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While Kansas is best known as a leader in grassroots or
outsider art, Kansas also has several outstanding art museums. All but
one of the art museums on this page are free.
The image at the top of this page is a detail from Tragic
Prelude, John Steuart Curry's famous John Brown mural in the Kansas
State Capital in Topeka. The Capital building has many murals by John
Steuart Curry, Jerome Fedeli, and Lumen Martin Winter. The Capital is open
Monday - Friday and admission is free.
Kansas has many art galleries and a page devoted to them
may be added to KansasTravel.org in the future. For the present time, you
may enjoy the many pages devoted Kansas Folk Art or Grassroots
Art.
| Greensburg, Kansas - The 5.4.7
Arts Center is the first LEED Platinum building that was designed
and constructed by students. Platinum is the highest rating level for the
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System.
The 5.4.7 Arts Center is a community arts center intended
to raise awareness of fine arts, both visual and performing, make arts
accessible to everyone and provide an environment to create and learn through
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| Lawrence, Kansas - The Helen
Foresman Spencer Museum of Art has seven galleries displaying selections
from the University of Kansas permanent collection of more than 25,000
works of art. Special exhibitions are displayed in four additional galleries.
During the school year, the Spencer offers workshops and art lectures almost
every day of the week.
Open every day but Monday, admission to the Spencer Museum
of Art is free. |
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| Lucas, Kansas - The Grassroots
Art Center in Lucas, promotes self taught artists from around the
state of Kansas, with an emphasis on the folk artists who did most of their
work in Lucas. The Center occupies three late 18th Century buildings downtown
Lucas.
Open year around, admission $6 for adults. |
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| Manhattan, Kansas - Following a 17,000 square
feet expansion and a two month closing, the Marianna
Kistler Beach Museum of Art reopened on October 21, 2007. The Beach
Museum boasts the largest collection of work anywhere by Kansas artist
John Stuart Curry with over 900 drawings, sketches, prints, and paintings.
Open every day but Monday, admission to the Marianna Kistler
Beach Museum of Art is free. |
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| Overland Park, Kansas - The newest museum in the
State of Kansas is the Nerman Museum of Contemporary
Art at Johnson County Community College. At 38,000 square feet
the Nerman is the largest contemporary art museum in the 4 state area.
Open every day but Monday, admission to the Nerman Museum
of Contemporary Art is free. |
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| Topeka, Kansas - The Mulvane Art Museum
is located on the north end of the Washburn University campus. When visited
in November of 2007, the modest museum was displaying none of its own collection,
just two temporary photograph exhibits.
Open every day but Monday, admission to the Mulvane Art
Museum is free. |
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| Wichita, Kansas - The Ulrich
Museum of Art at Wichita State University has only 2 small galleries
and a couple of hallways. But the Ulrich Museum has a large collection
displayed outside: the Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection, more
than 70 pieces spread across Wichita State University's campus. It includes
art by Burton, Jiménez, Moore, Nevelson, Oldenburg, Rickey and Rodin.
Open every day but Monday, admission to the Ulrich Museum
of Art is free. |
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| Wichita, Kansas - The Wichita
Art Museum is the largest Kansas art museum. The permanent collection
includes more than 6,000 works of art, but large portions of the museum
are devoted to traveling or temporary exhibits.
Open seven days a week, the Wichita Art Museum is free
on Saturdays. |
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