#1 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Wichita Orpheum
Wichita KS
~0.09 miles from Wichita city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Kansas Originals Market
509 E Douglas Ave Wichita KS - 316-267-0994
~0.16 miles from Wichita city center
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Featuring fine and folk art, exquisite crafts, quilts, and specialty foods made by Kansans.
Kansas Originals Market & Gallery in central Kansas is a showcase for the exceptional work of Kansas artists, craftsmen, and food producers.
Found among the array of outstanding items are inlaid-tables that contain as many as 1600 pieces of wood that are protected with 12 coats of gun-stock oil, envisioned and created by a disabled person. A 79 year-old artist hand-paints an original country scene on the covers of photograph albums. An autistic 33 year-old makes a wide variety of scroll-saw items and a life-watch pilot creates wooden replicas of airplanes, farm machinery, toys and kaleidoscopes while he is on call. Beautiful pheasant feather ornaments and flower arrangements are created by a nurse who is suffering from Lyme Disease. Osage Orange candleholders, lamps and potpourri bowls and painted wooden items are made by juveniles from one of the state’s correctional facilities. There are wooden animals hand-crafted by a retired farmer who taught himself wood carving after being disabled by a heart attack. These are just a few of the stories of the more than 300 Kansas Original’s artists, craftsmen and food producers. Each has a unique story and wonderful products.
There are artists who work in limestone to create post rock benches, bird baths, sundials, carved snowmen and desk sets along with small business card holders and magnets. Other Kansas craftsmen produce fine handcrafted small wooden furniture, clocks, and shelves along with tables and chairs for children and dolls. They create wheat weavings, hand-loomed rugs and hand-stitched quilts; embroidered tea towels, hand-blown glass including vases, bowls, festive orbs, and paperweights; and stained and slumped glass. Artists create beautiful scenes of the Kansas countryside in oil, watercolor, and pen and ink drawings. Photographers have captured the natural beauty of Kansas in their art photographs. Other artists work with sculptures in copper, brass, and iron. There are hand-carved wooden miniatures; hand-built, thrown, and raku pottery. Other items to be found include jewelry, dream catchers and items representative of Native Americans. Value-added food products include apple cider syrup, biscuit and muffin mixes, barbecue sauces and salsa, popcorn and candies, flavored vinegars, salad dressings, pancake mix and flour, jerky, canned meats, and a variety of jams and jellies.
Thousands of people visit Kansas Originals each year. People from 100 foreign countries on six continents have become acquainted with the art, crafts, and food of Kansans. These visitors express an appreciation for the high quality and originality of the products. The market is owned by the Post Rock Opportunities Foundation which was founded to provide a service to Kansas artists, craftsmen, and food producers. Kansas Originals Market opened on August 1, 1991. The Wilson location is the headquarters but operations have expanded to include a small store in the Travel Center on the Turnpike east of Topeka. The Wilson location also serves as the headquarters for The Amazing 100 Miles Tourism Coalition.
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Wichita Sedgwick County Museum
204 S Main St Wichita KS - 316-265-9314
~0.16 miles from Wichita city center
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The Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum is organized as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to preserving and presenting the local history of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas, to the public. The museum was established in 1939 as the Wichita Public Museum. Today the museum resides in the original City Hall building designed by William T. Proudfoot and George W. Bird in 1890, located at 204 S. Main. Exhibits are housed on four floors and are open to the public six days a week for a nominal admission fee. The museum is supported in part through city and county funding and through the support of its sizable membership base. The museum has been accredited by the American Association of Museums since 1972.
The old Wichita City Hall has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1971.
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Wichita Public Library
Wichita KS
~0.17 miles from Wichita city center
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The Wichita Public Library consists of nine locations throughout the city of Wichita in the U.S. state of Kansas. The Library offers the most research capabilities from its Central Library, located in downtown Wichita.
Four district/regional branches (Alford, Evergreen, Rockwell and Westlink) offer a good mix of basic research tools and popular materials for education and entertainment alike while the neighborhood branches (Angelou Northeast, Comotara, Linwood and Orchard) offer mostly popular fiction and media titles in their limited spaces. The Linwood and Orchard Branches are located in recreation centers. The Comotara Branch Library is located inside the Dillons Supermarket and celebrated its twentieth anniversary in 2006.
The Planeview Community Library, located inside the Colvin Elementary School, is a partnership library operated by the Wichita Public School System (USD 259). Planeview uses a different library system than Wichita Public Library, so a different borrower's card is required.
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Museum of Ancient Treasures
250 W Douglas Ave # 1 Wichita KS - 316-263-1311
~0.24 miles from Wichita city center
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Traveler Description:
The skeleton frame of an albertosuarus, the most complete one found to date, hangs from the first-floor ceiling of this fascinating museum that exhibits ancient artifacts, pictures and documents featuring European royalty, American patriots, presidents and wars. Older children will love the re-created castle complete with a dungeon and monsters.
Attraction type: Art museum, History museum, Educational site, Museum complex
Address: 835 E 1st St N. Wichita, KS 67202
Tel: 316-263-1311
Fax: 316-263-1495
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
The Century II Convention Center
225 West Douglas Wichita KS
~0.30 miles from Wichita city center
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The Century II Convention Center is located in downtown Wichita, Kansas. The Convention Center offers a variety of banquet halls and meeting rooms perfect for any occasion.
The Century II Convention Hall, or Century II Convention Center is a 5,244-seat multi-purpose convention center in Wichita, Kansas, USA. It hosts various performances by the Wichita Opera, Wichita Symphony Orchestra, etc. Designed by John Hickman, it was opened January 11, 1969 to commemorate the centennial anniversary of Wichita's incorporation in 1870. In 1997 a Hyatt hotel was constructed and connected to the center.
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Intrust Bank Arena
500 E. Waterman St. Wichita KS
~0.30 miles from Wichita city center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Great Plains Transportation
700 E Douglas Ave Wichita KS - 316-263-0944
~0.32 miles from Wichita city center
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Mission: To provide a platform to promote fine arts, performing arts and the rich cultural and linguistic heritage of Tamils
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Museum of World Treasures
Wichita KS
~0.41 miles from Wichita city center
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Discover the treasures . . . around the world and through the ages. Where can you explore the crusty bones of a long-lost creatures, marvel at Egyptian mummies, uncover the secrets of ancient civilizations, travel to the land of Conquistadors and enter the battlefields of World Wars? The Museum of World Treasures, with more than 3,000 certified finds on three floors. Discover your inner explorer!
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Beacon Restaurant
909 E Douglas Ave Wichita KS - 316-263-3397
~0.45 miles from Wichita city center
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Waldy Malouf is co-owner and head chef. The cuisine is based on open fire cooking.
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Kansas African American Museum
Po Box 2695 Wichita KS - 316-262-7651
~0.65 miles from Wichita city center
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The Mission
Regional arts and cultural museum dedicated to the education, identification, acquisition, research, collection, exhibition, presentation and preservation of visual art forms, artists, programs and documents reflective of African American life and culture. Using the tool of the arts, its goal is to bridge the gap of understanding among the cultures.
The History
In 1917, Old Calvary Baptist Church was built in the heart of the African American community in Wichita, Kansas. In 1972, when the congregation moved to a new building, Doris Kerr Larkins made a stand and decided to save the church, along with her sisters and the community. In 1974, the stand formulated the First National Black Historical Society and in 1993, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places, thus becoming a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit organization. The Society changed its name to The Kansas African American Museum, Inc. in 1999.
The Collections
The Arts Collections cover a wide area from sculputures to paintings and photography. We have on display a collection of African masks and statues, a caribbean display of paintings and sculputes along with various statues displayed around the museum. The museum has a collection of 29 photographs by Gordon Parks. The Jazz and Blues Musicians display features African Americans who played a part in the rich history of Wichita's music scene. Our archive department is also a large resource for display items and research history.
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Lawrence Dumont Stadium
Wichita KS
~0.68 miles from Wichita city center
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Lawrence-Dumont Stadium is a stadium in Wichita, Kansas. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Wichita Wingnuts independent baseball team. It was built in 1934 and last renovated in 2001. It holds 6,400 fans and is one of the few stadiums in the world that features a natural grass outfield with an astrosturf infield.
It was home to the Wichita Wranglers minor league baseball team. The Wranglers left Wichita at the end of the 2007 season and moved to Springdale, Arkansas, where the team will be renamed the Northwest Arkansas Naturals. The Wichita Wingnuts now play at Lawrence-Dumont.
Lawrence-Dumont Stadium is also home to the annual National Baseball Congress World Series, the annual North American championship of the NBC, an organization of 15 amateur and semi-professional baseball leagues operating in the United States and Canada, played in Wichita at L-D Stadium annually since 1935. In 1949, the ballpark was the last to host the College World Series before Omaha, Nebraska became its permanent address the following year.
The stadium is named for Charles S. Lawrence, Wichita mayor from 1933 to 1934 who died on September 20, 1934 after convincing the city to move the park within the city limits. (Blue lawS earlier prohibited baseball within the city and games were played on Ackerman Island in the middle of the Arkansas River. That stadium burned in 1934. Ray "Hap" Dumont had promised to hold semi-pro games in the new ball park (which was built with WPA help. He paid Satchel Paige $1,000 to bring the Bismarck Churchills to the stadium to play in the first NBC Championship.
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Exploration Place
300 N Mclean Blvd Wichita KS - 316-263-3373
~0.90 miles from Wichita city center
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Exploration Place is a modern science museum, located in the "museums on the river" district in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Exhibits include:
The Kids' Explore area, which currently houses a three-story castle in which children can play
A "Tots' Spot" play area for toddlers
Traveling exhibits- An area which has housed Sue the T. rex and the famous Titanic artifact exhibit and which will be the first museum in the United States to host the Virtual Codex Atlanticus, a collection of Leonardo da Vinci's works presented in virtual form. Also is currently home to Backyard Monsters, an in depth look at insects and creatures that are considered pests but are actually beneficial to human life. One highly anticipated upcoming exhibit is RACE: How different are we.
Kansas in Miniature, a small-scale recreation of early-1950's Kansas
A Kansas exhibit filled with the flora and fauna native to the area, including a wide array of animals such as reptiles, amphibians, arachnids/insects/arthropods, and a 90-gallon marine tank.
The Boeing "Exploring Flight and Design" flight exhibit which includes flight simulators and a giant "wind wall" made of thousands of tiny reflective discs that show air currents generated by the many propellers in the room
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Keeper of the Plains
Wichita
~1.04 miles from Wichita city center
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The Keeper of the Plains is a 13.4 metres (44 ft) Cor-Ten steel sculpture by Kiowa-Comanche artist Blackbear Bosin. It sits at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas rivers in Wichita, Kansas. The sculpture, commissioned by the city and private organizations to mark the United States Bicentennial, was erected in 1974. It has since become one of Wichita's most recognized and beloved symbols.
A spring/summer 2006 project elevated the sculpture on a 30-foot rock promontory so it could be seen from farther away (see photo at right). Surrounding the base of the statue are multiple displays which describe the local tribes that used to inhabit this area, as well as several fire pits which sometimes light up to illuminate the statue at night.
"The Keeper of the Plains" was mentioned by Christian musician Rich Mullins in his 1991 song "Calling Out Your Name" (from the album "The World as Best as I Remember It, Volume One")
A profile image of this statue comprises the motif adopted by the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, a U.S. Air Force flying unit which is based at nearby McConnell Air Force Base. From 1993 through 2004, an image of the statue, along with the words "Keeper of the Plains," appeared on the tails of Boeing KC-135 air refueling tankers assigned to the 22nd ARW.
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Mid America All Indian Center
650 N Seneca St Wichita KS - 316-262-5221
~1.05 miles from Wichita city center
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The Mid-America All-Indian Center is a multi purpose facility; it houses a museum, a Gallery of Nations for special events, and a gift shop.
MAAIC serves as a cultural center and museum dedicated to educating people about and preserving the heritage of the American Indian.
To learn more about the history of MAAIC, visit www.theindiancenter.org
Business Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am - 4 pm
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Dondlinger and Sons Art Museum
619 Stackman Dr Wichita KS - 316-264-6887
~1.09 miles from Wichita city center
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Wichita Art Museum
619 Stackman Dr Wichita KS - 316-268-4921
~1.09 miles from Wichita city center
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The Wichita Art Museum is an art museum located in Wichita, Kansas. It was established in 1915, when Louise Murdock’s Will created a trust to start a collection of art works by “American painters, potters, sculptors, and textile weavers.” The collection includes works by Mary Cassatt, Arthur G. Dove, Thomas Eakins, Robert Henri, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Yasuo Kuniyshoi, John Marin, Horace Pippin, Maurice Prendergast, Albert Pinkham Ryder and Charles Sheeler. The Museum's lobby features a ceiling and chandelier made by Dale Chihuly.
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Kansas Firefighters Museum
1300 S Broadway St Wichita KS - 316-264-5990
~1.13 miles from Wichita city center
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Historic Engine House No. 6:
The year is 1910. Imagine a pair of matched fire horses, Tom and Dick, in their stalls, one on each side of the apparatus floor, awaiting their next run. The Armstrong harnesses are hanging from the ceiling in readiness. (The pulleys are still there.) The four firemen on duty may be gathered around the potbellied stove at the rear of the floor or perhaps have retired to the bunk room on the second floor. Their names are W. R. Snow, Willie Spenser, Fred Davis and Charles Duffner. The red Seagraves combination chemical and hose wagon sets facing the accordion door that opens out to Old Lawrence Avenue.
But that scene is short-lived. Engine House No. 6 was the last horse drawn station in Wichita. By 1918 the horses were gone, and Wichita had become the first all-mechanized fire department in the United States and the second in the world.
By 1953, the old classic neighborhood station was obsolete and closed. It was used for storage and reserve firefighter training, but it fell into disrepair and was destined for demolition.
In 1993, concerned firefighters and neighborhood residents cooperated to restore the building and develop the first Kansas firefighters museum. This grassroots endeavor was accomplished mainly by a half dozen loyal volunteers who faithfully worked one day a week on the project for several years.
The structure was placed on the National and Kansas Registers of Historic Places in 1994. The Kansas Firefighters Museum was designated as the official Kansas firefighters' museum by the Kansas Legislature in 2007.
Things to Do
• Have your photo taken on a steam pumper
• Buy a memento from the gift shop
• Ring a fire bell
• Watch a computer slide show of firefighters in action
• Browse through old fire records and photographs
• Listen to lectures on historic firefighting
• Warm yourself by the old potbellied stove
Things to See
• American LaFrance Metropolitan steam powered pumper purchased by Wichita FD in 1902
• 1921 American LaFrance fire truck
• 1909 horse drawn chemical and hose wagon
• 1880s Howe hand pumper
• 19th Century hand drawn chemical extinguisher
• 19th Century hand drawn hose reel
• Fire helmets, uniforms, badges, caps
• Wooden water mains, hydrants, nozzles, alarms
• Leather buckets, extinguishers, ladders, toys
• Fire related photographs, fire manuals, books
• And much more!
General Information
Present Hours
Saturdays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (May 1 - Sept. 30)
Saturdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Oct. 1 - April 30)
and by appointment for groups over 15.
Admission
Adults
$3.00
Seniors
$2.50
Students
$2.00
Under 5
Free
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Wichita KS
~1.50 miles from Wichita city center
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The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is a public research university with campuses located in Lawrence, Kansas City, and Overland Park, Kansas with the main campus being located atop Mount Oread in Lawrence. The University was founded in 1865 by the citizens of Lawrence under a charter from the Kansas Legislature. It claims the title of flagship university of the state of Kansas.
The University's Medical Center and Hospital are located in Kansas City, Kansas.
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Old Cowtown Museum
1871 Sim Park Dr Wichita KS - 316-264-0671
~1.59 miles from Wichita city center
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Old Cowtown Museum is a living history museum located in Wichita, Kansas along the Arkansas River. It focuses on life in Wichita and the southern plains of Kansas during the last part of the 19th century. The museum contains over twenty-six historic buildings, including a blacksmith, saloon, and 5-acre (20,000 m2) farm. The museum also contains a number of live animals, such as Percheron horses, a Longhorn steer, chickens, and a retired United States Cavalry Horse. Old Cowtown also provides a number of events throughout the year. The museum recently constructed a 6,000-square-foot (560 m2) Visitor's Center which is available for rent.
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Botanica the Wichita Gardens
701 Amidon St Wichita KS - 316-264-0448
~1.68 miles from Wichita city center
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Friends University
2100 W University St Wichita KS - 316-295-5000
~1.79 miles from Wichita city center
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Friends University is a private non-denominational Christian university in Wichita, Kansas.
Davis Administration Building, originally Garfield University, now part of Friends University
Coordinates: 37°40'42?N 97°22'00?W
Friends University was founded in 1898. The main building was originally built in 1886 for Garfield University, but was donated in 1898 to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) by James Davis, a St. Louis business man. In the 1930s the leadership of the school was turned over to an independent Board of Trustees, with some representation of the Mid-America Yearly Meeting of Friends on the board. It operates today with "an amicable but independent relationship with the Society of Friends." The mission of Friends University is "to provide a high quality undergraduate and graduate education that incorporates liberal arts instruction and professional studies within the context of the Christian faith."
For four years in a row, Friends University was named one of the 100 Best College Buys in the United States by The Student Guide to America's 100 Best College Buys, a publication based on research by Institutional Research and Evaluation in Gainesville, Georgia.
The school mascot is Freddy the Falcon.
http://www.friends.edu
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Oak Park
Wichita KS
~1.79 miles from Wichita city center
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Oak Park is a disc golf course in Wichita, Kansas.
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Crown Uptown Dinner Theatre
3207 E Douglas Ave Wichita KS - 316-681-1566
~2.02 miles from Wichita city center
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The Crown Uptown Theatre is Wichita's most popular and the only year round professional theatre in the area. We have the finest professional talent from across the country. Enjoy Broadway-style musicals, comedies and celebrity guest artists.
Established in 1977, the Crown Uptown is located in a historic 1928 vaudeville theatre. It was designed by the famous Boller Brothers and was Wichita's first fully atmospheric theatre.
Before the show, guests enjoy a four-entrée buffet with eight sides, a salad bar and soup. Our buffet selections change throughout the year to provide a variety of seasonal choices. It's important to us that only the freshest and most flavorful items are included. Coffee and iced tea are complimentary. Crown Uptown guests may also enjoy hors d'oeuvres, a delicious dessert or a cocktail at their table. When the house lights dim, the magic begins!
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Allen Lambe House Foundation
255 N Roosevelt St Wichita KS - 316-682-3671
~2.39 miles from Wichita city center
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Newman University
3100 Mccormick St Wichita KS - 316-942-4291
~2.53 miles from Wichita city center
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Newman University is a coeducational Catholic liberal arts university in Wichita, Kansas. The university offers both undergraduate and masters level programs.
Newman was established by the Adorers of the Blood of Christ. The sisters first opened a girls school in Wichita in 1902, and a women's junior college in 1932 operating as Sacred Heart College. The school reorganized into a four year liberal arts college in 1958, and became coeducational in 1965. The name was changed to Kansas Newman College in 1973, and to Newman University in 1998.
The university is named after John Henry Cardinal Newman.
http://www.newmanu.edu
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Herman Hill Park
Wichita KS
~2.60 miles from Wichita city center
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Includes 18 hole golf course.
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Wichita State University
1845 Fairmount St Wichita KS - 316-978-3456
~3.01 miles from Wichita city center
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Wichita State University (WSU) is an American state-supported university located in the city of Wichita, Kansas established in 1895.
Wichita State University (WSU) is an American state-supported university located in the city of Wichita, Kansas. WSU is one of six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The current President is Dr. Donald Beggs.
Wichita State University offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in six undergraduate colleges: W. Frank Barton School of Business, College of Education, College of Engineering, College of Fine Arts, College of Health Professions, and Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The Graduate School offers an extensive program including 44 master's degrees in more than 100 areas and a specialist in education degree. It offers doctoral degrees in applied mathematics; chemistry; communicative disorders and sciences; psychology (programs in human factors, community, and A.P.A. accredited clinical psychology); educational administration; and aerospace, electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering.
With an enrollment of more than 14,000, the University's students come from almost every state in the United States and 110 foreign countries. 87 percent are from Kansas, representing nearly all counties in the state. Wichita State has 479 full-time faculty and 41 part-time faculty. Of the total, 73 percent have earned the highest degree in their field.
The 330 acre (1.3 km²) campus has one of the largest outdoor sculpture collections of any U.S. university. Approximately 1000 students live in campus dormitories. The main campus is within short driving distance from Interstate 135 and the K-96 expressway in north Wichita.
Wichita State University also hosts classes at two satellite campus locations. Wichita State University West Campus is located in Maize, Kansas. This 9-acre (36,000 m2) campus hosts 100-150 university classes each academic semester. Wichita State University South Campus first began offering classes in Derby, Kansas, in August 2007 in Derby High School. The university's South Campus began offering Wichita State University coursework at a new facility in Derby in January 2008.
http://www.wichita.edu
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Henry Levitt Arena
1845 Fairmount St Wichita KS - 316-978-FANS
~3.01 miles from Wichita city center
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Charles Koch Arena (pronounced "coke"), popularly known as The Roundhouse, is a 10,502-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas.
The arena was originally built in 1953 as the University of Wichita Field House. It was considered several years ahead of its time because of its circular design, which gave nearly every fan a clear slight line and put the seats very close to the action. As a result, it was quickly nicknamed "The Roundhouse," a name that has stuck to this day. When WU joined the state university system in 1964, the arena was renamed the WSU Field House.
In 1969, the arena was officially renamed Levitt Arena after Henry Levitt who had just died. Levitt's Wichita clothing store sponsored basketball team won three consecutive national Amateur Athletic Union titles in the 1930s at a time when colleges and corporate-sponsored teams competed in the same tournament.
Following a $6 million endowment from Charles G. Koch[1] the arena underwent a $25 million renovation in 2002-03, popularly known as the "Roundhouse Renaissance." The old arena concourse was completely demolished and a new one built around the original playing/seating area. A portion of the seating bowl was remodeled to make for more legroom. All new seating was installed as well as a video scoreboard, and virtually every surface that was not renovated was given a fresh coat of paint. It is home to the Wichita State Shockers men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball teams.
The Shocker basketball teams played at the Kansas Coliseum for the 2002-03 season while the arena was rebuilt.
Koch Arena hosted the 2008 Kansas State High School Activities Association Class 6A state wrestling tournament. The arena also hosts numerous high school basketball games involving schools from the Wichita City League. The KSHSAA Class 6A boys and girls basketball state tournaments will move to Koch Arena from Emporia State University's White Auditorium starting in 2011. As Levitt Arena it hosted the 1977 and 1989 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament title game.
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Wichita
Edwin A Ulrich Museum of Art
Po Box 46 Wichita KS - 316-978-3664
~3.01 miles from Wichita city center
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Admission
Your visit to the Ulrich Museum of Art is FREE! There is no admission charge but a little pocket change for our donation box is always welcome. Please note that children under 16 are encouraged to visit the museum but must be accompanied by an adult.
Gallery Hours
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Friday
1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Closed Mondays and major/University holidays
The Ulrich Museum will be closed on these upcoming holidays: November 26 and 27 (Thanksgiving), December 19 - January 3 (WSU Holiday Break) and January 18 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day).
Office Hours
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday except for major/University holidays
Mission Statement
Expand human experience through encounters with the art of our time.
Mailing address:
Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita State University
1845 Fairmount Street
Wichita, KS 67260-0046
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