McKnight Art Center

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History:

When the second Morrison Library (currently Morrison Hall, housing the adminisrative offices) was completed in 1939, the first Morrison Library (site of the Ulrich Museum) became the home of the visual arts. After the first Morrison Library burned in 1964, the then Municipal University of Wichita (1926-1964), now WSU, constructed a small two-story building on the original library site which became known as the Art Building. Subsequently, the university received funds from the McKnight estate and coupled with state and federal money, the funds produced a new expanded facility.

The new complex is composed of three wings. McKnight West provides teaching studios for faculty in the School of Art and Design and houses the Staples Gallery. The east wing houses offices for the School of Art and Design and gallery space for the Ulrich Museum. The original structure, the Art Building, now known as McKnight North, has faculty offices and teaching studios.