The Museum has been housed in Wichita’s original City Hall, a landmark building constructed in 1890 and is considered an exhibit in itself. A wide variety of the Museum’s exhibits showcase life in Wichita over the centuries, from the Wichita Indian tribe—whose name the town adopted— to the cowboys who drove their cattle here, to the dawn of aviation and the City’s role as the Air Capital of the World.
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Visitor's Guide
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Ways to supportSpecial Exhibitions
Portraits From the Museum Collection
The urge to create or possess a visual representation of a specific person – a portrait - is present throughout history. Portraits are created for…
Being Modern
This exhibition follows (and is directly patterned after) the Museum’s previous exhibit, Art Deco on the Plains. It takes the timeline forward to explore modern…
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What our visitors saying about their experience
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ConnieHighly recommend! We were so surprised at how well presented the artifacts were and how many. Well worth the visit!
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JacquelineGreat museum to spend a couple of hours looking at fantastic and informative exhibits. A reasonable price with a good return for your investment.
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We got to visit for the first time today and loved it. So many fun things to look at and neat things to read. All our kids loved it too!
Cassie C.



