fostered between military players, along with spectator interest in these types of all-star teams, lingered long after the Armistice, leading to the founding of the National Football League in 1920. Learn more here.

  • March 31: Homeschool History: The Physics of Basketball

    The Watkins Museum will share Lawrence history with homeschool students aged 5-12 every month throughout the school year. Each lesson studies a topic based on Lawrence and/or Douglas County with galleries, artifacts, and hands-on activities. This month's lesson will combine history and physics as students learn about Dr. James Naismith and the science of basketball. Register here.

APRIL 2023

  • April 1: Run for History

    Feel the spirit of the trains under your feet as you trace the paths of the former AT&SF and Missouri Pacific railroad lines during the 2023 5K Run/Walk, kicking off at the Old Depot Museum. Register here.

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