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Tourist Attractions in Kansas
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Topeka Zoological Park
Get up close and personal with the new Black Bear Woods, new
Pachyderm Yard, Tropical Rain Forest, Discovering Apes, Lions'
Pride, and Children's Zoo. For information call: (785)272-5821
Old Cowtown Museum
Old Cowtown Museum is a unique, 17 acre open-air living history
museum which recreates Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas from
1865 to 1880. For information call: (316)264-0241
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
The $13 million renovation includes a full-scale replica of the
Space Shuttle, a Northrup T-38 jet used for NASA pilot training,
and an SR 71 Blackbird spy plane - the world's fastest plane and
one of only 29 in the world. The Mercury Redstone and Gemini
rockets tower over the entrance, and the new German Room
features authentic and rare V1 and V2 rockets from Nazi Germany.
For information call: (800)397-0330
Lake Afton Public Observatory
The Lake Afton Public Observatory offers programs for the
general public on weekend evenings throughout the year. School
classes can reserve an Observatory program on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings and Thursday during the day. The programs of
the Observatory extend beyond its walls through portable
editions of exhibits, instructional astronomy games, video
tapes, and astronomy activities for use in the classroom. For
information call: (316)978-3191
Sedgwick County Zoo
The 247-acre Sedgwick County Zoo opened in 1971 and has been
ranked among the best zoos in the world. Displaying over 2,000
animals of 436 species, it is the number one tourist attraction
in Kansas. For information call: (316) 942-2212
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