Theater and opera houses
 Century II Convention Hall in Wichita
The Century II Convention Hall in the city of Wichita is
the venue for the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, the Music
Theater of Wichita, the Wichita Grand Opera and the
Music Theater for Young People. The official name is
Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center. The
Century II Convention Hall in Wichita was opened in 1969
and offers 2 stages, the Concert Hall with 2,197 seats
and the Mary Jane Teall Theater with 650 seats. With an
exhibition area of approx. 19,000 mē, the Century II
Convention Hall is by far the largest facility for
cultural offers.
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225 W Douglas Ave
Wichita, KS 67202 |
Brown Grand Theater in Concordia
The historic Brown Grand Theater in the city of
Concordia dates from 1907 and is considered the most
elegant theater between Kansas City and Denver. From
1925 to 1974 the Brown Grand Theater served as a cinema
and was then restored to its original condition in 1980.
If you're in the area, don't miss the Brown Grand
Theater. The theater has been on the list of Historic
Places since 1973.
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6509 Northwest 60th Street
West Mineral, Kansas 66782 |
Orpheum Theater in Wichita
The Orpheum Theater in the city of Wichita is a historic
theater from 1922. The theater once offered space for
1,700 visitors, today it only has 1,281 seats. The
interior of the theater is designed to evoke
associations with an Andalusian garden. Nowadays,
however, the Orpheum Theater is primarily a cinema.
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200 N. Broadway
Wichita, Kansas 67202 |
Museums and exhibitions
Kansas History
Museum in Topeka
The Kansas History Museum in the city of Topeka is the
history museum of the state of Kansas. Accordingly, it
deals with the history of Kansas. The museum was founded
in 1875. The museum has an exhibition area of approx.
2,800 mē and shows in its collection, among other
things, objects by famous people of the state. For
example, there are objects by John Brown, William
Quantrill, George Armstrong Custer and Dwight D.
Eisenhower. The museum also has the largest collection
of flags from the civil war.
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6425 SW 6th Avenue
Topeka, Kansas 66615 |
Combat Air
Museum near Topeka
The Combat Air Museum near the city of Topeka is a
museum that deals with the history of aviation, or
rather its military use. What is special is that the
Combat Air Museum is located on an active airfield, the
so-called Forbes Field, and its collection or exhibition
is housed in two hangars.
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6700 SW Topeka Blvd
Topeka, Kansas 66619 |
Wichita Art Museum
The Wichita Art Museum in the city of Wichita is an art
museum from 1915. However, the museum was only opened in
1935. The museum is thematically limited to works of art
by American artists. The collection includes works by
Mary Cassatt, Arthur G. Dove, Thomas Eakins, Robert
Henri, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Yasuo Kuniyshoi,
John Marin, Paul Meltsner, Horace Pippin, Maurice
Prendergast, Albert Pinkham Ryder and Charles Sheeler.
The last significant expansion of the museum building
took place in 2003 and the museum now has an area of
approximately 10,700 mē.
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1400 West Museum Boulevard
Wichita, Kansas 67203 |
Kansas Aviation
Museum at Wichita
The Kansas Aviation Museum near the city of Wichita is a
museum of aviation history and was opened in 1991. The
museum's collection offers some very interesting types
of aircraft. The museum is housed in the city's former
terminal.
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3350 South George Washington Blvd
Wichita, Kansas 67210 |
Helen Foresman
Spencer Museum of Art in
Lawrence
The Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art in the city of
Lawrence was opened in 1928 and is part of the
University of Kansas. The museum's collection covers a
very large area, ranging from ancient Egyptian
sculptures to videos from the 21st century. However, the
focus is on works from Europe from the Middle Ages to
the 19th century.
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1301 Mississippi Street
Lawrence, Kansas 66045 |
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space
Center in Hutchinson
The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center near the city of
Wichita, more specifically in Hutchinson, is a space
museum, one of the most famous in the world. The Kansas
Cosmosphere and Space Center, or often just called the
Cosmosphere, was founded in 1962, but as a planetarium.
The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center took the actual
step towards the space museum in 1976 when it
successfully applied to exhibit the objects of the
Apollo mission. Today, the museum has an exhibition area
of approximately 9,500 mē. Highlights of the
collection include V1 and V2 rockets, a Sputnik-1, the
Mercury capsule Liberty Bell 7, the command capsule of
the Apollo 13 mission, the largest meteorite found in
the USA, and an approx. 22 kg chunk Moon rock. It’s not
part of space travel,
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1100 North Plum
Hutchinson, Kansas 6750 |
Monuments and memorials
Big Brutus
Big Brutus is not a building or structure in the
narrower sense, but with its size the second largest
backhoe in the world leaves many a structure in the
shade. The Big Brutus is more than an excavator, it is a
monument. Big Brutus was in operation from 1963 to 1974
and has been a memorial since 1983. With a height of 49
m and a weight of approximately 4,990 tons, it is truly
a colossus.
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6509 Northwest 60th Street
West Mineral, Kansas 66782 |
Mennonite Settler Statue
The Mennonite Settler Statue is located in the city of
Newton and is used to commemorate the Mennonite farmers
and their wheat crops. The statue, designed by Max
Nixon, was erected in 1942. Since 1998 the statue has
been on the list of Historic Places.
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