Free Family Artventure at the Wichita Art Museum

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Mar 182013
 

As always, admission to the Wichita Art Museum is free this Saturday, but this week there’s also a free Family Artventure. You can stop by any time between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. to complete an art project with the kids – just pick up an activity sheet at the front desk when you arrive.

Family Artventure activities are different each month, so you’ll learn something new each time. For more information about this month’s Artventure, visit the Wichita Art Museum website.

Wichita Art Museum, 1400 West Museum Boulevard, Wichita, KS 67203, (316) 268-4921

Free Open House at the Mid-America All-Indian Center

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Sep 282012
 

Mid-America All-Indian Center in WichitaThe Mid-America All-Indian Center has added some new exhibits to its museum and made it more interactive. They’ll unveil the transformation at a free open house this weekend.

The open house is from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, September 29, 2012.

New exhibits feature original Blackbear Bosin comics and expanded information about his life – Bosin was one of the Indian Center founders – basket work from American Indian tribes, pottery and arrowheads. One section of the Museum is now dedicated to American Indian artists, featuring photos, examples of their work and accompanying stories. For the children, there are new shadow boxes that hold arrowheads, buffalo and beaver furs and bones that youth are encouraged to touch. A one-of-a-kind child-size tipi, which was hand-painted by local Elder Dan Herman, a Cherokee Indian, and his granddaughter Ivy, sits in the front of the Museum area to serve as a quiet reading space for children.

There will also be two presentations:

11 a.m.: Ken Lockwood from the Eagle Valley Raptor Center. His presentation, “Peregrine Falcons: Nature’s Fighter Jets,” will focus visitors’ attention on the nature in the sky that American Indians have such a strong connection to. He will be bringing with him three Peregrine Falcons and a 20-minute film about the birds.

Noon- 3 p.m.: David Muskus will conduct an arrowhead demonstration to showcase different arrowheads and how they are made.

The Indian Center is located at 650 N. Seneca in Wichita.

For more information about the Open House, contact April Scott at 316-350-3340.

Source: press release

FREE Museum Admission on September 29, 2012

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Sep 182012
 

Smithsonian magazine Museum Day 2012 - Wichita & Kansas participating museumsMuseums in Wichita – and across the United States – will be participating again this year in Smithsonian Magazine’s free Museum Day, Saturday, September 29, 2012.

All you’ll need to do is request a ticket at the Smithsonian Museum Day website. It will be emailed to you, and is valid for up to two people, one ticket per valid email address.

Don’t let the word museum scare you off — we’re talking about kid-friendly institutions with hands-on displays as well as the more traditional velvet-roped venues. (In fact, Wichita museums do a great job of being kid-friendly.)

Here’s a current list of all participating Kansas museums:

Botanica, The Wichita Gardens
Wichita

Butler County History Center & Kansas Oil Museum
El Dorado

C.W. Parker Carousel Museum
Leavenworth

Coutts Museum of Art
El Dorado

Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
Abilene

Gardner Historical Museum
Gardner

Grassroots Art Center
Lucas

Hamilton County Museum
Syracuse

Harvey County Historical Museum & Archives
Newton

Johnson County Museum
Shawnee

Kansas Children’s Discovery Center
Topeka

Kansas Cosmosphere & Space Center
Hutchinson

Kansas Museum of History
Topeka

Kauffman Museum
North Newton

Lake Afton Public Observatory
Goddard

Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art
Manhattan

Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum
Chanute

Museum of World Treasures
Wichita

National Orphan Train Complex
Concordia

Old Castle Museum
Baldwin City

Old Cowtown Museum
Wichita

Old Depot Museum
Ottawa

Quayle Bible Collection
Baldwin City

Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics
Lawrence

Smoky Hill Museum
Salina

The Kansas Museum of Military History
Augusta

Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita

Wichita Art Museum
Wichita

Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum
Wichita

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Museum of World Treasures Customer Appreciation Day 2012

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Jul 262012
 

Museum of World Treasures

Here’s a great deal for you! On the Museum of World Treasures Customer Appreciation Day, admission is discounted to only $3 per person. That’s almost 70% off the regular adult admission price.

It’s also a fun day to visit the museum with the whole family. They’ll have special activities for the kids, reenactors, and free balloons and cookies!

Museum of World Treasures Customer Appreciation Day 2012 is on Saturday,  August 11. The museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (The Old Town Farmer’s Market should also be open on that day, right outside the front door of the museum, so come early to enjoy that too.)

Do bring your camera, but remember to set it to no-flash to protect the ancient items on display in the museum.

McCormick School Museum Open House

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May 032011
 

The McCormick School Museum is open the second Sunday of every month from June through September. The building was built in 1890 and is one of several Proudfoot and Bird structures in Wichita. According to the website, this was the seventeenth elementary school in the Wichita Public School system.

This month you can tour the school on Sunday, May 8th, between 2 and 5 p.m. Admission to the museum is free, but donations are accepted.

Date: Sunday, May 8, 2011
Time: 2-5 p.m.
Location: 855 S. Martinson in Wichita (at the intersection of Martinson and McCormick)
Cost: Free, donations accepted

For more info: Historic McCormick Museum