Kansas Aviation Museum Play on a Plane
Play on a Plane is the Kansas Aviation Museum’s once-a-year family event when they open up several planes on the ramp and let you look inside, or even walk inside them! This is an all-ages event Saturday, May 21. Admission is just $3 per person (all ages) OR just $8 per carload! Some of the […]
Botanica membership special
Botanica has a special of $10 off the price of a one-year membership until May 8, 2022. A Botanica membership would make a great Mothers Day gift. Membership grants you FREE admission to the gardens year-round, and discounts on many of the special events and programs held throughout the year. This membership deal easily pays […]
School’s Out Powwow at Mid-America All-Indian Center
On Saturday, May 14, the Mid-America All-Indian Center will host the annual “School’s Out Powwow” put on by Wichita Public Schools Title VI Native American Indian Education Program. Native American students in the Wichita Public School district help to organize this event each year. Students in the Native American Program participate in several ways including […]
Wichita Festival of the Arts
Wichita Park & Recreation and William A. Stofer will host the Wichita Festival of the Arts Saturday, May 7, in Central Riverside Park. This event is FREE and open to all ages. Enjoy the beautiful park and get fresh air while visiting over 100 vendor booths that will be onsite. The local vendors showcase our […]
Wichita Art Museum Book Fair
2022 marks the return of the Wichita Art Museum’s annual Book Fair. This year, it’s a three-day extravaganza, a bibliophile’s dream, and the largest fundraising event for the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum from April 29 to May 1, 2022. The theme this year is “Books & All That Jazz,” which comes from a […]
Art Deco Exhibit at Wichita Art Museum
Beginning mid-February 2022, the Wichita Art Museum revealed a new touring exhibit with a day of free activities perfect for art and jazz lovers of all ages. After the opening day, everyone can get in to see the new exhibit with a discount on the weekends (see below). Art Deco Exhibit Admission Regular admission to […]
Civil War Day at Old Cowtown Museum
Head to Cowtown this weekend for Civil War Days. An Old Cowtown Museum special annual event, Civil War Days will have Cowtown bursting at the seams with Confederate and Union soldiers in a Civil War re-enactment. https://www.facebook.com/OldCowtownMuseum/posts/352784530220066 The re-enactment is scheduled for April 23 & 24, 2022. On Saturday, the event goes from 10 a.m. […]
FREE: Kansas Aviation Museum special event with NASA astronaut and Space Force Colonel Nick Hague
Kansas native, NASA astronaut, and Space Force officer Nick Hague will be speaking at a special FREE event at Kansas Aviation Museum Monday, April 4, 2022. Tickets are required (but they are free). Go to the Eventbrite website here to register and get your ticket before they’re all gone. Col. Hague will speak about his […]
Earlybird discount for Museum of World Treasures summer camps
This week only, Museum of World Treasures is offering a special discount on its three summer camps! Sign up by Sunday, March 27 at 11:59 p.m. and use the special promo code below to save $10 off registration. Museum members will get an even better discount of $20 off each camp registration, and if you’re […]
Once Upon a Time at Old Cowtown just $5
Have you ever wanted to chat with your favorite storybook characters? Maybe take a picture on the yellow brick road? For one day only, join your favorite storybook characters at Cowtown’s Once Upon a Time. Cowtown will be filled with pirates, princesses and classic characters from the Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, Little Red […]
Season Launch Party at Old Cowtown Museum
Old Cowtown Museum in Wichita will be kicking off its 2025 season with a 75th Anniversary Season Launch Party! This special event invites guests to step back into the 1870s with immersive historical reenactments, hands-on activities, and family-friendly entertainment that brings the Old West to life. In honor of the museum’s founding in 1950, the […]
Free Admission to Museum of World Treasures This Weekend in Honor of Co-Founder Dr. Jon Kardatzke
This weekend, Dr. Jon Kardatzke will be remembered at the museum he founded with free admission, an open house event, and a special exhibit. Dr. Kardatzke co-founded the Museum of World Treasures with his wife, Lorna in 2001. Before that, he also co-founded West Wichita Family Physicians and practiced medicine for 35 years. This weekend, […]
St. Mary’s Mediterranean Festival 2022
A tradition for 90 years and counting in Wichita, the St. Mary’s Mediterranean Festival celebrates the culture, heritage, and food that the church’s founders brought with them when they came to the United States. The St. Mary Orthodox Christian Church Mediterranean Festival will be held May 14, 2022. Admission is FREE and this is a […]
Wichita Old Cowtown Lecture Series
Wichita’s Old Cowtown Museum will once again offer a lecture series on various aspects of our town’s history. In 2021, the lectures are being held online via Zoom webinar from 2-3 p.m. The cost is $3 per person plus tax. Cowtown volunteers and members get in FREE. The Old Cowtown Museum lectures will be available […]
Holiday hours in Wichita – what’s open, what’s closed
Seasons greetings! Remember a few years ago when it seemed like practically everything was open 24/7 and several stores were even open on Thanksgiving and Christmas? Well, you can thank 2020 for changing all of that. Sure, it was convenient for stores to be open but it also meant that people had to work, which […]
Christmas in the Park – Derby, KS
Derby Recreation Commission, Derby Public Library, and Julie Olmsted Insurance are hosting Christmas in the Park in Derby, Kansas. It looks like it will be a fun time, with lots of activities for family and friends. The fun day will include photos with Santa, kids’ craft-making, carousel rides, horse-drawn carriage rides, music, Santa’s Village, Breakfast […]
Tanganyika Black Friday & Cyber week deals
Well this is a fun way to shop Black Friday! I hope we see more deals like this. Tanganyika Wildlife Park isn’t making you wait until spring this year to get the annual season pass at an amazing discount. Plus, they have a very generous 50% discount on museum store items through Cyber week. Tanganyika […]
Santa’s arrival at the mall
Well this is an annual tradition that stretches way back to your parents’ childhoods: Santa is arriving at the mall! And wow is it going to be a big to-do. This is going to be at Towne East Square Mall at Douglas and Rock Road in Wichita. On Friday, December 3 at 6 p.m., meet at […]
Free admission to The Kansas African American Museum for BOA cardholders
Bank of America or Merrill Lynch cardholders and employees can get free admission to The Kansas African American Museum on the first Saturday of every month thanks to BOA’s “Museums on Us” program. Free First Saturdays at TKAAM TKAAM is one of two attractions in Wichita participating in Bank of America’s “Museums on Us.” Bank […]
Free Admission and Activities After Christmas at the Wichita Art Museum
Want to find something educational and fun to do during winter break? The Wichita Art Museum has you covered with a day of Winter Art Mania, including FREE admission and activities for the whole family. Winter Art Mania: Gnome Place like Home for the Holidays! From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. December 26, 2021 drop […]
Discovery Discount: Save $5 on visit to Exploration Place and Cosmosphere
Learn, explore and SAVE with the new Discovery Discount at Wichita’s Exploration Place and Hutchinson’s Cosmosphere. Launching today, guests who visit both the Cosmosphere and Exploration Place within 30 days will receive a $5 discount at their second museum. The offer is valid on Exploration Place’s All Access Pass and Cosmosphere’s All Access Mission Pass. […]
Wicked Island trick or treat (Sunday afternoon)
Tricks and Treats for kids at Wicked Island For the first time ever, Wicked Island at O.J. Watson Park is offering a family-friendly trick or treat event. The normally scary haunted attraction is a favorite in Wichita with the older kids and adults, but little bro and sis have always had to stay home. This […]
Outdoor Swedish festival at WAM
Wichita Art Museum will host a very festive exhibit opening for Swedish artist Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt this Saturday. Välkommen Nordfeldt! will include a day full of activities and educational experiences centering around the artists and the places he lived and worked – including Wichita. Admission to the Wichita Art Museum is FREE on Saturdays, […]
Boo at the Zoo: a Sedgwick County Zoo event
Sedgwick County Zoo is hosting a family-friendly, not-so-scary Boo at the Zoo event! Bring your ghouls and goblins to the Zoo for some not-so-spooky fun! They can wear their costumes, and enjoy Halloween fun at the Sedgwick County Zoo! Regular Zoo admission applies and Members get in FREE with member ID! Boo at the Zoo […]
Model Train Show in Wichita
Kids under 12 years of age get in FREE with paid adult admission to the Model Train Show and Swap Meet at Cessna Activity Center. The non-profit Wichita Toy Train Club and Museum will be holding this annual fundraiser on Saturday and Sunday, September 25 and 26, 2021. The $7 admission fee (for those 12 […]