220 S. Main

Wichita, KS  67202

Admission charged.

316-337-9174

The Omnisphere & Science Center is a delight.  Choose from a variety of hands on experiences, from live science shows to the science museum. The Science Museum has exhibits dealing with perception, electricity, chemistry, astronomy, and physics to help students discover the magic of science.         

Wichita Air Heritage Tour

Wichita, KS  67202

800-288-9424

The Past, Present and Future of Aviation in Wichita, Kansas "The Air Capital of the World!"  Visit Boeing Wichita, and go inside Bombardier-Learjet or Raytheon Aircraft factories! See the building of the finest commercial and general aviation aircraft in the world!

Old Cowtown Museum

1871 Sim Park Drive

Wichita , KS  67203

316-264-6398

daily March - October. Monday - Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm; Sunday, noon - 5

Experience the Old West at Old Cowtown, a seventeen-acre living history museum near downtown Wichita. See how nineteenth-century residents lived and worked in early Sedgwick County. Stroll wooden sidewalks and visit over thirty exhibit areas including Wichita's first jail, a one room school, six historic homes, a pioneer church, railroad depot, working blacksmith shop, 1870's newspaper office, saddlery and harness shop, general store, grain elevator, saloon, drug store, law office, and numerous other nineteenth century businesses. Texas Longhorn cattle, horses, and chickens add to the frontier atmosphere.

Lake Afton Public Observatory

MacArthur Road at 247th Street West

across from Lake Afton Park

Wichita , KS 

316-WSU-STAR

Telescopes and micro teaching tools provide a means of exploring the galaxies and the mysteries beyond.

The huge silver dome opens up to 13 degrees above the horizon and up.

Also located behind the Observatory building are stands where amateurs can set up their own telescopes.

Indian Center

Museum open Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1 - 5pm

Closed Monday, January - March

Special rates for ages 6-12, Children under 6 free

Distant drums still call Native Americans to this special meeting place. Located in the Mid-America -Indian Center, this museum preserves and showcases the heritage of the many native tribes of North America.

Permanent and rotating exhibits of art and artifacts depict the joy, hardship and determination of Native Americans before, during and after the coming of the European settlers. Also located in the building is a unique and colorful display of Native American tribal flags called the "Gallery of Nations". Gift shop features authentic Native American arts and crafts.

A Prairie Garden

Open Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm; Sunday, 12 noon to 5pm.

Lunch served Tuesday - Friday, 11:30am - 1:30pm.

Sunday brunch, 12 noon - 2pm.

Free admission, except to selected traveling shows.

A total of 26 original paintings, watercolors, drawings and bronzes by the frontier's most famous artist are included in the outstanding M.C. Naftzger collection. In an era before photography was common this "old master of the old west" captured both the romance and the detail of his time.

The museum also contains the famous Frederic Remington "Bronco Buster" bronze. Prints and related books available in the museum gift store.