Prairie Museum of Art & History Collections and Exhibits Colby, Kansas
The temporary lobby exhibit for April is a selection of advertising caps from the holdings of Prairie Museum of Art and History.
Advertising caps are not only a promotional item for local businesses and organizations, they are also useful. Most are very colorful and include the business logo or trademark. Many are made of mesh fabric for summer wear, but some are also heavy material for winter warmth.
Kansas was admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861 making it the 34th state to join the United States. The temporary lobby exhibit for January is from the collection of Prairie Museum of Art and History representing things commonly associated with Kansas - such as sunflowers and windmills.
This is a replica of the 22 foot Ad Astra statue which sits atop the capitol building dome in Topeka. It represents our state motto: Ad astra per astera (to the stars through difficulties).
Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans.
Armistice Day and Remembrance Day which are celebrated in other countries mark the anniversary of the end of World War I.
Verterans Day is distinct from Memorial Day, a U. S. holiday in May. Veterans Day celebrates the services of all U. S. Military veterans, while Memorial Day honors those who had died while in military service. Armed Forces Day, honors only those currently serving in the U. S. Military.
The lobby exhibit for October is a selection of silhouettes from the Prairie Museum of Art and History collection.
A silhouette is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single color - usually black. The silhouette is usually presented on a light background.
As early as 1759 profiles cu from cardboard were the cheapest way of recording a person's appearance. In America, silhouettes were highly popular from about 1790 to 1840. Many book illustrators in the late 19th and early 20th century used silhouette techniques. Painted silhouette images remained popular on advertising souvenirs into the 1960s.
