University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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ISTCRIC THE KU CAMPUS WAS Nor IUST A PLACE TO GO TO CLASS OR throw a Frisbee. Education at KU was enriched by the close proximity of four diverse museums. Every student had the opportunity to expand their knowledge on top- ics of previous interest or to get a taste of something com- pletely new. I think it is great to have so many different things at the museums. That way, there is hopefully something for everything that a person is interested in, Kait Hawkins, Lyndon sophomore, said. Students, tourists and professionals could visit the Natural History Museum, the Museum of Anthropology, the Spencer Museum of Art and the Wilcox Classical Museum. Each museum offered a different experience to its visitors. People could see the panorama of plants and animals at the Natural History Museum or archaeological and enthnographic specimens at the Museum of Anthropol- ogy. They could see plaster casts of ancient sculptures at the Wilcox Classical Museum or any number or works of art at the Spencer Museum of Art. Museums are important for culture and education. The Wilcox Classical Museum is a teaching museum, and it gives student their first contact with ancient art, some- thing that they may never have had a chance to see be- fore, Betty Banks, curator for the Wllcox Classical Mu- seum, said. The plaster casts can be impressive as you walk in, but you can also be impressed by the authentic coins and inscriptions from ancient cultures. KU students were not the only visitors to these muse- ums. Students from elementary, middle and high schools, tourists and professionals added to the hundreds of thou- sands of people that visited the museums on the KU cam- pus each year. During the latter part of the spring and fall semes- ters, we get tons of field trips visiting the museum, Brad Kemp, assistant director for public affairs of the Natural History Museum, said. They come for the education of the musetun and the experience of being at the Univer- sity. BY AMY RANDOLPH PHOTOS BY MELISSA THORTON 26 campus life l 1-X A .Q

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S 4,mww,m 'f CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: JASON WILLLAMS, KANSAS cmf, KAN., IUNIOR PERUSES ARTH-'ACTS PROM the Gothic and Renaissance Art display in the Spencer Museum of Art. Williams studied the artifacts for his Art History class. Brie Martine, Topeka senior, lay Hoedoyo, Iukarta, Indonesia, senior, and Clint Gentry, Compton senior, tour the Museum of Anthropology. Bob Timm, curator of the Natural History Museum, teaches a KU perspectives lecture series on Walter Ford's Hide Trade. --photos by Melissa Tlzortozz. lllllSl3lllllS 2