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Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Arts & Events July 9, 2025 - 11:06 am

Early Lawrence Christian churches to star in Watkins Museum’s new temporary exhibition

by Lawrence Times

More than three dozen Christian churches founded in Lawrence prior to 1900 will be featured in a new temporary exhibition at the Watkins Museum.

Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence Life June 26, 2025 - 6:29 pm

Watkins Museum of History celebrates completed restoration of stained glass windows

by Wulfe Wulfemeyer

The Watkins Museum of History is celebrating a successful stained glass window restoration project — a community-funded effort to maintain a local historical landmark.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence Life June 12, 2025 - 1:56 pm

Community helps Watkins Museum recoup $13K from federal grant cut

by Mackenzie Clark

A Watkins Museum of History project on the Underground Railroad was completed before the federal grant funding it was terminated, and the Lawrence community has helped the museum recoup the $13,000 that the feds didn’t disburse.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence Life May 19, 2025 - 2:11 pm

Screening set for documentary on Sacred Red Rock’s return to the Kaw Nation

by Lawrence Times

A documentary film telling the story of the Sacred Red Rock’s return to the Kaw Nation is set for a screening at Liberty Hall in Lawrence.

Tom Harper/Lawrence Times
Arts & Events May 10, 2025 - 11:27 am

Liberty Hall launches silent movie series to celebrate 100 years of screenings

by Maya Hodison

Liberty Hall in downtown Lawrence is celebrating a century of screening movies by showing a 1925 silent film once a month through the remainder of the year.

Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Arts & Events April 23, 2025 - 3:50 pm

Haskell Cultural Center and Museum collection digitization among 12 projects earning heritage grants

by Lawrence Times

A preservation project at the Haskell Cultural Center and Museum and 11 other cultural projects have earned $210,000 in grant money from Douglas County.

August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Arts & Events April 21, 2025 - 6:02 pm

Watkins Museum to celebrate 50 years with birthday party

by Maya Hodison

Watkins Museum of History will host a public celebration of half a century serving Lawrence and Douglas County.

Tricia Masenthin/Lawrence Times
Lawrence Life April 16, 2025 - 2:27 pm

Watkins Museum exhibit to showcase 75 years of Bert Nash in Douglas County

by Maya Hodison

A new exhibit at Watkins Museum of History will take visitors through Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center’s history since its inception in 1950.

August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence news April 11, 2025 - 12:58 pm

Federal cuts raise challenges for Watkins Museum, Humanities Kansas

by Nick Spacek

A $250,000 grant for the Watkins Museum to expand exhibits on local Indigenous history is in limbo and a Lawrence event honoring veterans will be canceled amid federal cuts to humanities programs.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence news March 27, 2025 - 3:46 pm

Watkins Museum, Lawrence library directors discuss potential fallout from federal order

by Mackenzie Clark

Much is still unknown about how a recent executive order targeting the federal agency known as IMLS will ultimately impact Lawrence’s museums and libraries, but the stakes are high.

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