Join for a special America's 250 edition of Coffee With the Curator at the Museum of World Treasures!

Event Details

• Date: Thursday, July 16, 2026
• Time: 9:00 AM (Doors Open at 8:45)
• Location: Museum of World Treasures [Get Directions]

Program Fee

• Museum Members: Free
• Non-Members: FREE and open to the public, thanks to Humanities Kansas

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Attending Information

• Open to all ages
• No need to register; simply walk in!
• Light refreshments provided.

A Declaration Conversation

The “Declaration Conversation” event is an opportunity to learn more about America’s founding document and its impact on the world during the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Participants will read excerpts from the document and participate in a discussion facilitated by Jay Price, professor of history at Wichita State University and member of the Kansas US 250 Commission.

“Declaration Conversations” is part of Humanities Kansas’s “Declaration at 250” activities, including the statewide tour of the “Declaration 1776: The Big Bang of Modern Democracy” traveling exhibition from The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Support for “Declaration Conversations” has been provided by the State of Kansas through the Kansas Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts and the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund.

SPEAKER BIO - dR. Jay Price

Serving on the Kansas US 250 Commission, Jay M. Price is a Professor of History at Wichita State University, where he also directs the Local and Community History Program. His works include Temples for a Modern God: Religious Architecture in Postwar America and Gateways to the Southwest: The Story of Arizona State Parks. He has written and coauthored several photo histories of Kansas and Wichita topics, most recently LBGTQ Wichita. He has led teams to create a series of graphic novels, one now in Spanish, that present local history in visual form. His current work is a biography of Kansas Governor John Carlin. He currently serves on the Kansas Historical Society Board, the Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review, and the board of the journal Kansas History.

special thanks

This program is brought to us by Humanities Kansas, an independent nonprofit leading a movement of ideas to empower the people of Kansas to strengthen their communities and our democracy.