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.