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Museums
Visit any of Wichita's museums!
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Botanica, the Wichita Gardens Botanica, The Wichita Gardens was opened to the public in 1987 to generate enthusiasm for horticulture and enlighten people through educational, artistic, and cultural experiences. With this mission, Botanica's gardens and programs expand public awareness of horticulture, educate Kansans about how nature can improve their daily lives, and assist in the promotion of community development. |
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Edwin Ulrich Museum of Art The Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University acts as a catalyst and cultural center for the art of our time. Offering direct encounters with modern and contemporary art and dynamic public programs, the museum explores questions that shape our world and its diversity. |
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Allen-Lambe House Designed in 1915 by Frank Lloyd Wright for Henry J. and Elsie Allen. |
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Great Plains Transportation Museum Their mission is to be "THE railroad museum of Kansas", dedicated to recording and exhibiting the importance of railroad transportation in the human, agricultural, commercial and industrial heritage of Wichita, Kansas and the Great Plains. |
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Kansas African-American Museum The Kansas African American Museum is a non-profit dedicated to the identification, acquisition, research, collections, presentation and preservation of historic documents, programs and visual art forms that are reflective of African American life and culture. |
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Kansas Aviation Museum The museum houses a world-class collection of historic, significant and one-of-a-kind aircraft and aircraft engines; a huge archive with thousands of records, schematics, books, photos and more; and a wide range of additional aviation memorabilia. It also is home to the Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame – an impressive line-up of aviation heavyweights by any measure: state, national or worldwide. |
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Kansas Firefighters Museum The Kansas Firefighters Museum is located in historic Engine House Number 6 and has the "Fallen Firefighters" Memorial listing names of all Kansas firefighters who died in the line of duty. |
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Kansas Sports Hall of Fame The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame is dedicated to preserving the history of sports for the state to serve as a source of education and inspiration to all generations. The mission is achieved through providing exhibits, archives, facilities, services and activities to honor those individuals and teams whose achievements in sports, have brought distinction to themselves, to their communities and to the entire state of Kansas. |
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Mid-America All-Indian Center The Mid-America All-Indian Center is a multi purpose facility; it houses a museum, a Gallery of Nations for special events, and a gift shop. MAAIC serves as a cultural center and museum dedicated to educating people about and preserving the heritage of the American Indian. |
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Museum of World Treasures Experience a trip through time at one of the most interesting and exciting museums in America. You’ll be amazed as you discover our incredible collection of ten real dinosaurs, two Egyptian Royal Mummies, an unequaled Hall of American Presidents exhibit, an extensive Militaria collection from the Revolutionary War, American Civil War, WW I, WW II, Korea and Vietnam, a Wild West exhibit, Music and Hollywood Stars exhibits, and a superb Sports Hall of Fame. Children will also enjoy the fun activity center including a Moon Walk, Puppet Theater, and large play castle and dungeon. |
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Old Cowtown Museum Cowtown is a living history museum where you’ll experience life in the 1870s as you immerse yourself in a sampling of the sights, sounds and activities common to a midwestern cattle town. |
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Plaza of Heroines A project created by the Department of Women's Studies at Wichita State University that honors many different women from Wichita. |
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Wichita Art Museum As the largest art museum in the state of Kansas, the Wichita Art Museum houses one of the country’s finest collections of American art, spanning three centuries of painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts. Masterpieces by Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, Horace Pippin, Edward Hopper, and Charles M. Russell are among the nearly 7,000 works in the permanent collection. Additionally, an important and expanding glass collection is a significant component to the overall collection. |
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Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum The Wichita - Sedgwick County Historical Museum's mission is to educate the community and its visitors about local history by collecting, preserving, and interpreting materials reflecting the heritage of Wichita and Sedgwick County. |
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Exploration Place Exploration Place is dedicated to providing informal, enjoyable learning experiences with extraordinary resources for exploration for people of all ages. |
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Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center With a U.S. space artifact collection second only to the National Air and Space Museum and the largest collection of Russian space artifacts found outside of Moscow, the Cosmosphere's Hall of Space Museum is uniquely positioned to tell the story of the Space Race. |
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Lake Afton Public Observatory Young and old alike can share the excitement of the night sky at the Lake Afton Public Observatory. Through the Observatory’s 16-inch telescope you can view such wonders as the giant planet Saturn and its rings, the Moon with its craters and mountains, glowing clouds of gas, star clusters with thousands of stars, and distant galaxies many times bigger than our own Milky Way. After touring the universe, you can explore the Observatory's museum area with its interactive astronomy exhibits. |
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