By Ryan Duey

On Sunday, April 7th The Pony Express Barn and Museum of Marysville in partnership with the Marshall County Historical Society will be hosting “Marysville and the Kansas Schools Art Collecting Movement, 1900-1950.” The Program will start at 2:00 p.m. in the Marysville City Building.

Elizabeth Seaton, Curator of the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at K-State will be this year’s presenter. She will share examples of efforts by Marysville schools to expose students to a wide array of art during this 50-year period.

Marysville was one of just 23 towns that received a collection of items through the Depression-era Works Progress Administration’s Museum Extension Program in 1938 to place in their schools and libraries. These items consisted of Native American dolls dressed in clothing and costumes from more than 20 countries, woodblock prints, watercolor paintings, ag implements, and much more.

Following the Program the Pony Express Barn and Museum and Marshall County Historical Society will open their doors to the public to view these historical items in their collection.