Library Murals Restoration Project

Located on the third floor of Hale Library, the Great Room features four large murals. Each mural depicts a major academic element of the university; the arts, industry and science, home and agriculture. David Hicks Overmyer of Topeka, KS painted the murals as part of the Works Progress Administration in 1934.

Over the past 4 years, Mary Schafer, a painter conservator from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, has been restoring the paintings to their original majesty. The project has been generously funded through the Friends of the K-State Libraries.



Have you heard of the Harry Potter room? The Hale Library Great Room is another quiet zone located on the 3rd floor in room 304. The huge murals and windows make for a nice atmosphere in which to study (if you aren't too distracted by the greatness of the room, that is).Restoration of the murals in the Historic Hale Library Great Room

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