"Declaration 1776" Traveling Exhibition Opens November 15 at Kauffman Museum in Kansas: One of 47 Host Sites Statewide, on View Through December 31
Kauffman Museum in North Newton, Kansas, opens the traveling exhibition "Declaration 1776: The Big Bang of Modern Democracy" on November 15 at 1:30 p.m. The exhibition comes from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and is organized through Humanities Kansas. Kauffman Museum is one of 47 cultural organizations across the state chosen to host it.
According to Bethel College, the exhibition uses panels of primary sources to show how Americans and people across the world have been inspired by the Declaration of Independence in their pursuit of equality and self-determination. The Kansas version adds a section, "Kansas 1776," on what was happening 250 years ago on the land that would become Kansas.
Humanities Kansas originally planned 10 locations statewide during 2026, the 250th anniversary year of United States nationhood, and added almost 40 more when demand far exceeded expectations. This is the exhibition's only stop in south-central Kansas; regionally it has been shown in El Dorado and Andover. It remains at Kauffman Museum through December 31, and the museum is free on November 15.
At 3 p.m. on opening day, independent scholar and quilt researcher Sara Reimer Farley will present a program on quilters' stories across 250 years of American history. A "Declaration Conversation" follows on December 13 at 3 p.m., facilitated by Eric Anderson, a history professor at Haskell Indian Nations University and a member of the Potawatomi Nation.
Kauffman Museum's regular hours are Tuesday to Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Saturday to Sunday, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., closed Mondays and major holidays.
(Source: Bethel College)
Source: Bethel College
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Photo: 图：美国《独立宣言》的石版复制件。公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: William Stone's engraved copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
