Northeast Region

Topeka Zoological Park - The World Famous Topeka Zoo exhibits include: The Animals and Man Building, Tropical Rain Forest, Discovering Apes, Black Bear Woods, African Savannah, Birds of Prey, Water Bird Lagoons, Lions' Pride, and Children's Zoo.

Kansas State Capitol - Tour the Kansas State Capitol and learn the fascinating story of John Steuart Curry's murals. See the spectacular chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Gaze upward to view the marble and the glass panels of the dramatic Capitol dome.

Kansas Museum of History - The story of Kansas is full of drama. Colorful characters and everyday folks are part of the tale. So is the land itself, from the tall grass prairies to the high plains. The museum's exciting exhibits tell Kansas' story from its earliest peoples to today's residents.

Topeka Performing Arts Center - Topeka's newest facility designed to showcase the performing arts. Available for performances, rehearsals, meetings, and special events, the center provides the best in cultural entertainment. The wide variety of events includes touring Broadway shows, dance companies, major symphonies, popular singers and entertainers.

Wonderscope Children's Museum - Wonderscope Children's Museum, located in Shawnee (a Kansas City suburb) provides an enjoyable hands-on, interactive environment for children, their families, and school or community groups to explore science, technology, the arts, and humanities. Visitors are encouraged to make choices, invent, imagine, create, discover, play, and learn together.

Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens - The Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is located in the City of Overland Park on 300 ecologically diverse acres in southern Johnson County. The Arboretum and Botanical Gardens exists for the advancement of environmental education, recreation and the appreciation of nature. It provides both a cultural center and a nature preserve for the community.

U.S. Cavalry Association & Research Library - The US Cavalry Association is the proud sponsor of the U.S. Cavalry Museum, located at Fort Riley, Kansas. The U.S. Cavalry Museum is part of the Army Museum System and chronicles the colorful history of the American Mounted Horse Soldier from the Revolutionary War to 1950. The building that houses the Museum was once the headquarters used by General George Armstrong Custer.

Frontier Army Museum - The Museum exhibits material culture of Frontier Army soldiers who served west of the Mississippi River between 1804 and 1917. The museum collection of over five thousand items consists of weapons, uniforms, equipment, and vehicles used by Frontier Army soldiers as well as many Fort Leavenworth related items. The Museum is free and open to the public.

Topeka Civic Theatre - Enjoy dinner and a wonderful evening out at Topeka Civic Theater, Topeka's unique dinner theater. The Topeka Civic Theater is one of the oldest dinner theaters in the nation. The Civic Theater has won national and international acclaim as an award winning community theater. Whether it's a musical, comedy, or drama, you're sure to enjoy the wonderful performances.

Combat Air Museum - Much more than a collection of aircraft, Combat Air Museum houses a wide variety of military and aviation oriented memorabilia, ranging in time from the first World War to the space shuttle program.

University of Kansas Natural History Museum - Exhibits at the museum include: Fossils, naturalistic dioramas of birds, mammals, and plants, live bees (in a working hive), snakes, and fishes, the Panorama, the largest diorama display of its type, depicting animals, plants, and natural environments from the Arctic Circle to the tropics and more.

University of Kansas Museum of Anthropology - The purpose of the Museum of Anthropology is to foster an appreciation of the significance of the physical and cultural diversity of humanity through the creation, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge about peoples around the world from earliest times to the present.

Spencer Museum of Art - The Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art is the art museum of The University of Kansas, Lawrence. Seven galleries display selections from the permanent collection of over 17,000 works of art. Special exhibitions drawn from the collection or touring from other museums are displayed in four additional galleries.

Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum - Restored home where internationally-famous aviatrix was born July 24, 1897. Contains family heirlooms, displays, photographs and a gift shop.

Watkins Community Museum of History - The Watkins Community Museum of History is housed in an impressive red brick building in the city of Lawrence. Permanent exhibits include vehicles, a 1920s barber shop, a Victorian parlor, the restored lobby fixtures of the original bank, an 1878 children's playhouse, clothing, quilts and other needlework.

The Columbian Theatre - A beautifully renovated 19th century opera house which exhibits six rare, monumental oil paintings and other artifacts from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, the great Chicago World's Fair. The Columbian offers special exhibitions in the main floor gallery, a performing arts series in the theatre, and a unique gift shop.

Ward Meade Park - Historic Ward-Meade Park is a beautiful six-acre complex with a Victorian home, log cabin, turn-of-the-century town, plus a 2.5 acre botanical garden dedicated to preserving and sharing the early history of Topeka.