Portraits From the Museum Collection – Public Reception

The urge to create or possess a visual representation of a specific person – a portrait – is present throughout history. Portraits are created for many reasons: from sentimental to celebratory, for public or private viewing, as memorials, and as icons. Until the introduction of photography in the 1840s, portraits were rendered by artists in both two and three-dimensional mediums such as paintings and sculptures. The Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum’s collection includes a variety of portraits, most of which depict local people. In this exhibition, we learn of portraiture and the people portrayed.

Join us for the opening of this exhibit at the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum during First Friday in March

204 S Main St

Free admission, open to the public

Friday, March 7th at 5-7pm

www.wichitahistory.org