Virtual Gallery Tour
The museum exhibits include interactive components and artifacts sharing Ike and Mamie’s remarkable life using their own words. During your visit you can follow Mamie as she becomes Ike’s life partner and they venture on “their career.” Hear Ike’s voice on issues ranging from D-Day to world peace in the mini-theaters. Finally, reflect on Ike’s lifetime of public service and his legacy for the future.
SPECIAL EXHIBITS
WE THE PEOPLE: Portraits of Veterans in America
Fifty Large-Scale Watercolor Portraits of Veterans of All Ages and All Walks of Life - One From Each State
Museum Special Gallery
Extended through March 22, 2026!
In 2010, internationally renowned artist Mary Whyte set out on an inspirational 7-year mission to paint 50 large scale watercolor portraits of current day American veterans. WE THE PEOPLE: Portraits of Veterans in America is Whyte's remarkable series depicting military veterans of all ages and in all walks of life. Images including a Missouri dairy farmer, Rhode Island lobsterman, Pennsylvania science teacher, South Carolina single mother, and 46 other moving portraits will be showcased together-culminating in a timeless portrait.
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Library Building - 2nd Floor Gallery
This specially curated exhibit features items exclusively from the Eisenhower Presidential Library holdings. The displayed items are those nearest and dearest to the team dedicated to the Eisenhower Legacy in Abilene, Kansas! Learn more about the holdings at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and what they mean to the keepers of the Eisenhower legacy.
Declaration 1776: The Big Bang of Modern Democracy
Library Building Lobby
through December 31, 2026
2026 is the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Do you know what’s in America’s founding document and its impact on the world? Here’s an opportunity to learn more! It’s a national movement of ideas.
Welcome to “Declaration 1776: The Big Bang of Modern Democracy,” a traveling exhibition from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of History. The Kansas tour of this exhibition is presented by Humanities Kansas.
It’s the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Do you know what’s in America’s founding document? Explore the exhibition to find out more and learn how the Declaration of Independence impacted the nation’s civil rights movement and women’s movement, as well as the establishment of democracy in other countries.
A special addition to this exhibit is “Kansas 1776.” What was it like here, on the land that would become Kansas, 250 years ago? This special exhibition from the Kansas State Historical Society gives us a glimpse into life on this land in 1776.