Watkins Tiny Tours: Seeing the Story

Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United States

Tiny Tours is a popular, free museum series for kids age 3-5 and their grownups. Activities offer a play-based approach to learning and include stories, crafting, and more! Register your […]

Free

Curtis Marsh: KU’s Greatest Hits

Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United States

As the 160th anniversary of the University of Kansas approaches, there is no one better to celebrate with than KU expert Curtis Marsh! Join us as Curtis shares stories of […]

Free

Hemp 101

Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United States

Hemp: it's an amazing plant! Melissa Nelson is the co-owner and field research scientist at Performance Crop Research and co-owner of South Bend Industrial Hemp. In connection with the Watkins […]

Free

Kansas Baseball: Book Talk with Michael J. Travis

Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United States

Author Michael J. Travis will tell stories of his lifelong passion: Kansas Baseball! Go back to the late 1800s and the birth of Walter Johnson and George Sweatt, Humboldt kids […]

Watkins Tiny Tours: Read All About It

Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United States

Tiny Tours is a popular, free museum series for kids age 3-5 and their grownups. Activities offer a play-based approach to learning and include stories, crafting, and more! Register your […]

Free

Homeschool History: Read All About It (Newspapers)

Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United States

Bring your kids age 5-10 for a class based on local history! Topics will be explored using hands-on activities, art projects, and will be multisubject when appropriate. Parents may attend […]

Transplanting Heritage Exhibit Opening

Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United States

You are invited to the opening reception for our exhibit Transplanting Heritage: Judaica from the Klein Collection, a partnership between the Michael Klein Collection at the Temple, Congregation B’Nai Jehudah […]

Free

Collecting Memories: Treasures of the Library of Congress

Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United States

This year, Library of Congress education specialists are visiting Kansas communities. They're holding free events for community members to discover a variety of the Library’s online collections found at loc.gov, with […]

Free

Gatsby Party

Liberty Hall 644 Massachusetts S, Lawrence, Kansas

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald turns 100 this April! You are cordially invited to our Gatsby Party at Liberty Hall to experience the glitz and glamour of the […]

$20 – $225

Lawrence Earth Day Fair

South Park 1141 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kansas

The City of Lawrence and the Watkins Museum invite you to the annual Lawrence Earth Day Fair! This free event will happen in South Park and feature lots of earth-friendly […]

Free