KMUW Community Calendar

Your favorite girls are back for their ninth season! Join Tom, Scott, Kyle, Monte and Christine for all new episodes of The Golden Girls where zaniness abounds and you never know what might happen on stage.

Live Improv Comedy at Flying Pig Improv! Join us for laughs and completely unscripted theater from our original house troupe, Speakeasy! Witness a show that has never been seen and will never be seen again. We get inspired by your prompts and then we make you laugh with delight. Get in here! Doors open at 7:30 pm. Parking and entrance on North side of building. Uncensored content and language.

ShowerUp: Mobile Showers And Personal Care ShowerUp serves those experiencing homelessness and anyone in need by providing mobile showers, hygiene resources, and personal care. It’s our goal to Shower Grace, Hope, and Love with everyone.

In a tiny Kansas town where the Little Miss Moonshine pageant is taken very seriously, longtime rivals Etta Lou Hatfield and Lula May McCoy are locked in a fierce battle for a historic tenth crown. Their obsession pulls in family members, sparks outrageous schemes, and turns rehearsals into full-blown showdowns. But when the pageant’s rules, and secrets, are flipped upside down, an unexpected contestant takes center stage.

Then following intermission, enjoy our Billy Joel Jukebox Revue!

The urge to create or possess a visual representation of a specific person – a portrait – is present throughout history. Portraits are created for many reasons: from sentimental to celebratory, for public or private viewing, as memorials, and as icons. .

Until the introduction of photography in the 1840s, portraits were rendered by artists in both two and three-dimensional mediums such as paintings and sculptures.

The Museum’s collection includes a variety of portraits, most of which depict local people. In this exhibition, we learn of portraiture and the people portrayed.

On view during regular Museum hours

March 2025 - March 2026

Tues-Fri 11am-4pm, Sat & Sun 1-5pm

Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum - 204 S Main

Located in the Musem's Lois Kay Walls Gallery - 3rd Floor

Admission to the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum is free to the public on Sundays!

Since 2022, we have received a generous gift from the Ruth Spooner Stone Charitable Trust, INTRUST Bank to make this possible. Visit us in Downtown Wichita and EXPLORE LOCAL HISTORY in one of America’s finest museums, occupying the original City of Wichita's 1890 City Hall.

Come experience dozens of exhibits featuring thousands of artifacts illuminating our unique local history.

Visit the Museum Store for interesting books and other local souvenirs and gift items.

Regular Hours
Tuesday – Friday 11am-4pm
Saturday – Sunday 1-5pm.

Regular admission:
$5 for adults
$2 for children
Free every Sunday!
Members are always free

Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums

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

Warm up this winter with a mug of hot cocoa and some friendly competition. Challenge friends to a game of chess or checkers, sharpen your skills, and enjoy a cozy afternoon of fun! For grades 6-12.

Make your own personalized pouch for self-soothing and regulating emotions in times of stress with NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). Call (316) 350-3261 or visit wichitalibrary.org/events to register.

Children will develop literacy skills through active listening, singing, movement, and sharing a love of stories in a group setting. This event will not take place on 1/19 or 2/16. For ages 0-6.

Want to learn the basics of crochet? In this come-and-go program for ages 13 and up, staff will help get you started with making chains and single crochet as well as answer questions.

Looking to broaden your reading horizons? Join us for this quarterly book club that explores diverse authors and perspectives. For this quarter's selection, we will be reading "Homegoing" by Yaa Gyasi. Call (316) 261-8500 or visit wichitalibrary.org/events to register.

MakeICT is Wichita's oldest community driven Maker Space. Maker Monday is our open house event, and a great way to experience the makerspace and the maker culture in person. Come tour our shops and see our brand new facility at 5920 E. Mt. Vernon. You’ll learn all about our makerspace, tools, policies, people, and how we operate.

Our tours are free and open to the public. While you are welcome to just show up, we prefer that you register in advance so we have enough members on hand to assist with our tours. Sessions are at 7 pm and 7:30 pm.

If you wish to begin your membership at Maker Monday we will have members here to sign you up. There’s always something interesting going on at Maker Monday!

To contact our onboarding team to arrange a tour outside our scheduled ones on Maker Mondays or general questions about joining, please send an email to onboarding@makeict.org.

Children ages 2 and under will develop a love of learning as they sing, dance, and enjoy simple stories. Caregivers will learn tips to encourage their child's early learning development.