Jonathan Elmore

Since I make frequent trips to Wichita to see my kid and her wife, I often take a few minutes and go see one of the museum there in town. During the last visit, I went downtown to The Kansas African American Museum, or as they refer to it TKAAM. It's located in the beautiful and historic former home of Calvary Baptist Church. It's more than a century old and I could feel the energy that still lingers in the air. The space is filled with so much to see. I saw modern art, African tribal art,...

MCLOUD I had a day where I needed to get out of the house and go see a museum. The itch to go see something cool was uncontrollable. Not too surprising. But, as usual, I have things I need to take care of during the day so I had to make a quick trip somewhere. I checked my map. Oooh, McLoud is pretty close. It looked like it was less than an hour away, so I put "McCloud Museum" into the ol' GPS. It said it would take 26 hours to get there. (Confused dog head tilt.) Wait, 26 HOURS?! I'm...

WICHITA, KANSAS Occasionally, I find myself in Kansas. Mostly on purpose. But when I'm there, I like to visit the museums that are around. One such museum that I had the pleasure of strolling through was the Museum of World Treasures in Wichita. As usual, I never look to see what's in the museum ahead of time so it's a surprise when I go. And this one was definitely a great surprise. It's a historical museum with one of the broadest timelines I've seen so far. They have you covered from...