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Self-Guided Art Tour:  
Lindsborg’s founding fathers and the Lindsborg community of today are dedicated to higher learning and love of the arts. Central to the community is Bethany College, a private liberal arts college with a long tradition in the arts. Lindsborg is home to the longest running continual performance of Handel’s Messiah, and Broadway RFD is the longest running outdoor theater in the state of Kansas. The local school district was awarded for being one of the best 100 communities in America for outstanding music programs in primary education. Presentations of music, visual arts and performing arts are at the heart of our daily lives and ethnic celebrations. With 60 working artists and nine public working studios and galleries, public art is a way of life in the 'Borg.

View or download the Art in Public Places brochure here.

Outside in downtown Lindsborg:
The 100 and 200 block of South Main and the 100 block of North Main are hosts to 47 works of art from artists both past and present. Look for paintings, the Wild Dala herd, sculptures, wind vanes, murals, iron works and tiles.

Go Inside!  


    • Bibliotek (the Lindsborg Community Library), 111 S. Main St. - Houses wild Dalas, wood carvings and decorative ironwork in the Swedish room.
    • The Blacksmith Coffee Shop & Roastery, 122 N Main S - Historic site with nails hammered into brick, indicating display of public bulletin board from years gone by
    • Dröm Sött, Sweet Dreams Inn, 112 W. Lincoln St. - Handpainted border in dining room and kurbit panel in public restroom.
    • Designs Floral Shop, 103 N. Main St. - G.N. Malm stenciled walls dating early 1900s.
    • Lindsborg Post Office - 125 E. Lincoln Street - Birger Sandzen wall mural.
    • Indigo Moo'd, located inside The Courtyard at 125 N. Main St. - Maleta Forsberg wall mural.
    • First Bank Kansas, 118 N. Main St. - Ask to see the Swedish folk paintings in the community room.
    • White's Foodliner, 215 Harrison St. - Decorative ironwork.



Location 

Artwork Title or Medium 

Artist 


Bethany College CampusSeveral sculptures around campus.  Wallerstedt Learning Center (Library) - Multiple works by various artists.Various artists



Bethany Lutheran Church
320 N. Main St.		Sculptures
Sculpture
Mosaic
Multiple works		Oscar Gunnarson
John Whitfield
Malcolm Esping
Various artists in the church



Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery
401 N. First St.		The Little Triton
Rags and the Children		Carl Milles
Pete Felton



Corner of Lincoln and HarrisonVälkommen ArchDauer Welding



Elmwood Cemetery
1/4 mile east on Wells Fargo Rd.
off of Harrison St.		Wrought iron arch at entranceBrian Holdsworth



Messiah Lutheran Church
402 N. First St.		Stained Glass Windows
Peace Pole and Labyrinth
Other works		Eldon B. Swensson
N/A
Various artists in the church



Smoky Valley High School
Commons Area
#1 Viking Blvd		Viking (life-size Viking wood carving)Dave Anderson



Swensson Park
400 block of N. Main St.		Viking Valley - Wild Dala Horse and MuralsN/A




St. Bridget Catholic Church
206 W. Swensson St.		LuciaJohn Whitfield




Lindsborg Hospital
601 W. Lincoln St.		Florence Nightingales's LampJohn Whitfield




N.W. of Lindsborg, 2 miles south of Coronado Heights Road on 12th Ave.Marker on Location of First Bethany ChurchJohn Whitfield




3 locations: Riverside Park corner of First St. and Lindsborg St., 824 N. Second St., 422 N. Washington St.Rune StonesJohn Whitfield




Cornado Heights, N.W. of Lindsborg off of 13th Ave.A Place to ShareJohn Whitfield




Elmwood Cemetery, 1/4 mile east on Wells Fargo Rd. off of Harrision St.Wrought Iron ArchBrian Holdsworth




Evangelical Covenant Church
102 S. Washington St.		Multiple worksVarious artists in the church




Trinity United Methodist Church
224 S. Main St.		Altar paintingsG.N. Malm and Birger Sandzén