12/08/2022
Congratulations to graduate students Jordan Larzalere and Jacob Collins for successfully passing their MA defenses and both will be graduating this semester with an MA in Anthropology and Museum Studies Certificate!!
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The Holmes Museum is a student-run museum at Wichita State University. Come see us in Neff Hall, jus The Lowell D.
Holmes Museum of Anthropology is a student run, teaching museum located on the Wichita State University campus. The main gallery features the museum's Asmat collection, which is the third largest in the nation. Throughout the hallways of Neff Hall, there are also numerous student designed and built exhibitions that are regularly being changed out with new material.
Operating as usual
12/01/2022
The Museum Methods class had their last museum tour of the semester by touring a historic house museum, the Frank Lloyd Wright's Allen House. What a great tour. We learned a lot.
11/29/2022
The Museum Methods class installed a new exhibit in the library today entitled “The Cultures of Mexico: Past and Present”. This was the first exhibit that any of them have created.
11/22/2022
11/11/2022
Thank you to Jami Frazier Tracy and Samantha Carter for giving the Museum Methods class a tour of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum
11/08/2022
Museum Studies students at the Kansas Museums Association Conference.
10/25/2022
The Kansas City Public Library - Special Collections Librarian / Archivist
The Kansas City Public Library - Special Collections Librarian / Archivist
Job Summary Under the direction of the Missouri Valley Special Collections manager, the Special Collections Librarian/Archivist organizes, describes, and preserves archival materials including historical documents, photographs, maps, and other records. Provides reference service to....
10/24/2022
Graduate assistant, Ria Morgan talks to Dr. Dozier’s Intro to Archaeology class about curation. Here she is explaining about accession numbers.
10/14/2022
Local museum job opening!
We're hiring! Come join our team as our Museum Experience Coordinator. Apply online
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10/14/2022
The museum will be closed October 17th and 18th for Fall Break.
10/13/2022
10/10/2022
Happy Indigenous People's Day!
10/03/2022
We are very proud of our collection and would love to show it off, come see us!
Neff Hall on the Wichita State University Campus houses one of the best kept travel secrets in Kansas. The Lowell D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology is a fascinating, free museum which you will probably have entirely to yourself. The Holmes museum is a teaching museum operated by students enrolled in the Museum Studies Program and gives potential museum professionals hands on experience in museum administration, operations, and exhibition. The museum's collections include a wide range of cultural, archaeological, and biological objects, with the largest collections being Asmat and Native American. http://www.kansastravel.org/wichita/holmesmuseum.htm
09/29/2022
Celebrating the life of Dr. Dorothy Billings today.
09/15/2022
In the Museum Methods class we talked about accessioning and deaccessioning, the reasons why for each and problems you could encounter. We also talked about the possibility of objects having harmful substances on them such as mercury, lead or even uranium. We took a few items from our collection over to the geology department and Dr. Parcell showed the students the XRF and LIBS portable scanners that can scan the surface of objects to detect the chemical breakdown
09/12/2022
2022 Best of Wichita
The Lowell D Holmes Museum of Anthropology has been nominated as one of the Best of Wichita under the museum category in "things to do" Please vote for us! Voting is open until Sept. 23rd.
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Vote once per day from September 5 to September 23.
09/08/2022
Todays catalog project for the Museum Methods class.
09/01/2022
08/29/2022
Angie Guevara, curator of collections, prepares a newly donated collection of Native American artifacts for cataloging.
08/29/2022
Careers - Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum
Job opening at the Amelia Earhart museum!
Employment Opportunities at the Hangar Museum A state-of-the art science and history museum, the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum works to hire and retain the best and brightest in the Museum industry. The Museum aims to inspire all people in pursuit of flight – are you ready to chase your dreams? Joi...
08/24/2022
Curator of Indigenous Heritage and Culture
Curator of Indigenous Heritage and Culture
HISTORY COLORADO has a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion and cultural competency, because of that, we are continuously seeking to recruit individuals who will enhance this diversity and ultimately the effectiveness of our organization.We believe that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive ....
08/23/2022
Just a few items from our collection that will be featured in the Ulrich Museum of Art's new exhibit "Myths of the West" which opens Thursday, August 25th.
08/22/2022
07/23/2022
Why the Smithsonian Adopted a New Policy on Ethical Collecting
Why the Smithsonian Adopted a New Policy on Ethical Collecting
For more than a century, museum artifacts were acquired in ways we no longer find acceptable. How can we repair the damage?
06/28/2022
From working with Plains Indian history yesterday to accepting a donation of Northern Mexican pottery today, there is always something to learn.
06/14/2022
We’re so excited to host author Vanessa Whiteslide () tomorrow at the Pizza Hut Museum for a book signing of her Wichita bucket list guidebook, “100 Things to Do in Wichita Before You Die.” Join us tomorrow from 11a.m. - 1p.m. to get your signed copy!
05/09/2022
The museum is open by appointment from mid May - mid August. If you would like to schedule an appointment or tour please email [email protected] or call 316-978-7068.
05/09/2022
Congratulations to graduate student Gracie Tolley who is graduating Saturday with her MA in Anthropology and Museum Studies Certificate. Gracie has worked in the museum since her sophomore year of college as curator of exhibition, curator of collections and she is currently the registrar and graduate assistant. We will miss her but we're excited to see where her future leads!
04/27/2022
Successful exhibit opening today.
04/26/2022
Today is the day!
04/13/2022
04/13/2022
Paid internship opportunity at the Ulrich Museum of Art!
The Ulrich is hiring interns! If you know a motivated WSU student looking for a paid internship, have them apply for one of our open positions! The deadline to apply is April 25th. For more info, visit https://ulrich.wichita.edu/internship-program/.
04/06/2022
Congratulations to graduate student and museum registrar, Gracie Tolley for successfully defending her Masters Project about museum accessibility for low vision visitors.
03/30/2022
03/30/2022
New photo exhibit coming soon!
03/25/2022
The accessibility project is coming along.
03/24/2022
Newsletter
Here is the link to the Spring 2022 Holmes Happenings Newsletter
https://www.wichita.edu/museums/holmes/newsletter.pcf.php
Regular museum hours are Monday-Friday from 1:00-5:00 or by appointment. Admission is free, donations are accepted. If you would like to schedule a tour please call 316-978-7068 or email [email protected].
03/22/2022
The students are busy preparing cases for new exhibits.
Address
1845 Fairmount Box 52
Wichita, KS
67208
Opening Hours
| Monday | 1pm - 5pm |
| Tuesday | 1pm - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 1pm - 5pm |
| Thursday | 1pm - 5pm |
| Friday | 1pm - 5pm |
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Videos
Gracie Tolley gives you a little sneak peak of the exhibits that that Museum Exhibitions class has been working on this semester.
Sophomore, Angie Guevara, who is the curator of exhibits at the museum, shares with us a couple of her favorite artifacts.
Recent Acqusitions
Check out the latest video from the Lowell D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology staff member, Ria Morgan
Tour of storage facility
Twice a month for the rest of the semester the museum will be hosting videos sharing different aspects of our museum. Today, graduate student and registrar Gracie Tolley, gives a tour of part of our storage facility.
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