Museums in Wichita – and across the United States – will be participating again this year in Smithsonian Magazine’s free Museum Day, Saturday, September 29, 2012.
All you’ll need to do is request a ticket at the Smithsonian Museum Day website. It will be emailed to you, and is valid for up to two people, one ticket per valid email address.
Don’t let the word museum scare you off — we’re talking about kid-friendly institutions with hands-on displays as well as the more traditional velvet-roped venues. (In fact, Wichita museums do a great job of being kid-friendly.)
Here’s a current list of all participating Kansas museums:
Botanica, The Wichita Gardens
Wichita
Butler County History Center & Kansas Oil Museum
El Dorado
C.W. Parker Carousel Museum
Leavenworth
Coutts Museum of Art
El Dorado
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
Abilene
Gardner Historical Museum
Gardner
Grassroots Art Center
Lucas
Hamilton County Museum
Syracuse
Harvey County Historical Museum & Archives
Newton
Johnson County Museum
Shawnee
Kansas Children’s Discovery Center
Topeka
Kansas Cosmosphere & Space Center
Hutchinson
Kansas Museum of History
Topeka
Kauffman Museum
North Newton
Lake Afton Public Observatory
Goddard
Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art
Manhattan
Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum
Chanute
Museum of World Treasures
Wichita
National Orphan Train Complex
Concordia
Old Castle Museum
Baldwin City
Old Cowtown Museum
Wichita
Old Depot Museum
Ottawa
Quayle Bible Collection
Baldwin City
Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics
Lawrence
Smoky Hill Museum
Salina
The Kansas Museum of Military History
Augusta
Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita
Wichita Art Museum
Wichita
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum
Wichita
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