Senior Wednesdays

Docents Select Exhibition
Docents are an invaluable font of knowledge at WAM. Explore this exhibition, where the docents became curators and selected some of their favorite works.
Doors open at 10:00 a.m., program begins at 10:30 a.m.
Wichita Art Museum, 1400 W. Museum Blvd.
(316) 268-4921
$2 admission

Wichita's Architecture by Kathy Morgan
The WATER Center's architecture is very contemporary. Learn about other styles that define the character of Wichita.
1:30 p.m.
WATER Center, 101 E. Pawnee, in Herman Hill Park
(316) 337-9262
Free

Buds, Blooms, and Dooms by Belinda Smith
Share some of the experiences of our very own Master Gardner greenhouse supervisor. It is not all coming up roses here in the Zoo.
10:00 a.m.
Sedgwick County Zoo, 5555 Zoo Blvd.
(316) 266-8213
$4 programming fee

Libbie's Story: Elizabeth Bacon Custer
Marla Matkin presents a living history program of the wife of General George Armstrong Custer.
1:30 p.m.
Wichita Public Library - Central Library, 223 S. Main St.
(316) 261-8500
Free

Kansas and the Great Migration with Doretha K. Williams
By the early 1900s many African Americans living in the rural South began looking elsewhere for a place to call home. Using oral histories and family photos this presentation examines one family's journey as part of the nation's great migration.
10:00 a.m.
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount St.
(316) 978-3664
Free

Women's History Month
We celebrate great African American women who have made significant contributions to history.
1:30 p.m.
The Kansas African American Museum, 601 N. Water St.
(316) 262-7651
Free

Moody's Skidrow Beaner by Pat O'Connor
A talk that will take listeners back into the mid-1960s when the unconventional were still called beatniks instead of hippies, an interesting part of the history of downtown Wichita.
10:00 a.m.
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, 204 S. Main St.
(316) 265-9314
$2 admission

Potato Science
What's so scientific about a potato? Sprouting from the Mr. Potato Head exhibit we will play with our food and learn a little about the rich history and, yes, science of the incredible, edible potato.
1:30 p.m.
Exploration Place, 300 N. McLean Blvd.
(316) 660-0600
$2 admission plus tax

Cranes on the Plains
Join GPNC Naturalist Jim Mason for a look at the spectacle of the spring migration of the sandhill and whooping cranes across Kansas.
10:00 a.m.
Great Plains Nature Center, 6232 E. 29th St. N.
(316) 683-5499
Free

Keeping Healthy in the 1870s
Medicine shows, phrenology, and "the good and bad humors" were all part of modern "health care" in the 1870s. Enjoy a traveling medicine show and learn about the fashionable "new" medical ideas for the time.
1:30 p.m.
Old Cowtown Museum, 1865 Museum Blvd.
(316) 350-3321
$2 programming fee