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Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art

Kansas State's free art museum, showing regional painters like John Steuart Curry and Birger Sandzen beside traveling shows.

701 Beach Ln · Manhattan, KS

About Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art

The Beach Museum of Art opened in 1996 on the Kansas State University campus, with a new wing added in 2006. Its collection centers on Kansas and regional artists, including John Steuart Curry, Birger Sandzen and Gordon Parks, alongside special and traveling exhibitions. Outside, the Hummel Family Meadow is a native plant garden, and inside you may sketch in pencil in the galleries.

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