July 11, 2016
The morning sun is shining, but has yet to come up over the set of quaint old apartments surrounding a cobblestone piazza. In the center of the piazza stands a massive Egyptian obelisk fixed atop a fountain. The massive weight of the obelisk is masked by four graceful white marble...
July 4, 2016
History of Independence Day When the Revolutionary War broke out in April 1775, few colonists desired complete independence from Great Britain, and those who did were considered radical. By the middle of the following year many more colonists had come to favor independence. History.com notes that on July...
June 27, 2016
Over the past month, local kids have been playing their way through history at the Museum through Summer Adventure Camps. Our Ancient World Explorers and Museum Apprentices have marveled, created, tasted, and dressed-up as a part of an ultimate summer discovery experience. On June 6-10, K-5 participants in the...
June 20, 2016
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to the exciting recent acquisition of almost 200 artifacts that directly relate to the Museum’s upcoming exhibit, Forgotten Heroes: Conflict in Korea, 1950-1953, scheduled to open on June 30, 2016, the exhibit opening is postponed to allow our curator time for adequate research. We hope to have this...
June 13, 2016
Origin of Father’s Day In July of 1908, a church in West Virginia held a special Sunday sermon which was the nation’s first event honoring fathers. The sermon was in memory of 362 men that died due to a nearby coal mine explosion. The following year, a woman named Sonora...
June 6, 2016
It’s Riverfest this week here in Wichita! Riverfest started last Friday, June 3rd, with the annual kick-off parade and fireworks. The festival concludes this year on Saturday, June 11th. As always, there’s no shortage of fun activities for festival attendees of all ages! For the adults, this week they have...
May 30, 2016
First, we would like to extend a thank you to all persons who have served or are currently serving in the armed forces. We sincerely thank you for your service. We invite you to visit the Museum of World Treasures and step into the shoes of these heroes. Our military...
May 23, 2016
The Museum Gets a New Direction and a New Dinosaur A lot of the changes that took place in the Museum Of World Treasures (MOWT) up to 2005 were the addition of new artifacts, new exhibits, and the cooperation of new collectors. 2005 marked the beginning of new leadership...
May 9, 2016
The Museum of World Treasures was founded on January 12, 2001. Even though it’s one of the youngest museums in Wichita, or Kansas, for that matter, the Museum of World Treasures, or MOWT for short, has gone through a lot of changes. It has been in two buildings, changed its name...
April 25, 2016
Thirty-Three Years Later. . . On this day in 1983, the Soviet Union released a letter that then-General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Yuri Andropov had written to Samantha Smith, an American fifth-grader. Widely suspected to be an attempt to demonstrate the 'softer side' of the Soviet Union and negate...