Upcoming Exhibits!

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For All the World to See *View home page for more information

April 9-May 25, 2012 

 

61 Years after the 1951 Flood

June 4- August 3. 2012

 

Annual Quilt Exhibition

August 20-October 26, 2012

 

Past Exhibitions

March 13-May 8, 2010              

WOW; Women’s Ordnance Workers (WWII) photography exhibition from the National Archives.

 

 

March 7-May 30, 2009

MUGGED! A Rogue’s Gallery of Leavenworth Penitentiary Mug Shots is a captivating collection of photographs that provides a window into prison life in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Included in the exhibit are portraits of murderers, thieves, con men, bootleggers, gangsters, white-collar criminals, and an assortment of other lawbreakers, ranging from radical labor union leader William “Big Bill” Haywood and Robert Stroud — better known as the “Birdman of Alcatraz” — to African American heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson and train robber Al Jennings.

Also on view will be museum artifacts from the KCK police department, recent arrivals of the Pretty Boy Flyod collection and information on William LaTrasse, an infamous train robber from Armourdale.

June 5-June 30

Members of the Wyandotte Art Assocation will have their work on display in the auditorium, in conjuction with the 150th birthday clelebration weekend on June 6-7.

August 15-October 31, 2009

Quilt Strips; Annual Quilt Exhibition

By far our most popular exhibition of every year, our annual community quilt show highlights the talent and creativity of our community. Community members will have their quilts on display for the public to view.

If you are interested in putting your quilt creation in the exhibition, please contact Jennifer Laughlin, Curator for more information. 573-5008 or jlaughlin@wycokck.org   The more the merrier!!!

January 12-February 28, 2009
Exhibition; Quindaro Ruins from A to Z.
The Wyandotte County Museum will be exhibiting artifacts, on loan from the Kansas State Historical Society, from the Quindaro ruins. All artifacts were excavated from the archaeological site of the old town of Quindaro. In addition, to help celebrate the 150th anniversary of Wyandotte County, we will have on display a high quality reproduction of the State of Kansas Constitution from the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention of 1859. This reproduction was recently acquired from the Kansas State Historical Society. For more information regarding the exhibition, contact Jennifer Laughlin, curator at jlaughlin@wycokck.org