10/12/2026
Join the Movement of Ideas this week and celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month!
💡 You can visit "Declaration 1776: The Big Bang of Modern Democracy” at these locations:
City of Rose Hill
Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, Abilene
Great Bend Public Library
Kansas Historical Society, Topeka
Seneca Free Library
FHSU Tebo Library, Hays
Wamego Public Library
💡October 13 at Wamego Public Library – Adam Hodge presents “Kansas 1776: A Dynamic Landscape.”
💡October 13 at Tebo Library at Fort Hays State University in Hays — Virgil Dean discusses “‘We the People of Kansas…’ The Story of Kansas’s Founding Documents, 1820-2020.”
💡October 15 Online — Alexis Coe joins Dr. Colleen Shogan for a discussion of Coe’s essay "John F. Kennedy: Rethinking the Camelot Myth,” part of The Study virtual lecture series. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/InPursuitKennedy
💡October 15 at Prairie Museum of Art and History in Colby – Tonia Compton leads a “Declaration Conversation,” reading and discussion of the Declaration of Independence.
💡October 15 at Valley Center Public Library and October 17 at Santa Fe Trail Center in Larned — Eric Anderson presents “A History of American Indian Boarding Schools.”
💡Applications are open for History Makers: The Future is Now 2027, HK’s strategic planning and doing initiative for rural museums. Learn more and apply: https://tinyurl.com/HKHistoryMakers
Contact community hosts directly with questions about the events.
Explore more events on HK’s Calendar of Events: https://www.humanitieskansas.org/events
