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Lawrence offers a variety of art, history and campus tours.
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Backstage Tour of The Lied Center
The Lied Center is home to the University of Kansas Concert, Chamber Music, Broadway, New Directions and Family Series. The acoustical and technical integrity of the Lied Center provide a state-of-the-art setting for music, dance, theatre, lectures, films and convocations. Get a tour from "behind the curtains" of the amazing facility. You can arrange to have lunch or dinner in the Seymour Gallery, a beautiful setting overlooking the city.
Campanile
Music created in this 53-bell tower can be heard through the University of Kansas campus. Witness the operation of the giant bell instrument, housed in an inspiring monument, dedicated as a World War I memorial. You will have your own private concert. Note: There are many steps to get to the top of the bell tower, but the music is just as sweet from the ground level.
Dole Institute of Politics
The Dole Institute, established at KU in 1997 to honor the former Senate majority leader and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, is designed to encourage student participation and citizen involvement in public service. The institute houses Dole's papers, the world's largest collection associated with a congressional leader. The Dole Institute's interactive exhibits trace the career of Senator Dole and Kansas' colorful past.
Note: The Dole Institute exhibits are designed for self-directed tours, beginning with the "Dream Theatre" exhibit as one enters the lobby. The exhibits proceed in chronological order to the present time. Tour groups are asked to contact the Dole Institute staff prior to arrival to ensure that the building is not closed for a private function.
The Dole Institute also offers a White Gloves tour of the facility. Registration required.
Film: "Lawrence: Free State Fortress"
View an excellent 27-minute docudrama. The film chronicles the first 10 years of Lawrence's history and culminates with Quantrill's Raid on the city in 1863. This is a good introduction to Lawrence's fiery beginnings. Reservations required.
Free State Glass Tour
Feel the heat as you watch local artists create a wide array of glass objects. Reservations required.
Guided Tour of Allen Fieldhouse
Get a guided tour of this storied college basketball arena. Tours contingent upon availability of guide; call to check scheduling.
Haskell Indian Nations University
Learn about one of the United States Indian Industrial Training Schools established in 1884. Now known as Haskell Indian Nations University and the home to approximately 900 students from 160 tribes, Haskell has gone through many changes over the years. It began as a training school for children ranging from five to 18 years of age and is now an accredited four-year university.
Historic Cemetery Guided Tour
Visit some of Lawrence's interesting cemeteries. They range from a small family plot that includes one of Quantrill's victims, the original burial site for the raid victims, the Haskell Children's Cemetery, young Native American children that died while attending Haskell after being exposed to European diseases they had no immunity to, the final resting place of James Naismith, the father of basketball, and Lawrence's main cemetery with its most unusual headstones and markers.
Historic Lecompton Territorial Capital
Tour Constitution Hall, a national landmark, where the famous Lecompton Constitution was written. Visit the Territorial Capital Museum, a National Register Site that started as the Kansas Capital Building and was later completed as Lane University, site of the wedding of President Eisenhower's parents. Includes three floors of displayed artifacts.
Kenneth Spencer Research Library
Designed for the preservation and use of rare materials, the research library provides a superb home for some of the finest collections in North America. The Special Collections houses 200,000 rare books printed from 1455 to the present. The Kansas Collection specializes in the development, history and culture of Kansas. The University Archives is the official repository of University records, both present and past.
Contact: Special Collections, 785-864-4334; Kansas Collection, 785-864-4274; University Archives, 785-864-4188
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