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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!

Happening at the museum

A white, flowering plant with seeds spilling out appears against a blue background resembling rippling water with small, swimming figures scattered throughout

Asclepias in the Garden

This exhibition at the KU Medical Center was developed by artist Marguerite Perret as part of the Kansas 4M/KU Spencer Museum of Art Arts Research Integration Fellowship.

Print of an organic blue shape with two faces pointing different directions and a small blue animal figure above it

Soundings Virtual Roundtable Oct. 28

Hear from art historians across the country whose work explores different ocean geographies and cultural histories

An adult wearing a sweater holds a photo displaying an app with the logo Spencer Museum of Art at the top while reclining on a couch

Free Digital Guide

Explore the Spencer with our free digital guide available through Bloomberg Connects. Access tours and audio and video content.

Color photograph of various green plants and white and red flowers with a face in the center and multiple hands covered in white lines protruding

Christian Thompson: Future Ancestor

Experience two photographs and one video work by Australian artist Christian Thompson that explore language preservation and cultural survival.

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Events

October 26
Workshop
2:30–5:00PM
Chalmers Hall, 1467 Jayhawk Blvd
October 26
Talk
6:00–7:00PM
The Forum, Marvin Hall, 1465 Jayhawk Blvd
October 27
Activity
1:00–3:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Lee Study Center

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Browse art highlights

Birger Sandzén (1871–1954)
1920
Harvey Dinnerstein (1928–2022)
2009
unrecorded Flathead artist
circa 1912
Teri Greeves (born 1970)
2009

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