Interesting Facts

The Wichita Art Museum features over 6000 works in its permanent collection, including a solid collection of American art and some additional works from Europe and the Middle East.
Air Capital of the US! With five aircraft manufacturers and McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita has certainly earned its nickname.
The area's rich Native American history plays an important role in the cultural atmosphere of Wichita. The Mid-America All-Indian Center commemorates the contributions of the Sioux, Wichita, Kiowa and Cheyenne tribes. Heritage Village recreates an 1850s Native American village, while the center's museum displays paintings and other cultural artifacts.
The Allen Lambe House Museum (1915), designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, possesses many of its original furnishings and an adjacent garden house and Koi pond. The last of Wright's prairie houses, it features a clay tile roof, extensive windows, and accessible terraces.
The planes of Wichita-- the Kansas Aviation Museum displays over 40 aircraft manufactured in Wichita. For more on life in the skies, try the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, which features items ranging from Neil Armstrong's gloves to a Soviet Vostic plane to the Apollo 13 spaceship.
Where the wild things are! The Sedgwick County Zoo houses creatures from all over the world ranging from cougars and bison to elephants, giraffes and chimpanzees to cassowaries and wallaroos
The area's first permanent settlers, the Native American Wichitas, built a village of grass houses in Wichita in 1863.
Home, sweet home! Famous residents of Wichita include Kirstie Alley and Barry Sanders.
Each May, the Wichita River Festival attracts 160,000 people. The festival includes music, sports, food, children's activities, a flea market, parade, and fireworks.
Ride'em, cowboy! Discover the Wild West at the Old Cowtown Museum, which features a recreated prairie town, complete with buffalo hunters, cowboys, blacksmith and carpentry shops, and a saloon.