Museum hours

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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Term: Kansas

Had agricultural culture by 1200; inhabited by Kansa, Wichita, Pawnee & others when Spanish & French visited 17th-18th cen.; part of Louisiana Purchase 1803; tribes from N & E were forced here 19th cen.; had internal strife over slavery, fought for Union.