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Museums on the River

In the heart of Wichita flows the scenic Arkansas River, a centerpiece of the city that connects all it surrounds. As you follow the river's path you will encounter five entities that have grown from this wellspring of life; the Museums on the River, comprised of Botanica, Exploration Place, Mid-America All-Indian Center, Old Cowtown Museum and the Wichita Art Museum.

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Exploration Place, Inc.

Exploration Place, Inc.
300 N McLean Blvd. Wichita, KS 67203-5901 Phone: (316) 660-0600
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Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination opens May 26, 2012 at Exploration Place. In this blockbuster hands-on exhibition, encounter fantasy technologies depicted in the Star Wars films and investigate the real science behind them. See more than 80 props and costumes including: X-wing and Y-wing starfighters, the Millennium Falcon, Luke's Landspeeder, R2-D2, C-P30, Queen  more…

Old Cowtown Museum

1865 W. Museum Blvd. Wichita, KS 67203 Phone: (316) 219-1871
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Old Cowtown Museum is one of the oldest living history museums in the Midwest providing visitors with a vivid experience of "real living" in the Old West.

Botanica, The Wichita Gardens

701 N. Amidon Wichita, KS 67203 Phone: (316) 264-0448

Step into an oasis of beauty and serenity where exotic flowers and plants native to Kansas abound throughout 25 themed gardens, including the new Downing Children's Garden. Group tours and meeting  more…

Keeper of the Plains Plaza

650 N. Seneca Wichita, KS 67203

The Keeper of the Plains is a 44-foot tall steel sculpture standing at the point where the Big and Little Arkansas rivers join together in downtown Wichita. This land between the two rivers is sacred  more…

Mid-America All-Indian Center

650 N. Seneca Wichita, KS 67203 Phone: (316) 350-3340

Indian Center features changing exhibits & traditional & contemporary American Indian art & heritage, as well as artifacts from the Plains, Southeast & Northwest Coast cultural areas.

Wichita Art Museum

1400 W. Museum Blvd. Wichita, KS 67203 Phone: (316) 268-4921

As the largest art museum in the state of Kansas, the Wichita Art Museum houses one of the country's finest collections of American art. The Museum features nearly 7,000 works of art, many galleries  more…

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