The Lawrence Times

Upcoming Watkins Museum exhibition to celebrate 5 decades of KU’s Hall Center for the Humanities

An upcoming exhibition at the Watkins Museum will look at 50 years of growth and impact at the Hall Center for the Humanities ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Watkins Museum’s first exhibition of 2026 celebrates 50 years of KU’s Hall Center

The Watkins Museum’s first new exhibition of 2026 will celebrate 50 years of a key research center on the University of ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Watkins Museum exhibit to look at Lawrence’s ‘Honk for Hemp’ man and local marijuana legalization efforts

Thomas Trower, better known as the "Honk for Hemp" guy, holds his sign on the corner of 11th and Massachusetts Street on Sunday, May 26, 2013. The Watkins Museum of History is hosting an exhibit ...
Yahoo

Trump cut funding for Lawrence museum. How community rallied to raise it back

After facing federal grant cuts, the Douglas County Historical Society has regained its financial footing with the support of the Lawrence community, an online fundraiser and a generous private donor.
KSHB Kansas City

Federal agency won't fully reimburse Douglas County history museum for $50k grant

KSHB 41 reporter Lily O’Shea Becker covers Franklin and Douglas counties in Kansas. Share your story idea with Lily. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a federal agency, notified the ...
Kansas City Star

Trump cut funding for Lawrence museum. How community rallied to raise it back

The Douglas Historical Society’s Watkins Museum of History at 11th and Massachusetts St. in Lawrence, KS. Will Haynes After facing federal grant cuts, the Douglas County Historical Society has ...