VACATION AND TRAVEL
This next attraction is also outside of Topeka 30 minutes to the east to a city called Lawence. That would be the Kansas University Natural History Museum. At this public museum, see four floors of exhibits that showcases mammals, dinosaurs, reptiles, fish, parasites, and more. The museum's panorama exhibit, built for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, is one of the largest in the world and includes scenes from arctic to tropical habitats. Living exhibits include a live beehive, insects, snakes, and anoles. The museum is also home to a 45-foot-long Mosasaur. Other popular exhibits include Bugtown, with live insects and interactive exhibits, and the living Paleo Garden, with plant fossils and related live plants. Suggested donation, but Free to visit. See website for parking and other info.
There are a few places that I did not talk about which are also attractions worth checking out in Topeka. See the Great Overland Station, Jayhawk
Now, everyone loves animals and at the Topeka Zoo and Conservation Center they continuously updating and expanding their exhibits, where this small but nationally recognized zoo features nearly 400 animals, a tropical rain forest, children's zoo, carousel, and train ride that circles the park. Less than 10 dollars to visit and open daily with Free parking. See website!
This next attraction is not in Topeka, but only one hour northeast to the city of Atchison. Go see the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum, which is worth doing this side trip to see this place. At the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum, visitors will have the opportunity to explore the home in which world-renowned aviatrix Amelia Earhart was born and spent much of her childhood. The historic site honors Amelia and her fellow aviatrixes through
and that is Ward-Meade Park. The grounds are Free to walk, but any tours are only 5 dollars. Originally a historic family farm on the Oregon Trail, this six-acre park features an early 20th-century town, an elegant Southern-style mansion, botanical gardens, and original log cabins at old prairie town.
educational and interpretive exhibits, activities, and events. The Birthplace Museum shows the woman behind the myth. Visitors will witness first-hand through artifacts, photographs, and family heirlooms how one's aspirations can be attained through dedication, courage, and foresight. The Museum is owned by the Ninety-Nines, an international organization of aviatrixes for which Amelia was their first president.