Established 1915 (opened 1935) Curator Lisa Volpe Phone +1 316-268-4921 | Director Patricia McDonnell Website wichitaartmuseum.org Founded 1915 | |
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Location 1400 West Museum Blvd,
Wichita, KS 67203 USA Address 1400 Museum Blvd, Wichita, KS 67203, USA Hours Open today · 12–5PMSunday12–5PMMondayClosedTuesday10AM–5PMWednesday10AM–5PMThursday10AM–5PMFriday10AM–5PMSaturday10AM–5PMSuggest an edit Similar Exploration Place, Museum of World Treasures, Wichita‑Sedgwick County Historical, Kansas Aviation Museum, Great Plains Transport Profiles | ||
Wichita art museum
The Wichita Art Museum is an art museum located in Wichita, Kansas, United States.
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The museum was established in 1915, when Louise Murdock’s Will which created a trust to start the Roland P. Murdock Collection of art in memory of her husband. The trust would purchase art for the City of Wichita by “American painters, potters, sculptors, and textile weavers.” The collection includes works by Mary Cassatt, Arthur G. Dove, Thomas Eakins, Robert Henri, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Yasuo Kuniyshoi, John Marin, Paul Meltsner, Horace Pippin, Maurice Prendergast, Albert Pinkham Ryder and Charles Sheeler. The Museum's lobby features a ceiling and chandelier made by Dale Chihuly.
The museum opened in 1935 with art borrowed from other museums. The first work in the Murdock Collection was purchased in 1939. Mrs. Murdock’s friend, Elizabeth Stubblefield Navas, selected and purchased works of American art for the Murdock Collection until 1962. The building was enlarged with a new lobby and two new wings in 1963. In 1964, a foundation was established for the purpose of raising funds for new acquisitions. In the 1970s, the city built a new and larger climate controlled facility. In 2003, the museum finished another expansion project giving the building 115,000 total square feet.