Great Plains Nature Center, Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
The Great Plains Nature Center, located in Wichita, Kansas is an indoor and outdoor complex meant to showcase and educate the public about the flora & fauna of North America’s heartland, the Great Plains. It also aims to promote sound stewardship for nature. This resource center is open to the public for free and features an interactive museum, several miles of accessible trails, live native wildlife, plus highly-competent staff.
Wichita and its neighboring cities like Eastborough and Kechi in south central Kansas teem with other landmarks worth visiting. Those traveling to the area for sightseeing can book a room at either the WoodSpring Suites Wichita North which is set near the Wichita State University - Cessna Stadium or at Aloft Wichita, situated amid a business and industrial area and off State Highway 96. The casual but cozy Comfort Inn & Suites, on the other hand, is only 6 miles from the Ulrich Museum of Art which is located within the campus of Wichita State University and is a beautiful showcase of modern and contemporary art in the region. The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Allen House is a landmark that’s worth exploring as many visitors describe it as "the house of choice to live in!" Pizza lovers will surely enjoy a trip to the Original Pizza Hut Museum housed in the original building where two brothers who were students of Wichita University started the restaurant in 1958.
