WKU Events

Visit the Kentucky Museum to view exhibitions on art, history, and culture from the Commonwealth and across the world. 

Current exhibitions are listed here.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For directions and public parking information, please click here.

The WKU Forensics Team will host the Kentucky High School Speech League Senior Speech State Tournament from 4:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday (March 7) and from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday (March 8).

Over 600 students/judges will be on campus for this event utilizing the following buildings: Downing Student Union, Cherry Hall, College High Hall, Environmental Sciences and Technology Building Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center, Grise Hall, Honors College & International Center, and Kelly Thompson Hall.

For more information: SKTPA

Nancy Green became one of the first prosperous African American women in the U.S. Green was born enslaved in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1834. While in Kentucky she worked for the Walker family and moved with them to Chicago just after the Great Fire, in 1872. Eight years later, Nancy Green became "Aunt Jemima." Businessman R.T. Davis had purchased a pre-mixed, self-rising recipe for pancakes and wanted an "Aunt Jemima," a character from minstrel shows which were popular at the time, to be the face of his pancakes. "Aunt Jemima" would be a friendly, animated, African American cook who served a wealthy white family. Playing the role of "Aunt Jemima" gave Green financial independence few African Americans and few women experienced at the time. She used her wealth as a means to empower her community. She was particularly active in her church, leading missionary trips, investing in anti-poverty programs for African Americans, and advocating for equal rights. Though her work depended on a derogatory racial stereotype, her financial success demonstrates how black Americans could sometimes play on and use such images to their advantage.

Join us for this amazing Kentucky Chautauqua program by Debra Faulk.

This program was funded in part by Kentucky Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.  

Location: Kentucky Museum 

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More: 2024-25 promotions

student recital by Ashleigh Chapman & Mack Overfelt

Graduate project for graduate student Brenna Derby. Featuring WKU Wind Ensemble! 

2025 KHSAA Fourth Region Girls' Tournament

• First-round games March 2: Barren County 52, Cumberland County 39; Franklin-Simpson 58, South Warren 33.
• First-round games March 3: Bowling Green 37, Todd County Central 35; Metcalfe County 45, Warren East 44.
• Semifinal games March 4: Franklin-Simpson 41, Barren County 29; Metcalfe County 40, Bowling Green 30.
• Championship game March 8: Franklin-Simpson vs. Metcalfe County, 7 p.m.

Event parking: Parking Structures 1 & 2 will be used for event parking for $5. More information

“O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.” Shakespeare’s greatest history comes to life in the confines of an English classroom. Desks become castles, chairs become cavalry, and a group of students discovers the power of the Bard as he was meant to be experienced—alive and aloud. Recommended for all ages.

Tickets: $17 Adults, $12 Students & Seniors (62+)

Purchase tickets now on wku.showware.com.

Chinese Spring Symposium