Category: Museum Musings

Happy Painters

Posted on July 2, 2020

Happy painters filled the Hansen Museum Community Room this past weekend to paint with Joy of Painting instructors T.R. Mathews and Sandy Seamone. With 43 …

Sartore Goes to the Animals

Posted on June 25, 2020

The animals came to Noah when he built his ark, but in the National Geographic Photo Ark, photographer and founder, Joel Sartore, goes to the …

Closed Until Further Notice.

Posted on March 20, 2020

In an effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus, effective March 20, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., we will be closed to the public …

Inspiration…

Posted on March 3, 2020

I am not a person who longs for summer. I much prefer the more accommodating temperatures of spring and fall; however, there are certain activities …

Do You See What I See?

Posted on December 6, 2019

A camera can never see as much as your eye can see. Thomas Zimmerman photographer of our current exhibition The Farmin Artist, told us this …

What Do The Irises Say To You?

Posted on September 24, 2019

Art speaks…really it does. It calls to you, especially if you spend time with it. According to museum researchers, the average visitor spends 15 to …

41st Annual Labor Day Celebration

Posted on September 18, 2019

Outstanding, the day was absolutely outstanding, nice, cool, slight breeze…picture perfect weather for the 41st Annual Labor Day Celebration. Truly, we couldn’t have ordered a …

Barnburner

Posted on March 28, 2019

We had a real barnburner in the Hansen Museum Community Room on Saturday, March 16th as instructor Jessie Wyrill, Kirwin, KS, led fifteen participants through …

Political Or Just Plain Pretty

Posted on January 3, 2019

Our current exhibit, Red and Green Quilts, on loan from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum (Golden, Colorado), features several quilts with rose motifs. Floral themes, …

Mr. Hansen’s Hats

Posted on October 1, 2018

Recently several of Mr. Hansen’s hat boxes and hats were rescued from storage. It was decided that these new found treasurers needed to be displayed …

Happy Painters

July 2, 2020
Sartore Goes to the Animals

June 25, 2020
Closed Until Further Notice.

March 20, 2020
Inspiration…

March 3, 2020
Do You See What I See?

December 6, 2019