February Events from Kansas Humanities Council

KHC Events in February

12 Speakers Bureau presentations

23 TALK book discussions

4 Shared Stories of the Civil War events

2 Mini Grant events

1 Humanities Grant event

31 communities

Visit KHC's Calendar of Events for details.

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Kansas Boys, Archeology Legends

As a boy in the 1920s, Waldo Wedel explored the banks of Sand Creek in Harvey County looking for fossils and Native American artifacts. As an adult, Wedel and childhood friend Emil Haury contributed to a greater understanding of American prehistory: Wedel in the archeology of Kansas and the Great Plains and Haury in the archeology of the American Southwest.

In the Fields of Time: The Impact of Two Kansas Boys on American Archeology is a new exhibition opening February 26 at

Kauffman Museum in North Newton. Visitors to the KHC-supported exhibition and companion programs will trace the lives of Haury and Wedel from "boys to legends." The exhibit runs through May 20, 2012. More information can be found at KHC's Calendar of Events

Humanities grants in support of interpretive museum exhibitions are available. Contact Murl Riedel, Director of Grants and Programs, at
(785) 357-0359 for more information.