A Good Look
Posted on August 18, 2020
Getting a good look at something is an art all to itself. This past Thursday, I had the opportunity to take my grandsons to the …
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, …