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Tues Wed Fri 10 - 5
Thurs 10 - 8 
Sat 11 - 4 

Closed Sun, Mon & holidays

Free admission
Free parking

Office hours

Mon-Fri: 8 - 5 

Weary Family Foundation

Beach Museum of Art
Kansas State University
701 Beach Lane,
Manhattan, KS 66506
(14th & Anderson Ave.)

785-532-7718
beachart@ksu.edu

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Robert James Hunt
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Robert James Hunt

United States, 1921 - 1996
Place of BirthFargo, North Dakota
Place of DeathTopeka, Kansas
BiographyHunt received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in fine arts at the University of Iowa before moving to Topeka in 1950. He was a professor in the Washburn University art department from 1950 to 1986 and the director of the Mulvane Art Museum from 1964 to 1986. Hunt worked in a variety of media, including painting, printmaking, and collage. He was awarded the Kansas Governor’s Artist Award in 1982.