Location: Wichita
Top Things to do in Wichita
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Dorothy clicked her heels to return to Kansas, and you'll want to do the same after you've visited this one-time cattle town turned modern, booming city, where the spirit of the Old West lives on. To get a feel of the early pioneer days, visit the recreated village at the Old Cowtown Museum. For a slightly more eccentric experience, visit the Museum of Ancient Treasures, which has everything from a baseball signed by Joe DiMaggio to a shrunken head. The Indian Center Museum features works by Plains Indian artists. Wichita is an aircraft manufacturing center, and the Kansas Aviation Museum honors pioneers in the field, as well as housing model planes. Exploration Place gives kids more insights into aviation and other scientific wonders. For nature and wildlife, check out Botanica's lovely gardens or head over to the Sedgwick County Zoo, home to over 350 species of animals. Wichita stays up when the sun goes down: there's nightlife, culture, karaoke and cuisine for all tastes.
Restaurants in Wichita
1. Nifty Nut House
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 900 reviews
Reviewed By jeffreyp744 - Wichita, United States
Love this place great variety nuts and candy every kind of candy candy we had as kids free samples of different candy nuts and such fun place to take kids
2. Botanica: The Wichita Gardens
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 722 reviews
Located in Sim Park, this gorgeous patch of cultivated flora offers themed gardens such as the Butterfly Garden, Shakespeare Garden, Rose and Wildflower Garden and the award-winning Sally Stone Sensory Garden, plus special programs for children.
Reviewed By AIbin0 - Tarrant, United States
I was traveling from out of state on a whim and out of all the places I was hoping to see while in Wichita, The Botanical Gardens was at the top of my list. To be frank, I've never actually been to a Botanical Gardens before, but the one here is absolutely gorgeous. I'm no botanist, but there's a wide variety of flora all throughout the gardens in different sections. Beautiful fountains, a butterfly garden, gorgeous floral arrangements, memorial statues, quiet alcoves, lilly ponds, a koi pond, and much more await you here. After a long year of stress and anxiety, being away from everything for a few hours was therapeutic. I'd definitely recommend seeing it for yourself if you're in the area.
3. Great Plains Nature Center
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 112 reviews
A Kansas wildlife habitat in the city. Bird watching. Paved hiking trails. Discovery programs. Indoor wildlife observatory. Connecting people with nature. The Great Plains Nature Center is a cooperative partnership between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, and the City of Wichita Parks and Recreation Department. Together with the Friends of the Great Plains Nature Center (a 501(c)(3) organization), GPNC provides nature experiences to the community. Visit us to check out the Koch Habitat Hall exhibits with your grandchildren. Stop in for quiet reflection in the Bob Gress Wildlife Observatory. Or, pick up a Kansas critter memento in the Owl's Nest Gift Shop.
Reviewed By 511paty - Wichita, United States
We had a great day hiking the trails (over 2 miles or shorter if desired) and visiting the gift shop. The fall foliage was beautiful and there were several deer and lots of birds. We enjoyed the paved paths and the labeling of many species of foliage. Just beautiful and serene.
4. Entrap Games
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 86 reviews
Entrap Games is a new kind of entertainment game for adults that have become wildly popular across the United States. You and your teammates have 60 minutes to work together to solve your way through a series of puzzling steps, which yield a key or code necessary in escaping the room. It’s a fully immersive, exhilarating experience.
Reviewed By CHERK_76 - Dodge City, United States
LiCastro’s Lair was awesome, we loved the theme and the creepiness! The game master did a great job and made the adventure much more amazing!
5. Pizza Hut Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 66 reviews
In 1958, two brothers - both Wichita University students- started a restaurant in a building on the corner of Bluff and Kellogg. They sold pizza, a dish that just beginning to gain popularity in America. They staffed their business with family, friends and fraternity brothers and called it Pizza Hut. Wichita State students help tell the story of the original Pizza Hut. The Museum is free and open to the public at Wichita State University.
Reviewed By iknowgarth - Wichita, United States
PIZZA HUT MUSEUM!! Wichita State University,,Now open :) 576091015 Please disregard the negative comments below.. This little jewel of a building is now a full-fledged PIZZA HUT MUSEUM!! This is a very, very nice little museum now!! Emphasis on little,, It will open to the public on April 30th 2018 and has been moved from the location talked about below but is still on the campus of Wichita State University . The building was moved to the Innovation Campus in September as part of the renovation project. Please note if you are in town and you want to visit a small Pizza Hut museum with all the info from the brothers from Wichita that brought Pizza Hut to life than please visit. It has some nice history some great displays and some family history on the Pizza Hut creators. I am sorry they do not have an Official web site yet so I don’t know Hours or times but you can probably google that Please visit the internet to get more info on the Museum itself. and some photos>>
