Humanities Kansas

Join the Movement of Ideas this week! The week is packed with engaging history events and June is just getting started!

💡 Through July 5 at the Wyandotte County Historical Museum in Bonner Springs – See the “Americans” Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition and the local exhibition "American Indian Identity in Wyandotte County.”

💡 Through July 2026 – See “Americans” partner sites exhibitions: “Martin and Osa Johnson: Origins” exhibition at the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum in Chanute, the “Serpent Intaglio” exhibition at the Coronado Quivira Museum in Lyons, and “Beautifully Integrated” at the Olathe Downtown Library, presented by Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm.

💡 You can also see "Declaration 1776: The Big Bang of Modern Democracy” at these locations:
Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas, Lawrence
Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, Abilene
El Dorado Senior Center
Kansas Historical Society, Topeka
Lyon County History Center in Emporia
Nicodemus National Historic Site
Phillips County Historical Society
Scott County Library in Scott City

💡June 9 at Wyandotte County Historical Museum in Bonner Springs and June 13 at Gardner Historical Museum – “Declaration Conversation” reading and discussions of the Declaration of Independence. Presented by Eric Anderson and Travis Lamb in Bonner Springs and Anne Hawkins in Gardner.

💡June 10 at KSDS in Washington – Beverley Olson Buller presents “William Allen White and the K*K in Kansas.” Sponsored by Washington County Historical Society.

💡June 11 at Beck-Bookman Library in Holton – Dennis Etzel, Jr., talks about “Poets of Kansas." Sponsored by Jackson County Historical and Genealogical Society.

💡June 11 on KPTS in Wichita – Watch the “An Oasis on the Prairie: Ranchers of Greenwood County” documentary.

💡June 11 at Old Ruppenthal Middle School in Russell – Rex Buchanan looks at “Petroglyphs of the Kansas Smoky Hills." Sponsored by the Kansas Anthropological Association.

💡June 12 at the Santa Fe Trail Center in Larned – Gene Chávez discusses “Flour Power.”

💡June 13 at Seneca Free Library – Ron Wilson presents “Ridin' Trails and Writin' Rhymes: Cowboy Culture of Kansas.”

💡June 13 at the Independence Science and Technology Center – Ann Dean talks about “Learning from Gordon Parks.”

Contact community hosts directly with questions about the events.

Explore more events on HK’s Calendar of Events: https://www.humanitieskansas.org/events