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ARTS & CULTURE

Goodland Welcome Center

Goodland Welcome Center

Welcome to the Topside of Kansas! We are excited to share our community with you and want you to enjoy the land of wide-open spaces, quiet sunrises, breathtaking sunsets, and starry night skies. Whether you are traveling through or looking to relocate to our...

Theatre Salina

Theatre Salina

Two theatres within this beautiful facility stage musicals, comedy, and dramas for all ages throughout the year.

Garden of Eden

Garden of Eden

Civil War veteran S.P. Dinsmoor started sculpting his populist vision at the Garden of Eden in 1905 at age 64.

Fick Fossil & History Museum

Fick Fossil & History Museum

The Fick Fossil & History Museum is home to many world-class fossils including the bones of the oldest documented mosasaur skull in the world, a Tylosaurus Proriger, a 30-foot marine reptile found in the Horse Thief Canyon of Gove County. Donated by the Bird...

Buffalo Bill Cultural Center

Buffalo Bill Cultural Center

The Buffalo Bill Cultural Center is a Community Travel Information Center offering regional and state-wide brochures, maps and travel information. Open Mon - Fri 9 am - 5 pm and Sat 11 am - 5 pm. The center offers multiple permanent exhibits such as Buffalo Bill's...

Final Fridays

Final Fridays

On the last Friday of every month (all year long!) from 5-9PM, the streets of Downtown Lawrence and the Warehouse Arts District erupt with art and entertainment.

Azura Amphitheater (Sandstone)

Azura Amphitheater (Sandstone)

Azura Amphitheater opened in 1984 to be the prime outdoor concert venue in the Kansas City metro area. The venue was recently renovated in 2008 and has a seating capacity of 18,000. The Amphitheater box office is located at 633 North 130th Street in Bonner Springs,...

Sternberg Museum of Natural History

Sternberg Museum of Natural History

See world-famous fossils, as well as the dinosaurs and prehistoric sea creatures that inhabited the Great Plains over 80 million years ago.

Cooper Barn

Cooper Barn

One of the 8 Wonders of Kansas, the Cooper Barn, largest in the state, is located at the Prairie Museum of Art & History.

Salina Kanvas Project ‘BOOM’

Salina Kanvas Project ‘BOOM’

The Salina Kanvas Project is aimed at inspiring onlookers, sparking conversations and providing a catalyst for the further growth of our community through the commission of world-class murals and street art in downtown Salina, Kansas.

Shawnee Town 1929

Shawnee Town 1929

Step back in time and experience a typical day in and around the 1920’s farm community of Shawnee, through authentic collections, exhibits, programs and events.

World’s Largest Belt Buckle

World’s Largest Belt Buckle

At 19 feet 10 ½ inches wide and 13 feet 11 ¼ inches tall (not including the frame), Abilene, Kansas, is now home to the World’s Largest Belt Buckle. Unveiled December 21, 2022 in Eisenhower Park, the project serves as a billboard celebrating Abilene.

Kansas Veterans’ Cemetary

Kansas Veterans’ Cemetary

The cemetery honors our fallen heroes. The motto of the Kansas Veterans’ Cemetery in WaKeeney is “No one is ever buried alone. All are buried with honor.

Christmas City of the High Plains

Christmas City of the High Plains

For over 70 years, WaKeeney has been magically transformed into a holiday wonderland from the Saturday after Thanksgiving until New Year’s. Enjoy Christmas all year long with a stop by our North Pole downtown or by taking the self guided walking tour of trees all year...

Mulvane Art Museum

Mulvane Art Museum

The Mulvane Art Museum exists to facilitate creative thought and intellectual growth. We offer free admission to a nationally accredited facility with over 9,000 square feet of exhibition space, four art classrooms, two sculpture gardens, an interactive artmaking...

Theatres

Theatres

The Historic Jayhawk Theatre resides in Downtown Topeka, KS. This non-profit theatre is continuing to preserve history while delivering out of this world performances on stage! Still fundraising to complete it's full restoration, the Jayhawk hosts man events...

NOTO Arts & Entertainment District

NOTO Arts & Entertainment District

Topeka is a wonderful city to find unexpected art. Whether you're seeking beauty among downtown buildings or wandering the lush grounds at Washburn University, you're sure to see a variety of fine sculptures, colorful murals and one-of-a-kind art.

Taking Time Sculpture

Taking Time Sculpture

A life-size bronze statue depicting Chief Charles Bluejacket - a Shawnee Indian Chief, minister and farmer in the town's early days has been created by Charles Goslin and placed on the northeast corner of Johnson Drive and Cody, Herman Laird Park. Bluejacket, the...

Theatre in the Park

Theatre in the Park

The idea of presenting live theatre performances in a Johnson County park was launched in 1970 with the theatre's first season on a stage comprised of a few boards and bricks near a pond in Antioch Park. The early patrons were enthusiastic, supportive and so hungry...

Music Theatre Kansas City

Music Theatre Kansas City

MTKC celebrates the collaborative art form of musical theatre through preparatory training and professional performances, emphasizing the importance of live music, in an inclusive environment honoring both indiviuality and community.

Smoky Hill River Festival

Smoky Hill River Festival

Since its inception, the Smoky Hill River Festival has welcomed thousands of loyal locals and far-way guests, as well as appreciative food vendors, artists, and performers who had never experienced the arts Festival-style until they came to Salina. The four-day arts...

Oakley Downtown Mural

Oakley Downtown Mural

Oakley Past & Present Mural is located downtown on the local grocery store. Buffalo Bill, the Smoky Hill Trail & railroad, Monument Rocks, and fossils of the past are combined with and ode to pheasant hunting and the Oakley Plainsman school mascot of the...

Keystone Gallery

Keystone Gallery

Keystone Gallery is a combination museum art gallery, and gift shop. The museum section contains an extensive, scientific collection of local Kansas fossils including a 20-foot Mosasaur and a 14-foot Xiphactinus. Many other fish, turtle, and bird fossil specimens are...

Deines Cultural Center

Deines Cultural Center

Located in downtown Russell, the Deines Cultural Center is a non-profit space for art exhibitions, live performances, and local art history. Each month the Deines exhibits new art from local, regional, and national artist, as well as pieces from the permanent...

Grassroots Art Center

Grassroots Art Center

The Grassroots Art Center educates, exhibits, documents and preserves grassroots, outsider art environments and folk art in the Midwest. 501(c)(3) not-for-profit. Grassroots art is created by self-taught individuals, usually during their retirement years. Often driven...

Sculpture Tour Salina

Sculpture Tour Salina

Salina has a public art collection to boast about! Installations by internationally revered artists dot the landscape and thoroughfares. Murals are the backdrop of parks, shopping areas, and even the aquatics park. SculptureTour Salina is a mainstay of our recently...

McCain Theatre & Mariana Kistler Beach Museum of Art

McCain Theatre & Mariana Kistler Beach Museum of Art

Kansas State University's McCain Auditorium is the campus cultural center for the live performing arts. McCain has a rich history of bringing world-class engaging experiences to northeastern Kansas. McCain, which seats 1,751, serves students, faculty and staff, along...

Music in Manhattan

Music in Manhattan

Manhattan’s Aggieville and Downtown pull in a large number of great performances throughout the year. Catch performances at places like The Hat, Auntie Mae’s and Bluemont Hotel in the Aggieville district. Manhattan’s City Park hosts live music acts throughout the...

Buffalo Bill Bronze Sculpture

Buffalo Bill Bronze Sculpture

Oakley is home to the twice life sized monumental bronze of Buffalo Bill Cody on his horse Brigham in pursuit of a buffalo. The sculpture was created by Charlie and Pat Norton of Leoti, Kansas. Standing 16 feet tall and weighing 9,000 pounds, the bronze is one of the...

SNW Gallery & Custom Frames

SNW Gallery & Custom Frames

SNW Gallery represents the finest of Kansas & regional artists working in a variety of mediums, including painting, print, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, ceramic, glass, photography, & jewelry. Strecker Gallery was started by Julie Strecker in 1980. It...

Artist Ellen Duncan

Artist Ellen Duncan

The paintings of Ellen Duncan adorn the walls of the Territorial Capital Museum. Her paintings and watercolors bring to life historic scenes from Lecompton and the surrounding areas. She has received awards for her historical mural illustrations displayed in the...

Performing Arts Center

Performing Arts Center

The Performing Arts Center in downtown Leavenworth is managed by the City's Parks and Recreation Department. The River City Community Players provide the Leavenworth area community with unique theatrical experiences in an early 20th century Art Deco Theater that has...

Spencer Museum of Art

Spencer Museum of Art

Located on the University of Kansas campus, the Spencer Museum of Art is a vibrant cultural center that sparks curiosity, inspires creativity, and creates connections among people through art.

Lawrence Arts Center

Lawrence Arts Center

Everyone is born an artist, and at Lawrence Arts Center, we provide the community with a place to connect with that inner artist and with one another. All forms of art—whether visual arts, dance, theatre, crafts, and beyond—send signals to our brains that stir our...

Anthology of Argentine Mural

Anthology of Argentine Mural

Seven artists spent 10 months completing this 220-yards mural tracing the Argentine District of Kansas City, KS, from the Hopewell Indians to today. The mural is on 31st through Woodland on Metropolitan.

Strawberry Hill Museum & Cultural Center

Strawberry Hill Museum & Cultural Center

The Strawberry Hill Ethnic Cultural Society was formed in 1988 to promote, sponsor and preserve the ethnic heritage prevalent in Kansas City, Kansas. The Strawberry Hill Museum and Cultural Center celebrates the many nationalities of Kansas City residents. Built in...

Downtown Kansas City Avenue of Murals

Downtown Kansas City Avenue of Murals

The Avenue of Murals Project was initiated in 2004 with the goal of adding quality public art to downtown Kansas City, Kansas, to bring people together, to educate ourselves about one another, and to involve local high school youth in arts programming. Under the...

JC Little Theater

JC Little Theater

Junction City Little Theater is the longest-running community theater in the state of Kansas. It began in 1949, with the vision and guidance of Bettina Coover, a vibrant and imaginative woman who became an integral part of every community she joined. In 1955, Bettina...

C.L. Hoover Opera House

C.L. Hoover Opera House

The C.L. Hoover Opera House has been a vital part of the Junction City community for over 130 years. Through its' history, the Opera House has at one time served as the town courthouse, fire department, jail and a movie theater. Following renovation in 2008, the C.L....

Junction City Arts Council

Junction City Arts Council

The Junction City Arts Council offers a variety of arts and activities encouraging adults and children to explore their creativity and innovative spirit. For over 40 years, the Arts Council has been cultivating the arts in Junction City and provide a gallery, work...

Hays Art Council

Hays Art Council

The Hays Arts Council functions in the role of provider and facilitator of arts events, activities, and experiences for the citizens of Hays, Kansas and the surrounding area. Its mission is to foster, promote, encourage and increase the knowledge, appreciation and...

Bison Sculpture

Bison Sculpture

Monarch of the Plains sculpture carved to commemorate the centennial of Hays in 1967. Local artist Pete Felten spent two years carving this monstrous 8-foot-high, 24-ton sculpture. It is located on the Historic Fort Hays grounds.

Hays Symphony

Hays Symphony

Founded in 1914, it was the first true symphony orchestra in western Kansas. The orchestra, a community-university ensemble, is affiliated with Fort Hays State University and its members include music professors, teachers, students and musicians from Hays and...

Giant Grasshopper

Giant Grasshopper

Lloyd Harden (1927-2012) needed a winter hobby, something to keep him occupied when field work slowed. Being improvisational and creative, he began taking apart worn-out machinery and creating what he called "Creative Art from Used Parts" or "field art". The giant...

“The Big Easel” – Giant Van Gogh Painting/Art in the Parks

“The Big Easel” – Giant Van Gogh Painting/Art in the Parks

In the spring of 2001, the “World’s Largest Painting on an Easel” was erected in Pioneer Park, in Goodland, Kansas. The 24 x 32-foot painting is a reproduction of Vincent Van Gogh’s Three Sunflowers in a Vase, the first version in a series of seven sunflower paintings...

Frahm Theater

Frahm Theater

Frahm Theatre inside the Colby Community College provides a platform for the students of this college to showcase their talent and hosts performances of in-house as well other local theater groups on a regular basis. Frahm Theatre is equipped with a spacious stage and...

Pickin on the Plains

Pickin on the Plains

Pickin' On The Plains in Colby, Kansas is an action-packed weekend with live bluegrass music and more!

Kansas City Renaissance Festival

Kansas City Renaissance Festival

At Kansas City Renaissance Festival each fall, step back in time to a 16th century village where the fun and laughter never end! The Kansas City Renaissance Festival began its journey in September of 1977 as a benefit for the Kansas City Art Institute. Since then, the...

Great Plains Theatre

Great Plains Theatre

The Great Plains Theatre (GPT) was established in 1995 as a 501-C3 non-profit year-round professional theatre. Dream big at GPT by experiencing live, professional theatre on I-70 between Denver and Kansas City. Through the years, GPT has developed a flourishing...

Prairie Museum of Art & History

Prairie Museum of Art & History

The Prairie Museum of Art & History/Thomas County Historical Society serves the community of Thomas County and the greater NW Kansas area as an educational organization, promoting local history, hosting visitors, groups and organizations, while enhancing the...

Carnegie Arts Center

Carnegie Arts Center

Our mission? Simple yet mighty: to make the arts accessible to all. We’re all about spreading the joy of creativity, making sure everyone has a front-row seat to the magic. We’re here to champion existing cultural gems and spark fresh ones into life. Whether it’s a...

Land and Sky Scenic Byway

Land and Sky Scenic Byway

From Interstate 70’s Exit 17, drive the nation’s first agriculture-themed byway. The scenery changes from day to day as the cycle of agriculture turns crops into food.

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