Events for April 2026
Special Events
April 3
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 7 p.m.
April 4
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 4 p.m.
April 7
Hanover - Pony Express Scenic Byway Ceremony -Hollenberg Pony Express Station State Historic Site -- 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 7 p.m.
April 8
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 5 p.m.
April 9
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 5 p.m.
April 10
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 5 p.m.
Topeka - Museum After Hours - Kansas Museum of History -- 5 - 8 p.m.
April 11
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 4 p.m.
April 12
Council Grove - Kaw Mission Councils -- 2 - 4 p.m.
April 14
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 7 p.m.
April 15
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 5 p.m.
April 16
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 5 p.m.
Russell - 2026 Kansas Archeology Training Program Field School -- 6 - 7 p.m.
April 17
Wichita - Public Archeology Workshops -- 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 5 p.m.
April 18
Wichita - Cemetery Preservation Workshop -- 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 4 p.m.
April 21
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 7 p.m.
April 22
Emporia - Red Rocks - Opening for the Season -- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Ft. Riley - First Territorial Capitol - Opening for the Season -- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Hanover - Hollenberg Pony Express Station - Opening for the Season -- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Kansas City - Grinter Place - Opening for the Season -- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Pleasanton - Mine Creek Battlefield - Opening for the Season -- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Republic - Pawnee Indian Museum - Opening for the Season -- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 5 p.m.
April 23
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 5 p.m.
Herington - Ask an Archeologist: Preserving and Identifying Artifact -- 7 - 8 p.m.
April 24
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 5 p.m.
April 25
Pleasanton - Park Day - Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site -- 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 4 p.m.
April 28
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 7 p.m.
April 29
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 5 p.m.
April 30
Topeka - "Recovered from Ruins: Telling Kansas Stories Through Household Objects" -- 12 - 5 p.m.
Ongoing Events and Exhibits
December 2, 2025 to May 31, 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. February 3 to December 31, 2026
Topeka - National Declaration of Independence Exhibition
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"Declaration 1776: The Big Bang of Modern Democracy," exhibit hosted by Kansas Historical Society
