

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Exhibit: "Why History Museums Collect Art"
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 04 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sat, 04 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Art is not only for Art Museums. If a picture is worth a thousand words, it stands to reason that art can tell us a lot about the times and place where it was produced. Local history museums exist to explore time and place.

Featuring works from C.A. Seward, John Noble, Edmund Davison, Birger Sandzen, Bruce McGrew, and more!

On view on the Historical Museum's 3rd Floor, throughout 2026 as part of the ongoing Lois Kay Walls visual art exhibition series produced by the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum.

Be the first to visit this new exhibition during the First Friday opening on April 3, 2026.



Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

204 S Main St; Wichita, KS 67202
Tues-Fri 11am-4pm

Sat &amp; Sun 1pm-5pm
$5 Adults, $2 Children, Free on Sundays
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wichita/exhibit-why-history-museums-collect-art/200029734352249
- **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions, first-friday, kids
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 14

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029734352249?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=wichita-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Wichita
- **state**: KS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 204 S Main St, Wichita, KS, United States, Kansas 67202
- **lat**: 37.68473
- **long**: -97.33784
- **full address**: 204 S Main St, Wichita, KS, United States, Kansas 67202

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum (https://allevents.in/org/wichita-sedgwick-county-historical-museum/4041469)

## Event gallery

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  - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=Exhibit%3A+%22Why+History+Museums+Collect+Art%22&date=04+Apr

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 04 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 204 S Main St, Wichita, KS, United States, Kansas 67202
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, exhibitions, first-friday, kids
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Exhibit: "Why History Museums Collect Art" ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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