It’s All Here in Wichita!
A river town, sports town, aviation town, architectural town, history town, food ‘n drinks town, arts town ...
Explore Unique Districts
River District Lined by the Arkansas and Little Arkansas rivers. Site of the Keeper of the Plains and several museums. Perfect for a scenic walk or jog.
Downtown Wichita Experience the sights and sounds of the city. You’ll be surrounded by amazing art and bronze sculptures.
Old Town Brick-lined streets are adorned with old warehouses that are now restaurants, shops, clubs, and galleries.
Delano District Established during the days of the Chisholm Trail cattle drives for cowboys to blow off steam. Now a vibrant shopping and dining scene.
Douglas Design
A diverse mix of retail and residential. Clifton Square features unique Victorian era homes transformed into shops and restaurants.
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane …
Kansas Aviation Museum Set inside the old municipal airport building (built in 1935). View over 40 aircraft built by many of Kansas’ famous manufacturers, including Cessna, Boeing, and Learjet.
Art in All Forms
Wichita Art Museum Excellent collection of American art, reflecting the heritage of the Great Plains and the broader development of art in America.
Mid-America All-Indian Center Experience Native American culture and over 3000 artworks from paintings to carvings to silver jewelry.
Allen Lambe House Museum The last of the prairie houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The interior and many of the furnishings are still intact.
Find Your Fun!
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Take a Walk on the Wild Side
Sedgwick County Zoo Ranked among the best in the country with more than 3,000 animals. View gorillas, elephants of the Zambezi Valley, tigers, red pandas and other bears. An amazing rainbow of birds from around the world.
Git Along Little Dogies
Old Cowtown Museum Enter the Chisholm Trail frozen between 1865-1880, featuring 54 historic buildings. Wichita transformed from a frontier settlement to a cattle town.
Explore Science and Archaeology
Museum of World Treasures Discover long-lost creatures, Egyptian mummies, the secrets of ancient civilizations, and the battlefields of the World Wars.
Exploration Place Totally interactive! Design a cargo plane, discover the world of sharks, encounter nanotechnology.
Chug, Chug, Chug, Chug
Great Plains Transportation Museum When the railroad arrived, Wichita became a boom town. See the great Santa Fe steam and diesel locomotives, the last built in their eras.
Toy Train Museum You'll remember these manfacturers - Lionel, Marx, MTH, Atlas, and Weaver.
Spring in Bloom
Botanica 18 stunning acres of over 30 gardens and exhibits featuring waterfalls, fountains and sculptures.
Take a Day Trip
Hutchinson Home to the Smithsonian-affiliated Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center. Featuring the only Soviet Vostok craft in the West, the Apollo 13 spacecraft and the gloves Neil Armstrong wore on the moon.
Strong City Tallgrass National Prairie Preserve showcases tallgrass prairies in their natural glory. Choose from self-guided and ranger-led hikes.
Abilene Home to the Eisenhower Center, celebrating native son Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. His family home from 1898-1946 and burial site of the President and his First Lady, Mamie.
Topeka Tour the state capitol, noted for its impressive dome and famous mural of abolitionist John Brown. Stop in at the Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site, the case that ended segregation.
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