Museum of World Treasures

12/29/2022

Museum to Temporarily Shut Down for Maintenance | Newsroom | About the Museum | Museum of World Treasures

"Museum of World Treasures is housed in the historical 109-year-old Johnson-Frazier building, which was incidentally built to be fireproof. We have thanked our lucky stars many times for that coincidence," shares Noller. Read the whole article on our website.

SHUTDOWN FOLLOWS MAY 2022 FIRE IN ADJACENT BUILDING (left) Ivan the T. Rex is on display in the atrium of the Museum of World Treasures. (right) Uniforms worn by American servicemen in World War II make up part of the Museum's military uniform collection. The scheduled restoration work will help ...

12/28/2022

Museum of World Treasures to temporarily shut down for maintenance

The Museum will be temporarily shut down for maintenance beginning Monday, January 2.

The Museum of World Treasures will be temporarily shutting down from Monday, Jan. 2, through Friday, Jan. 13, for maintenance following a fire in a nearby building.

12/27/2022

Museum to temporarily shut down for maintenance beginning Monday, January 2. READ MORE: https://worldtreasures.org/about/news/closed-jan2023-for-maintenance

12/25/2022

Wishing everyone the happiest of holidays from rhe Museum of World Treasures family.

12/22/2022

Museum of World Treasures is CLOSED today, December 22 due to inclement weather. We plan to reopen tomorrow. Stay safe!

12/16/2022

How do we keep artifacts from getting broken? What happens when one does break? Most of our artifacts are a part of the Museum's permanent collection and can only be handled by trained staff or volunteers. A few items, like the one you see here, are in our Education Collection and can be handled by the public during educational programs. When an item is broken, we carefully document the incident with photos and written reports and then follow best practices to preserve and, if possible, repair it.

12/16/2022

How does a person's individual values affect their museum experience? Find out more in this from the 2022 Annual Survey of .
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American Alliance of Museums

How does a person's individual values affect their museum experience? Find out more in this from the 2022 Annual Survey of .

https://www.wilkeningconsulting.com/uploads/8/6/3/2/86329422/respecting_values_data_story.pdf

American Alliance of Museums

12/15/2022

Our Event Rentals "page" is the place to learn about renting our beautiful third-floor space for your event. You can even send us a message to get more information. Do you have any events coming up soon?

12/14/2022

"Winter" , Day 14. In these images, you can see a USMC winter uniform believed to have been worn in the frigid Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War. Also shown are winter overshoes and a two-sided camouflage jacket won by Germans in World War II.

12/14/2022

Part 1 of the POWERFUL testimony Ingrid Azvedo, who survived East Berlin during the early Cold War and the Berlin Airlift.

12/14/2022

Part 2 of a POWERFUL testimony by Ingrid Azvedo, who survived East Berlin during the early Cold War and the Berlin Airlift.

12/13/2022

We want to share some background information to go with our Day 13 videos, which will come in a little bit. Today's prompt is “Best Moment” and, for many of us who work here, this prompt takes us back to one exact moment in 2019. Fortunately, this moment was caught on camera with the help of Visit Wichita.

To understand how special this moment was, however, we need to give background information on the videos you will see. In September 2019, a group called the Berlin Airlift Veteran’s Association (BAVA) had its 75th annual meeting right here in Wichita, KS. These veterans flew a humanitarian relief mission bringing food and supplies to the people in East Berlin ing the late 1940s.

Fourteen Berlin Airlift veterans made it to this event, including the Candy Bomber himself, Col. Gail Halvorsen. However, no one at the event expected what happened during a question-and-answer session with the panel of veterans.

A small, white-haired woman in the crowd raised her hand to ask a question and began speaking in a cracked voice. She talked about her experience as a survivor of East Berlin during the Cold War. She spoke about the impact The Candy Bomber had on her life and about her pride in becoming an American. This unexpectedly passionate addition to the event left many present misty-eyed.

We will share the video of Ingrid Azvedo’s testimony in a few minutes. We hope you find this moment from 2019 as impactful as we did.

12/11/2022

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Today we remember our co-founder Dr. Jon Kardatzke who passed this last February. We are forever grateful for the vision he and his wife Lorna brought to life in Wichita. https://worldtreasures.org/about/news/co-founder-of-museum-of-world-treasures-dr.-jon-kardatzke-passes-away-at-85

12/10/2022

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Did you know that during the COVID-19 crisis, we began live streaming our educational talks? It was challenging to put together, but we are glad we were pushed to this growth as it has been a big hit with our members!

12/09/2022

Day 9 Prompt: "The Last 12 Months" Did you know that teachers get free admission every day with school ID? This opportunity includes home educators who show an HSLDA card or a non-accredited school registration form. Share with all your teacher friends!

12/09/2022

Now through December 18, it's even easier to get the perfect dinosaur or history-themed gift for your loved one! Come on in and browse our wide selection of unique and fun items!

12/09/2022

Saturday, December 10 join us for holidays around the world themed crafts, cookies, cocoa, and Museum Store deals! Happy Holidays!

12/09/2022

We LOVE this! Josiah even got the dinosaur out front of the building!

Josiah Barker
Museum of World Treasures

12/08/2022

The years may have done a number on Betty's uniform, but her donation is an absolute treasure to us! For today's prompt, "Clothing," we are highlighting the Air Cadet uniform of Betty Gardner, which was donated in 2018.

12/07/2022

"Number" is our Day 7 prompt word for . 4,576 students, teachers, paras, bus drivers, and parents attended MOWT as a part of a field trip in 2021. That's about 10% of our total attendance!

12/06/2022

This is a hidden staircase located right in the middle of our Museum exhibits. It is closed and blocked by doors on both ends and isn't even lit up. It's a little eerie if you ask us! Where in the Museum do you think this staircase is located?

12/05/2022

Results for museum-of-world-treasures | Best of Wichita

Thank you, Wichita! We are a winner in the Best Museum category of the Best of Wichita contest again this year!

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12/05/2022

😓😓 "Too soon" is our reaction to this prompt. Many of you may remember that a large fire occurred outside and up against our building earlier this year. The fire inflicted almost no structural damage on our 1914 "fireproof, ratproof, and mouseproof" building. However, to this day, we are working on the maintenance of building systems affected by the smoke.

12/04/2022

Did you know that each artifact in our collection needs both paper files and a digital record? And that a single record can take over an hour to create? We use a special museum collections database software called PastPerfect to help us track location, condition, exhibit history, and more on each item.

12/03/2022

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These two Roman roof tile fragments both bear parts of the inscription LEXFR, which stands for "LEgio X (decima) FRetensis" or "Legion 10 of the Sea Straits." These fragments are likely from the first century AD. Tune in tomorrow for Day 4 of our .

12/02/2022

😍 Thank you to all who supported us in any way this ! We are so excited to share that, with your help, we will be able to subsidize field trip tickets for 1,686 local students this year!

12/02/2022

Emotions ran high as the International Council of Museums (ICOM) wrestled with defining what a "museum" is. This August, they released their official definition. What do you think? https://icom.museum/en/resources/standards-guidelines/museum-definition/

12/01/2022

Day 1 of our : "Who Am I?" We are a Wichita nonprofit with a mission to educate, entertain, and inspire lifelong learning.

12/01/2022

Although normally happens in November, we decided December is better than never, right?

Day 1 of 30 is dropping later today.

12/01/2022

Happy Belated Birthday, Gordon Parks!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GORDON PARKS!

Celebrating 110 years of Gordon Parks

The Gordon Parks Museum at Fort Scott Community College will celebrate the anniversary of Gordon Parks’ birthday today, November 30th with presentations, workshop and the showing of films throughout the day. The events are free of charge and the public is invited to attend.

The schedule throughout the day will include:
8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. — Gordon Parks Museum will be open for extended hours.

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. — Showing of the film Criterion Collection The Learning Tree.

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. — “Langston Hughes & Gordon Parks Story Board” (Lunch and Learn Event) Feel free to bring your lunch and join us. Birthday cake.
1:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. - Showing of the film Leadbelly.

5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. — “Digital Photography Workshop” Veretta Cobler, Professional Photographer will provide free instruction on working with digital photography.

Parks, born in Fort Scott, KS on November 30, 1912, would have been 110 this year. He died in March 7, 2006 at the age of 93.

12/01/2022

Kansas Aviation Museum is adding three new exhibits and a new theater

Very exciting for our friends at Kansas Aviation Museum!

The Kansas Aviation Museum is expanding with three new exhibits, a couple of which are in the former airport’s baggage claim area, and a new theater.

11/30/2022

Alas, Ivan the T. rex will not be wearing a sweater this or any other winter.

11/30/2022

6 Places for Kids to See Dinosaurs & Fossils in Kansas

Be sure to check out ALL the cool dino places in Kansas!

If you've got dinosaur lovers in your house, then make sure to put these 6 Kansas attractions on your family's bucket list! Some are in Wichita (or nearby) while others are an easy day trip to visit.

11/29/2022

A story of impact to share: "I took a tour and one of the girls started talking about the Egyptian gods, so I had her come to the front and tell everyone. When the tour was over the teacher told me the girl was severely autistic and she had never heard her talk before." -Larry, a volunteer tour guide at MOWT

Support our goal on Giving Tuesday and beyond at https://worldtreasures.org/about/giving-tuesday

11/29/2022

THANK YOU to the people who have donated so far! We are stunned that we are already 79% of the way to our goal of subsidizing 2,000 student field trip visits in 2023. Do you feel moved to help us with this vision? We are accepting donations at https://worldtreasures.org/about/giving-tuesday .

11/29/2022

Giving Tuesday | About the Museum | Museum of World Treasures

💖We believe all local students deserve an opportunity to join in the stories of history and culture from around the world during a fun and educational museum field trip.

TODAY on we are asking for support for this vision. You can make a difference for a Kansas student with a donation of just $2 at https://www.facebook.com/donate/670614124789848/ or on our website at https://worldtreasures.org/about/giving-tuesday.

Make Museum Field Trips Affordable for Local Students at Museum of World Treasures Goal: Fund our museum field trip assistance program for local students for all of 2023. $4,000 supports 2,000 local student visits Belief statement: We believe all local students deserve an opportunity to go on a fun....

11/27/2022

Your support is already rolling in for local kids! Let's keep building steam for Giving Tuesday 2022! https://worldtreasures.org/about/giving-tuesday

11/26/2022

15 Holiday Gift Ideas for Dinosaur and History Enthusiasts | Blog | Museum of World Treasures

35% OFF everything in the Museum Store through Sunday, 11/27! Are dinosaurs and history a favorite of your special loved one? Did you know you can buy unique gifts for them right here in Wichita while supporting our educational mission? Read the newest on our blog for 15 great gift ideas! https://worldtreasures.org/blog/15-holiday-gift-ideas-for-dinosaur-and-history-enthusiasts

Are you looking for the perfect gift for the lover of history or dinosaurs in your life? A Museum of World Treasures gift is a perfect choice. Not only is it unique and fun for your loved one, but it also supports the educational impact of a local Wichita business. Visit our store in-person to pick....

11/25/2022

Friends and loved ones always appreciate the gift of family experiences. Why not gift a 35% off Museum Membership and pair it with some 35% off Museum Store merchandise? This deal lasts today through Sunday!

11/24/2022

Join us on a walk down memory lane as we prepare for Giving Tuesday 2022 and say thanks for some of our favorite tour moments. Do you have any school field trip memories at our Museum? Follow along with our Giving Tuesday goal to support 2,000 students' school tour visits in 2023! https://www.facebook.com/donate/670614124789848/1088749845164065/