Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art - Kansas State University The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art in Manhattan, Kansas is even more impressive since the 17,000 square feet expansion in 2007. The Beach Museum originally contained 1,500 pieces of artwork when if first opened on the Kansas State University campus in 1996. It now has more than 6,000 pieces. Although the collection includes works by artists from around the world, the principal emphasis of the Beach Museum is the the art of Kansas and the region. The Museum boasts the largest collection of work anywhere by Kansas artist John Stuart Curry with over 950 drawings, sketches, prints, and paintings. The museum also owns 200 photographs by Gordon Parks. I've never found more than one one work each by Cirry and Parks on exhibit during during my visits to the museum. Significant galleries are devoted to temporary exhibits which change fairly often and several times during my visits, it has been between exhibits. Admission to the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art is free and free parking is provided in an adjacent lot. The museum is located at the southeast corner of the Kansas State University campus. The Beach Museum is well worth visiting and I believe that most visitors will spend 1-2 hours.
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