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Family ArtVenture: Holiday Open House in Partnership with Friends of the Wichita Art Museum

December 5, 2026 | 11:00am - 1:00pm

Famiy ArtVenture, Featured Event, FREE Event, Party Programs, Past & Present: Celebrating New Acquisitions and Collection Highlights at the Wichita Art Museum, Youth & Family, Youth & Family, Friends of the Wichita Art Museum

Cost:

Free | Open to the public

Location:

Wichita Art Museum

Organizer:

Wichita Art Museum

About this Event

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 11 AM – 1 PM 

Free and open to the public

Bring the whole household for indoor wintry fun for all generations. Dance to tunes by DJ Carbon, find Holiday characters, and explore Past & Present: Celebrating New Acquisitions and Collection Highlights with hands-on sensory and creative stations. 

Explore, look, and take part in art together with a FREE Family ArtVenture, featuring special gallery activities and hands-on artmaking projects that bring the art at WAM to life. No reservations are required and you may drop in anytime on select Saturdays. Stay for an hour or stay for the entire time. Activities take place throughout the museum.

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Featured Exhibition

Past & Present: Celebrating New Acquisitions and Collection Highlights at the Wichita Art Museum

October 10, 2026 - January 3, 2027

Collection highlights, featuring beloved favorites and new acquisitions.

Learn more about the exhibition!  About Past & Present: Celebrating New Acquisitions and Collection Highlights at the Wichita Art Museum

Rashid Johnson, 'Broken Crowd

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EAT at Wichita Art Museum

EAT offers fresh, high-quality food, specialty drinks, and a relaxed space for visitors to gather and connect.

Make it a full afternoon and enjoy bites and drinks at EAT.  About EAT at Wichita Art Museum

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PLAY

Experience a world where art and play harmoniously coexist, and your imagination knows no bounds.

Learn More  About PLAY

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Thank you to our sponsors:

 ◆ Youth and Family programs are generously supported by Bank of America and Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program. 

◆ Youth Education programs are supported by the Lynne Ruffin-Smith Charitable Foundation 

◆ Free Saturday Featured Events and Library Passes* are sponsored by Colby Sandlian, Sandlian Realty 

◆ Exhibitions and public programs are generously supported by the Downing Foundation 

◆ The Wichita Art Museum’s education programs are supported in part by the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission, which receives funding from Kansas Department of Commerce and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. 

 

* Thanks to the generous support of Colby Sandlian, Sandlian Realty, more than 40 public libraries in the metro area and across the state offer access to check out passes to all temporary exhibitions at WAM for FREE! Visit your library and check out your pass today!