Exploration Place Seeks Tech Services Assistant
Exploration Place is seeking to fill a full-time, position with Tech Services. The Tech Services position will be responsible for general repairs of exhibits, maintenance of building equipment and assisting with traveling exhibit installation and de-installation. Must be knowledgeable in mechanical and fabrication applications and electronics, skilled in power tools and safe shop practices and [...]
Kansas Historical Society Education Specialist for the Education Division
The Kansas Historical Society is seeking a professional educator who has a teaching certificate or teaching or programming in the field of public history. The individual must like working with the public and be comfortable talking to and teaching people from pre-school to adult. The successful candidate will need strong written and verbal communication skills [...]
Kansas Historical Society Offers Free Workshop
Our Town: Preserving Local Museum, Archives, Collections, and Historic Buildings will be offered on July 13-14 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. This two-day, 16-hour workshop led by Kansas Historical Society professional staff will prove useful to anyone interested in historic preservation, especially local historical society and museum stewards. Call Marsha to reserve your spot [...]
Gardner Historical Museum Benefits from 2011 KMA Institutional Project Grant
Mike Wolf and Frank Fritz of The History Channel’s American Pickers have coined the phrase, “Rusty Gold,â€Â  which is their definition of the treasures they find in barns and scrap piles on people’s property across America. Though, what if these “treasures†were stored out of the elements and in a proper place, so they [...]
Allen County Historical Society Benefits from KMA Institutional Grant
The Allen County Historical Society would like to thank the Kansas Museums Association for the institutional grant given us to build a new exhibit space in our Allen County History Museum. This new exhibit allows us to safely share more of the wonderful artifacts we have in our collection with our thousands of visitors each [...]
Historic Clothing Construction Workshop
Registration Form The Society of the Friends of Missouri Town 1855 is pleased to announce that we are sponsoring a two-day event by The Sewing Academy featuring workshops presented by Elizabeth Stewart Clark. On April 13th and 14th, 2012, Mrs. Clark will bring her expertise in historic clothing construction to the Historic Woods Chapel Church [...]
2012 RFP for Conference Concurrent Sessions
At the Crossroads of Change: Traditions and Visions – 2012 Annual Conference – Newton, Kansas – October 24-26 The Kansas Museums Association invites you to submit session proposals that explore the successes, challenges and opportunities available to Kansas museums. We are seeking sessions related to collaboration, marketing and public relations, collections care, exhibits, education, volunteer [...]
Photographing the West – The Butler County History Center – Feb 3 to Mar 10
Red Desert, Green Prairie, Blue Sky: Photographing the West Exhibit Opens February 3rd and continues through March 10th at The Butler County History Center, Home of the Kansas Oil Museum. Red Desert, Green Prairie, Blue Sky: Photographing the West opens this week at The Butler County History Center, 383 E. Central, El Dorado, KS. Â This [...]
Exodusters – Kansas Wetlands and Wildlife National Scenic Byway
Have you ever heard of Exodusters? Keep reading to hear about the development of this new historic tour. The Kansas Wetlands and Wildlife National Scenic Byway was selected by US Federal Highway Administration to be featured in their partnership with the National Park Service honoring the anniversary of the Civil War. The area surrounding the [...]
Black Visual Art – Wichita Art Museum & The Kansas African American Museum – Feb18
Exploring a New Field in Collecting: Black Visual Art A Discussion with Artist Samella Lewis and Collectors Harmon and Harriet Kelley Presented by the Friends of Wichita Art Museum (WAM) and The Kansas African American Museum (TKAAM) Please join us on Saturday, February 18 for an afternoon with artist, art historian, curator and professor, Dr. [...]
