July 27, 2017
Have you ever been gifted with a chocolate bar falling from the sky? Probably not. Well, in the late 1940s, children in Berlin had the delight of receiving chocolate bars tied to parachutes made of handkerchiefs during the Berlin Airlift, all thanks to Colonel Gail Halvorsen aka, The Candy Bomber....
July 6, 2017
Every five years an organization known as Americans for the Arts commissions a study to be conducted by the Georgia Institute of Technology. This study is intended to evaluate the economic impact of nonprofit arts and cultural institutions across the United States and in specific markets, including Wichita, KS. The Arts...
June 22, 2017
Hello everyone, my name is Holly and I’m a collections volunteer here at the Museum of World Treasures. I help our curator, Steven King, research the artifacts. At the moment we’re in the process of researching the Museum’s collection of Egyptian artifacts and placing them in chronological order for a...
June 8, 2017
Museum folk like humor as much as the next person. To that end, we have developed a number of tips for museum visitation, all tongue-in-cheek of course and actually the antithesis of how you should act in a museum. But it’s fun! So, when visiting a Museum, it is...
June 1, 2017
Last June, Steven King, the Curator at the Museum of World Treasures, went on a research trip to study Ivan the Tyrannosaurus rex. Stops included the site where Ivan was excavated, the Museum of the Rockies and the Royal Tyrrell Museum to examine tyrannosaur material in their collections. The trip was...
December 12, 2016
December’s Coffee with the Curator, “A Christmas Empire: The Birth and Rise of the Nation with Charlmegane’s Surprise Coronation” will be presented by historian Austin Setter. The presentation will set the stage of the rise of the Carolingian dynasty in the early Middle Ages and the development of nations that...
November 14, 2016
November’s Coffee with the Curator, titled “The First Thanksgiving: Myths & Realities” features Dr. Carolyn Speer Schmidt speaking about the true history of the holiday and explains some of the misconceptions that surround Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated in the United States that originated as a day to...
November 7, 2016
From 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Veterans Day, Friday, November 11, the long awaited, and newest, exhibit Forgotten Heroes: Conflict in Korea, 1951-1953 will be unveiled to the public. Newly donated and never before seen objects from the Museum’s collection will be displayed alongside all new interpretive signs and...
October 24, 2016
In short, no. Though it is often referenced as a sort of Pagan analogue, Samhain has distinct celebratory and cultural differences from Halloween. October is a month generally recognized as a formal entry to autumn; when the leaves start to turn colors, pumpkins patches open to the public, and Halloween...
October 17, 2016
October's Coffee with the Curator at the Museum of World Treasures will introduce the history and modern culture of Mongolia, the "Land of the Blue Sky." Wendell Skinner will present this topic on Wednesday, October 20 at the Museum of World Treasures from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Mongolia is...