Halloween at the Watkins!
Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United StatesBring the kids to the Watkins Museum during downtown trick-or-treating for candy and a ghostly scavenger hunt for prizes!
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Horsing Around Downtown: Holiday Scavenger Hunt
Downtown LawrenceAnnouncing the return of this popular holiday event! From December 2-9, look for the famous Watkins Hobby Horses in the windows of businesses in the 700 and 800 blocks of Massachusetts Street. Bring your checklist downtown, write down locations for at least six out of the eight horses, then drop it off at the Watkins […]
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Tails & Traditions Holiday Festival
Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United StatesThe 10th annual Tails & Traditions will feature free fun for your family! Stop by the Watkins, watch the Lawrence 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 Asian Studies, and the Wakarusa […]
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Ellie on the Shelf: A Kids’ Scavenger Hunt!
Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United StatesAnnouncing an electrifying holiday game: Bring the kids into the Watkins on December 3, locate the miniature versions of our mascot Ellie the Electric Car on all three floors, and receive a Watkins Museum coloring book. Plus, you'll be entered in a drawing for a $50 gift card to The Toy Store! The drawing winner […]
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Genealogy + Local History Spotlight
Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United StatesDue to the success of our January 10 Genealogy + Local History Spotlight, we're hosting another one! Researching your house’s history, delving into genealogy, or exploring Kansas’s storied past? Join us to get acquainted with resources for digging into local and family history. Meet Lawrence Public Library staff at the Watkins Museum for an introduction […]
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Homeschool History: A Soldier’s Life in Pictures
Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United StatesLooking for a fun event for your homeschool child? The Watkins Museum shares Lawrence history with homeschool students ages 5-12 every month throughout the school year. Each lesson studies a topic based on Lawrence and/or Douglas County History while spending time in the galleries and using artifacts to learn about past citizens and events. Lessons […]
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Haskell Exhibit Public Presentation
Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United StatesJoin us for a special event during this month's Final Friday. The museum will be open from 6:00-8:00 PM for visitors to explore the new exhibit From Then to Now: A Student History of Haskell Indian Nations University. Then from 7:00-7:30 PM, the exhibit's curators, Geoffrey Pate and Brittany Keegan, along with Travis Campbell of […]
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Homeschool History: A Soldier’s Life in Pictures
Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United StatesLooking for a fun event for your homeschool child? The Watkins Museum shares Lawrence history with homeschool students ages 5-12 every month throughout the school year. Each lesson studies a topic based on Lawrence and/or Douglas County History while spending time in the galleries and using artifacts to learn about past citizens and events. Lessons […]
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Online Book Talk: Varmints and Victims: Predator Control in the American West
Join us on the Watkins Museum YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter as we chat with historian Frank Van Nuys about his fascinating book, Varmints and Victims: Predator Control in the American West. Varmints and Victims puts the debate over predator control into historical context, tracing the West’s relationship with charismatic predators like grizzlies, wolves, and cougars from […]
Final Friday: Amazing History at the Watkins
Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United StatesDrop by the museum to view exciting local history exhibits, including From Then to Now: A Student History of Haskell Indian Nations University and Creatures From the Vault: Animal-Themed Artifacts from the DCHS Collection.
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Potter’s Field History Harvest
Lawrence Public Library 707 Vermont St.Share your story at the next History Harvest for the Oak Hill Cemetery Potter's Field Remembrance Project. If you have a story, photograph, document, etc. about the potter’s field or someone buried there and would like to share it, please stop by the Lawrence Public Library's Videocasting Studio on Wednesday, April 5. If you have […]
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Book Event: The Life & Legacy of Elizabeth Miller Watkins
Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United StatesJoin us as we celebrate an exceptional Lawrence woman and the new biography written about her. In the engaging new book The Life and Legacy of Elizabeth Miller Watkins: A Pioneering Philanthropist, Mary Dresser Burchill and Norma Decker Hoagland’s extensive research paints a portrait of a remarkable woman whose generosity endures at KU and in […]
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Trails That Connect Us
1927 Moodie Rd.Join us for the family-friendly Trails that Connect Us event! Come to the Free State Brewing Bottling Facility on the Burroughs Creek Trail Loop section, located at 1927 Moodie Rd., Lawrence. Enjoy a beer, brewery tour, trail information, food trucks, kid-friendly activities and more.