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We are a museum at the University of Kansas with two floors of galleries and a collection that represents different types of art from around the world. Admission is free for everyone!

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Iⁿ’zhúje’waxóbe: Return of the Sacred Red Rock

This exhibition tells the story of the rematriation of Iⁿ‘zhúje‘waxóbe, or the Sacred Red Rock, from the City of Lawrence, Kansas, to Kaw Nation through artwork created by local artists and Kaw tribal citizens.

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My Mother's Tongue Ties Me Together

The Spencer Museum of Art is honored to host the Charlotte Street Visual Artist Awards exhibition for the first time featuring the selected artists for 2025: Noelle Choy, Hùng Lê, and Merry Sun. All three artists explore themes of cultural mythmaking, memory, and migration through a range of media.

Watercolor scene of two Black males, one in the water and one in a boat with conch shells with palm trees along the shore behind them

Soundings: Making Culture at Sea

This new exhibition explores how visual representations of oceans from different times and places across history have helped humans articulate questions and concerns that are political, cultural, and environmental.

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Events

October 3
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Goddard Study Center
October 4
Activity
1:00–4:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Perkins Central Court
October 4
Social
1:00–3:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Reception Room

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Pierre Joseph-Valcin (1925–2000, active 1960s–2000)
1975
Iwamura Sadao (1912–1944)
1936
Hisi Quotskuyva Nampeyo (born 1964)
late 1900s
Preston Singletary (born 1963)
2003

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