Bank gift propels Kansas African American Museum project forward

Yahoo

28-02-2025

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Kansas African American Museum announced Friday that its renovation project can soon begin thanks to a recent gift of $250,000 from Bank of America.
'Bank of America's leadership gift will help create unique learning experiences for visitors and participants through the Kansas African American Museum's rich collection of local African American art, artifacts, pictures, and documents and enrich local understanding,' Ted Ayres, who is on the museum's campaign leadership committee, said in a news release.
The campaign has crossed the $6 million mark with the Bank of America gift.
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'We are inspired by the opportunities the new museum and cultural center will provide in continuing to spur growth and development both in Wichita and across the state,' Shawn Lancelot, president of Bank of America Wichita, said in the release.
Since 1998, the Kansas African American Museum has operated from the former Calvary Baptist Church built in 1917 at 601 N. Water St. It is relocating to the former Sunflower Bank building at 201 N. Main. Interior renovations will soon be underway.
'The new museum and cultural center will be an exceptional community and statewide resource,' said C. Edward Watson II, chair of the museum's board.
'There is much work to do, and to control costs and maintain our schedule, we have started initial work,' Watson said.
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