Beach Museum of Art

08/31/2026

🍂New this fall🍂 After School Art Club for students in grades 2-5! 🎨 Club starts Sept. 9, 2026 and meets weekly on Wednesdays from 3:30-5 pm at the Beach Museum of Art. Fee is $35 per 4-week session, 50% discount for military families and Friends of the BMA. Parents or caregivers are not required to accompany kids.

Visit https://beach.k-state.edu/participate/ for more info and to register.

Fall 2026 themes:
✏September: Drawing
🖌October: Painting
✨November/December: Sculpture

08/29/2026

Join us Sept. 3, 5:30-7 p.m. at the Beach Museum of Art for the Fall 2026 Exhibition Opening! 🎉Explore new exhibitions, artmaking stations, and refreshments. Free and open to the public!

New on view: "Home/Land: Wahzhazhe Artists Speak" exhibition, Collection Galleries 2026 Installation and America 250: The Pursuit of Happiness, a self-guided tour to commemorate America's semiquincentennial.

See you at the — for 30 Years (1996-2026)

State University

08/25/2026

K-State : let's kick off the school year with fun 🎉. Please join us for a Student Welcome Reception at the Beach Museum of Art! Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026 | 5-7 p.m. | Free for all K-State students, faculty and staff.

➡️ Free Food & Art 🎈
➡️ Make and Take Buttons
➡️ Common Work Double Take Gallery Tour (5:30-6 pm)
➡️ Caricatures
➡️ Find Your Calling
➡️ StoryCorps Animations
➡️ "What is Home?" Collaborative Artmaking
➡️ Explore the "Home/Land: Wahzhazhe Artists Speak" exhibition
See you at Your Art Museum at Kansas State University!

08/24/2026

New and returning : welcome to ! We wish students of all ages, parents, and educators a fantastic school year. Visit the Beach Museum of Art to experience cool and inspiring art for research or enjoyment, study in a quiet place, attend fun events, BYOL (Bring Your Own Lunch) and enjoy it in our atrium. Best of all: admission is always FREE! ✨🎉

The Beach Museum of Art is open Tues Wed Fri 10 - 5, Thurs 10 - 8, Sat 11 - 4, Closed Sun, Mon & holidays. We look forward to seeing you often!

08/23/2026

Ready to unleash your inner artist? BMA Fall 2026 Arts Education starts now! Visit our website for class registrations, gallery tour requests, K-12 school field trips, NEW After-school Art Club for grades 2-5, and more! 🎈🎨

https://beach.k-state.edu/participate/

08/22/2026

❗The wait is finally over ❗RSVP for BEACH BALL now, visit https://forms.gle/i49FepMJmtaYBC4t8
or https://beach.k-state.edu/

Beach Ball 2026 (the best party ever!) is a FREE Community Celebration at the Beach Museum of Art. Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, 6:30–9:30 PM, 21+ event. Come celebrate 30 years of the BMA and have fun like it's 1996!

💃🕺 DJ & dancing
🏆Costume contest (costumes admired but not required)
📸 Photo booth
🍿 Soda, candy and nostalgic 90s snacks
🍝Heavy hors d’oeuvres to fill you up
🍹Cash bar

We can't wait to see you at the BEACH BALL!

08/20/2026

📣❗RSVP for BEACH BALL: the best party ever ❗The link to register is just a day away! It goes live this Saturday, Aug. 22 and guests are limited, so be sure to register early.

Beach Ball 2026 is a FREE Community Celebration at the Beach Museum of Art. Join us on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, 6:30–9:30 PM to party like it’s 1996 and celebrate 30 years of the BMA –

This 21+ event includes:
💃🕺 DJ & dancing
🏆Costume contest (costumes admired but not required)
📸 Photo booth
🍿 Retro snacks
🍝Heavy hors d’oeuvres
🍹Cash bar

08/18/2026

Now Open! We are so excited and honored to present our new exhibition “Home/Land: Wahzhazhe Artists Speak.” This exhibition features works by Wahzhazhe/Osage artists Norman Akers, Anita Fields and Ryan RedCorn. The artists’ stories invite others to reflect on how history and landscape shape notions of home, land and belonging.

Come experience the work by these incredible contemporary artists. Free admission, always at !

Read all about the exhibition here:

https://www.k-state.edu/news/articles/2026/08/beach-museum-of-art-exhibition-spotlights-contemporary-Osage-art.html

Kansas State University Osage Nation

The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art is celebrating 30 years of serving Kansas and the region by launching a new exhibition on Aug. 18 featuring works by contemporary Osage artists who explore ideas about homeland and consider the significance of land, language and culture in shaping ideas about...