KMUW Community Calendar

Since 1939, the Historical Museum has been actively collecting and preserving artifacts central to telling our local history’s stories. These artifacts are acquired in a number of ways, including purchases from local thrift shops.

Thrift Finds in the Museum Collection features objects fortunately discovered by Museum staff at local thrift stores. These items, no longer of use to their original owner, can help us to tell the story of our community.

The newest additions in the series include a 1973 leisure suit from Henry's Department Store and a circa 1955 Toni Todd sundress, both found locally at Goodwill (21st & Amidon).

Some notable finds still on view include designs by Halston and Victor Costa, a Nehru jacket retailed by Henry’s department store, and a 1950s Shocker Lounge bowling shirt.

Produced by the Museum, this exhibition was made possible through funding from Stev Overstreet, Alice Smith, the family of Kenneth E Gerhardt, and Goodwill Industries of Kansas

Join us to learn about effective communication with healthcare professionals, having difficult conversations, and developing transition plans. Refreshments provided by WSU Tech. Call (316) 261-8500 or visit wichitalibrary.org/events to register.

Explore creativity with a mixed-media art session hosted by the Teen Advisory Board! Try new techniques and experiment with different materials. All supplies provided - bring your imagination! For ages 12-17.

Grab your boogie shoes and join library staff as we shake our sillies out, practice our dinosaur roars, and more during this hour of family-friendly music and dancing. For ages 4-11.

Join a classic high fantasy Dungeons & Dragons campaign! We'll choose a campaign setting and play it throughout the program season. New players welcome! Call (316) 350-3261 or visit wichitalibrary.org/events to register.

Join a classic high fantasy Dungeons & Dragons campaign! We'll choose a campaign setting and play it throughout the program season. New players welcome! Register online or call (316) 261-8500. For ages 12-17.

April is National Poetry Month! Whether you are a seasoned writer or picking up a pen for the first time, this class offers a supportive space to experiment with language and imagery. Call (316) 261-8500 or visit wichitalibrary.org/events to register.

Revolutsia is a growing collection of shops, small businesses, restaurants and bars made of stacked shipping containers! The space is super rad, for indoor and outdoor community gathering and create event engagement. Located at Central & Volutsia near Downtown Wichita.

Exclusively, just for the night, Haute Handmade Market will pop up with over a dozen makers featured outside each store front!

Add this stop on your First Friday art crawl and shop your favorite makers with a TOP-NOTCH artist line up in a laid back setting with music, food and drinks ... both indoors and outdoors!

Every First Friday

• Friday April 7th
• Friday May 5th
• Friday June 2nd
• Friday July 7th
• Friday Aug 4th
• Friday Sept 1st
• Friday Oct 6th
• Friday Nov 3rd
• Friday Dec 1st

Join us for Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum’s First Friday exhibit opening of Why History Museums Collect Art.

This exhibition is part of the ongoing Lois Kay Walls visual art exhibition series produced by the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum.

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!

This special exhibit is one of dozens on view throughout the Museum, located in Wichita’s original City Hall building, and open to the public during these extended hours.

Free Admission
Open to the Public
204 S Main Street; Wichita, KS 67203
3rd Floor- Lois Kay Walls Visual Arts Gallery

First Friday Food Truck Rally, along with music by DJ O.G.P. Also10 of Wichita's finest food trucks. Free donations to enter the museum.
Fun night out with a friend.

Join us for the 32nd annual Easter Sun Run on April 4 at Sedgwick County Park in Wichita!

Whether you’re racing for the win, enjoying a fun jog with friends, taking a relaxing stroll (and earning a medal for it!), or bringing the family for the Easter Family Fun Zone, this event has something for everyone.

Beyond the finish line, your participation makes a real difference! The Easter Sun Run is a major fundraiser for Youth Horizons, a faith-based nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of 200 local youth and their families through mentoring, foster residential care, and advocacy programs.

Run for fun. Run for impact. Run with purpose.
We can’t wait to see you there!

Saturday, April 4
Sedgwick County Park
9:00 a.m. – 10k race
11:00 a.m. – Jeff Wenzel memorial 2-mile run/walk

Run solo or build a team and multiply the fun – everyone receives a T-shirt and finisher’s medal. The fastest among us win cash awards!

Join us for a small group storytime specifically designed for children on the autism spectrum or with other sensory sensitivities. For children up to age 11.

Come and join us for a chance to spend time with neighbors and friends, all while enjoying a bit of healthy board game competition! This is a come-and-go event.

Dungeons and Dragons is a Tabletop Roleplaying game that has captivated the imaginations of players for over 50 years. Whether you've played before or this is your first time, come play!