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Wichita has a wide variety of Museums for you to enjoy.
Select from the list below and begin to learn what Wichita has to
offer.
Wichita Art
Museum
619 Stackman Drive, 268-4921
Discover and enjoy the treasures
of the Wichita Art Museum, Kansas' largest art museum. Three centuries of
American masterpieces from the nationally renowned Roland P. Murdock Collection
are just the beginning. Your visit will be an extraordinary one as you tour
three floors of galleries as well as the outdoor sculpture deck and grounds.
Artists whose works are represented include Edward Hopper, Mary Cassatt,
Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, Stuart Davis, and Jacob Lawrence.
Old Cowtown Museum
1871 Sim
Park Drive, (316) 219-1871
Wooden
sidewalks, dusty streets and store-front facades are just a few of the old West
attractions is this historic 17 acre open air museum with 35 exhibit areas
depicting life between 1865 and 1880.
Exploration
Place
300 N. McLean Blvd., (316) 263-3373 or
1-877-904-1444
Discover
extraordinary hands-on experiences for people of all ages. Explore four exhibit
areas including flight; health and human life; people, places and environments
of Kansas; and imaginative spaces for children. Encounter state-of-the-art
shows in the CyberDome Theater and in the Simulation Center. Take a breather in
the great outdoors at Exploration Park, and test your putting skills with 18
unconventional holes at the MiniGolf course.
Mid-America All-Indian Center
650 N. Seneca, 262-5221
The permanent collection including artifacts and paintings of Native
American cultures throughout North America gives insight to the history
responsible for the survival, diversity and unique achievements of the Native
Americans.
Kansas Aviation
Museum
3350 S. George Washington Blvd., 683-9242
Housed in the original Wichita
Municipal Airport Terminal building, exhibits chronicle the growth and
development of aviation in Kansas with airplanes built by Cessna, Beech,
Stearman and others.
Reflections
of Freedom Historical Air Park
Great Plains Nature Center
6232
E 29th Street North, (316) 683-5499
Features include an interactive exhibit hall with
prairie dioramas and a 2,400 gallon aquarium, a wildlife observatory, an
auditorium seating nearly 200 and a gift shop/bookstore. After your visit, step
outside and explore over 2 miles of paved nature trails at Chisholm Creek Park.
Our hours are Monday-Saturday, 9-5, closed Sundays and Holidays.
Museum Of World Treasures
835 E.
1st St., 316-263-1311
The mission
of the Museum of World Treasures is to foster education and understanding of
the creativity, arts, religion and culture of our amazing heritage from the
ancients to the present. A not-profit, very large and intriguing attraction
with Egyptian mummies and sarcophagi, Roman and Greek treasures, the finest
American Presidents collection in the world, a great Sports Museum, the only
Royal Crown Jewels in mainland America, ten authentic dinosaur fossils, and
much much more.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Allen-Lambe House
255 N. Roosevelt, 687-1027
The only residence in Kansas designed by Frank
Lloyd Wright, this home was built for Henry J. Allen, a prominent journalist
and statesman. Construction on the two-story house began in 1917 and was
completed in 1919, the year Mr. Allen began his term as Governor of Kansas. The
sweeping low roof line, ornamental stone trim and integration of the courtyard
and garden into the living area characterize this home as the final example of
Wright's "Prairie Houses."
Pioneer History Museum
Fellow-Reeve
Museum
Collection of mounted animals, rocks and minerals.
Friends University
2100 University, 292-5594
Campbell Castle
1155 N. River
Blvd, 264-6950
Built in 1888 by
cattleman Burton Harvey Campbell, it is the only "castle" style home remaining
from Wichita's building boom of the 1880's. Modeled after a feudal Scottish
castle, the original interior woodwork features a variety of woods, including
walnut, mohogany, and cherry. The home boasts eight original fireplaces found
on several floors. Constructed of rough-hewn limestone blocks, the home
features a three-story castellated tower, with carved stone animal figures. A
two-story carriage house accompanies the main home. In 1994, the home was
purchased and rehabilitated as a bed and breakfast facility.
Kansas Fire Fighters Museum
1300 South Broadway, 316-264-5990
The two-story concrete brick fire station,
constructed in 1909, initially housed horse-drawn equipment and horses and was
the last station in Wichita to be converted to motorized vehicles. Built to
serve as a front line fire house for the south side of Wichita, the station was
active until 1953, when a new fire station #6 was built at Santa Fe and Mt.
Vernon. It was then used by the Wichita Fire Reserve until 1988 and is now the
home of the Kansas Firefighter's Museum.
Great
Plains Transportation Museum
Experience the sights and sounds
of Wichita's past, and learn the stories of how transportation changed the way
we live. Outdoor railroad rolling stock displays, indoor displays featuring a
steam locomotive and diesel electric engines as well as cabooses from the turn
of the century.
700 E. Douglas, 263-0944
 Ulrich Museum of
Art
This is Wichita's premier venue for contemporary works by
established and emerging artists of national and international significance. A
lively schedule of provocative and challenging exhibitions is complemented by
an important collection of 20th- and 21st-century paintings, sculpture, and
works on paper. The museum is also well known for its outdoor sculpture
collection, a group seventy, 20th-century monumental works installed across the
330-acre campus.
Wichita State University
off of 17th Street and
Hillside Ave., 978-3664
Skinner-Lee Victorian House
637 North Topeka, 264-4238
Wichita Boathouse and Arkansas River Museum
Located along the Arkansas River in downtown Wichita, you can view an
International America's Cup Class yacht and an exact replica of the America's
Cup itself.
335 West Lewis, 267-9235
 Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum
Journey back in time to Wichita's early years. Early day furnishings and
other items grouped in authentic settings. Pictorial display of famous Chisholm
Trail. Frontier memorabilia. Housed in the old City Hall building, known as the
"Palace of the Plains", it was the pride of Wichita when completed in 1892 by
local architects Proudfoot and Bird.
204 S. Main,
265-9314
Hopalong Cassidy Cowboy Museum
One of the
largest collections of Hopalong Cassidy memorabilia in the country. The
museum's grand opening is scheduled for Aug. 1, 2003.
Located just 15 miles NE of Wichita
Prairie Rose
Chuckwagon Supper, 316-778-2121
Kansas African American Museum
Highlights
the achievements of black Wichitans from city leaders to buffalo soldiers and
inventors.
601 N. Water,
316-262-7651
Kansas
Sports Hall of Fame
238 North
Mead
The
Wichita Center for the Arts
9112 East Central,
316-634-ARTS
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The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
1100 N.
Plum Hutchinson, Kansas - 316-662-2305 or 800-397-0330
With more than 10,000 space artifacts, it is one
of the country's premier space museums outside of the Smithonian. It features
an Omnimax Theater with a 44-foot wrap-around dome screen.
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