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SPRING 2024

 

**Click here for a three minute video  of ways to incorporate the Kentucky Museum into your coursework**

While preparing for the upcoming semester, please consider ways the Kentucky Museum might support your coursework including:

Sending students on their own to visit exhibit/s for course credit.

The Museum is FREE and open to the public Wednesday-Saturday 9AM-4PM. Many professors use assignments and/or ways of checking student visitation (sign-in rosters, QR codes, selfies, etc.). I will be glad to assist with what works for you. Don’t forget upcoming exhibits including the annual Celebration of the Arts (March4-April 12), the largest art show in our region.

Scheduling class/es for a guided tour of one or more exhibits.

WKU class tours are scheduled online and available Monday-Friday. The Museum can often accommodate requests for class visits before opening hours or after closing hours. Some professors use the entire period touring, while others conduct regular class in one of our classrooms for as long as they choose. When ready, the class tours an exhibit/s for the remainder of the period. I’m happy to set up a visit that best accommodates your class and schedule. Sixty-seven WKU classes visited the Museum last semester. Our semester calendar is quickly filling—don’t be left out!    

Sending students on their own to programs/events for course credit.

We will have a program attendance QR code at each event for students to scan.

February 7       5-6 PM

I Got a Right to the Tree of Life: Women’s Suffrage and African American Women’s Voices

Presentation by Dr. Kathy Bullock, Professor Emerita of Music, Berea College. Through songs and stories, this presentation will share the journey and the contributions of           African American women in the struggle for the Right to Vote in the U.S.

March 9   1-2PM

Quilt Art: Examining the Narrative in Kentucky Quilts

Presentation with Dr. Pearlie Johnson. Based on historical records, secondary sources, and oral history interviews with quilters across Kentucky, Johnson discusses 19th              century quilts made by black women living and working on slave plantations, traditional quilts made by African American women of the 20th century, as well as                            contemporary art quilts made by women of all cultural groups of the 21st century.  

April 9       5-6PM

Finding the First Farmers with Kentucky Archaeological Survey staff and guest curators

Panelists from the Kentucky Archaeological Survey (KAS) will discuss the diverse nature of indigenous farm life in the Barren River drainage of south-central Kentucky                  during the Mississippian era.

 

 

Check Out: How WKU Uses the Museum

Create hands-on, object based learning opportunities in your courses by incorporating the Kentucky Museum  and our holdings into your curriculum. Our collections and exhibits can be used to teach students about observational skills, visual communication, multicultural perspectives, and more.

 


 

Kentucky Museum Class Tour
Kentucky Museum Class Tour
WKU Classroom close study
Classroom Close Study of Collections

 

 

Museum students in Culture Carried
Suggested Activities for Museum Visit
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Collections at the Kentucky Museum

 

 

 

 

 

Not finding the information that you need?

Please contact Education Curator, Dr. Christy Spurlock.

christy.spurlock@wku.edu or call 270-745-6082

 

 

 


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