Exploration Place - Wichita Kansas
Exploration Place is one of those clever spots that allow children of all ages to explore and learn in a fun, interesting, hands-on environment. Located at 300 North McLean Blvd. in Wichita, Kansas, Exploration Place is a worthwhile place for spending some time.
Exploration Place offers many different exhibits about the people, places and things in our world. These exhibits provide unique perspectives and hands-on activities to help kids learn about many different things. Kids can explore flight and design, which gives them information about the history of flight from the earliest stages to the current time.
Exploring Only Our Home is an exhibit that has several different parts, including a fossil dig, and 1950s Kansas in miniature animated display. You can find fossils to take home, crawl though a prehistoric cave and see how a tornado forms. Visitors can control a model train and see how Kansas evolved into what it is today. The Exploring Human Life exhibit includes interactive computer screens, a model of a huge human eye, and various activities designed to teach kids about their bodies and health.
In the Kids Explore exhibit, it has recently been renovated into a three story medieval castle for them to discover more about life during the time of knights. Each floor features a variety of items, from a suit of armor to a blacksmith shop to Merlin’s Alchemy Lab to Galileo’s Star Gallery. The KSN Weatherlab is a great place for kids to find out more about the weather and try their hand at weather forecasting.
Exploration Place also includes the CyberDome Theater, which is the biggest domed theater in Kansas, and the theater offers light shows and other productions to delight and enchant audiences. Outside are an 18 hole mini golf course and an Exploration Park to enjoy.
Exploration Place also includes the WaterWay Café, which features tasty meals and snacks. Kids can enjoy the castle, sailboat and legos that are in the café for their pleasure. The Explore Store is one place that should not be missed. This huge store features some of the best new educational toys, jewelry, model trains and books, to name just a few items that are available here.
Exploration Place is open from May 29 through August 13. On Sundays and Mondays, it is open from noon to 5 p.m. On Tuesdays through Fridays, Exploration Place is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays.
Admission prices vary with the activities you choose to do. For instance, if you want to look at the exhibits, prices are $3 for ages 2-4, $6 for ages 5-15, $8 for ages 16-64, and $7.50 for ages 65+. Adding a theater show adds $4 to each price. However, if you are only interested in admission to the CyberDome or mini golf course, the admission prices are $4 for ages 5-15, $5 for ages 16-64, and $4.50 for ages 65+.
Exploration Place - Wichita Kansas
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is that exhibit “the body within” still in Wichita? I’m not sure if that’s what it’s called, but I wanted to see it, and now I don’t see it advertised on television any more.
Hi Susan,
The exhibit is called “Our Body, the Universe Within” and runs from May - October. It should be a great exhibit, hopefully you will truly enjoy it.
Thank you for contacting http://www.kansasbeautiful.com for you information, we hope you will check out our other sites too (all the states with beautiful at the end) and find lots of great things to do and see in this wonderful USA!
Pat Watson
America Beautiful Network
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