SENIOR WEDNESDAYS

Senior Wednesday Programs at the Historical Museum occur every 4th Wednesday, January through October at 10:00am, doors open at 9:30am.

Programs can be viewed both at the Museum or a short time later on the Museum's Youtube channel or Facebook (@wichitahistory).

Presentations are followed by a related tour in the exhibition galleries.

Sponsored in part by generous funding by The Charles and Joanne McIlwaine Foundation.

Admission for non-members is $ 2.00 and free to members and their guests.

Interested in volunteering at our Refreshment table before the talk? Email us at museum@wichitahistory.org or call 316-265-9314!

Links to videos of past programs:

Century II Civic Center: Wichita's 100 Year Celebration
Building Modern: Exploring Local Architecture of the 1950s and 60s
Kansas Day Celebration 2024
Museum Docents Present Their Favorites 2023
The Life and Times of Rea Woodman by Jim Mason
Beyond Brown: Mexican Struggles for Equality Before and After Brown v. Board by Valerie Mendoza
Pride: From Stonewall to Small Town Kansas by Brandon West
A conversation on Myths of the West with Ulrich Curator Ksenya Gurshtein
William Allen White and the KKK in Kansas presented by Beverly Olson Buller
Kansas Day Celebration 2023
Mapping Inequality with Donna Rae Pearson
Dress for Success: Nelly Don & American Fashion with Marla Day
Mexican Americans of Wichita’s North End with Anita Mendoza, Jose Enrique Navarro & Jay Price
Authenti-city: Wichita Series with Bill Goffrier
Architecture of the People's Houses with Murl Riedel
Iconic Eats of Wichita with Joe Stumpe
Art Deco on the Plains
Gone But Not Forgotten: Restaurants of Wichita's Past with Denise Neil
Turn it up to 90 – the Electric Guitar and the 90th Anniversary of it Wichita World Debut
1918 Influenza Pandemic with Beccy Tanner
Wichita Pioneer Robert E Lawrence with Gary Huffman
Wichita Neighborhoods with Pat O'Connor
Birger Sandzén - Celebrating the Vision with Cori North