Homeschool History: A Soldier's Life in Pictures

2/24 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am Looking for a fun event for your homeschool child? The Watkins Museum shares Lawrence history with homeschool students ages 5-12 every month throughout... Read More

Creeping Glaciers and Ancient Oceans: The Geologic Story of Douglas County

...You’ll also get tips where to find fossils and locate prominent geological features in our community. This event will be held in-person and online on the Watkins Museum Facebook and... Read More

On the Mexican Border: Kansas Soldiers Chasing Pancho Villa

...raided New Mexico for supplies, Military leader and future commander of the United States’ military forces in WWI, John J Pershing, took troops into Mexico on a “punitive attack.” Among... Read More

African Americans in Oak Hill Cemetery

6/8/24 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am Jeanne Klein will lead a walking tour of prominent African Americans buried in old Section 5 at Oak Hill Cemetery. Sites will include... Read More

Tails & Traditions Holiday Festival

...Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade, and come in for holiday crafts courtesy of our friends from the Spencer Museum of Art, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Center for East... Read More

Art of Tragedy: Depictions of Quantrill's Raid

Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence seems to have an enduring attraction.  The story of the raid has been told multiple times on film.  Events of the raid have provided back stories... Read More

On Two Fronts: Kansans Fighting the Great War

5/2 – 7/29 In this special three-part exhibit, audiences will encounter the harrowing experiences of Kansans in WWI using first-hand accounts, artifacts, and interactives. The ticketed experience features the traveling... Read More

1920 Milburn Electric Car

...Natalie Vondrak explores the history of Lawrence or Douglas County and shares the stories of the people and events that have helped shape our community. The show airs the first... Read More

50 Years of Cooperation: The History of The Merc Co+op

Learn how The Community Mercantile emerged from grassroots local food ventures in the 1970s, then survived and thrived over 50 years to become The Merc Co+op that people in northeast... Read More

Author Talk with Margie Carr: "Kansas City's Montgall Avenue"

...shaped the changing status of Black people in Kansas City and built the social and economic institutions that supported the city’s Black community during the first half of the twentieth... Read More

The Alpha & Beta Army Tests

...Recording will be available at a later date. In this special three-part exhibit audiences will encounter the harrowing experiences of Kansans in WWI using first-hand accounts, artifacts, and interactives. The... Read More

Embattled Lawrence

...explores the history of Lawrence or Douglas County and shares the stories of the people and events that have helped shape our community. The show airs the first Tuesday of... Read More