Events for January 2026
Special Events
January 1
Statewide - New Year's Day - State holiday -- 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
January 11
Council Grove - Kaw Mission Councils -- 2 - 4 p.m.
January 19
Statewide - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - State holiday -- 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
January 24
Topeka - Inclement Weather - Kansas Historical Society -- 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
January 25
Topeka - Inclement Weather - Kansas Historical Society -- 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Lecompton - Bleeding Kansas Program Series -- 2 - 3 p.m.
January 29
Topeka - Kansas Day at the Kansas Museum of History -- 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Topeka - Kansas Day at the Capitol -- 12 - 1 p.m.
Ongoing Events and Exhibits
December 2, 2025 to May 17, 2026
Topeka - Kansas Museum of History - Special Exhibit - Celebrating Kansas!
Celebrating KANSAS! features stories and images from across the state and is organized into the six tourism regions of Kansas, with an additional section highlighting stories that cover the entire state. A timeline of the magazine takes visitors from 1945 when it launched as To the Stars through its most recent issues under current editor Andrea Etzel.
