Plan Your FREE Adventures with Sunflower Summer App
You can experience the best Kansas attractions for FREE this summer using the Sunflower Summer App!
Each Kansas student can access one free admission ticket for both the student and guardians per attraction. Any parent or legal guardian can create a Sunflower Summer account, including grandparents.
How to Sign Up for the Sunflower Summer App
Step 1:
Download the Sunflower Summer App!
For Apple, download here.
For Android, download here.
Step 2:
Create an account.
Step 3:
Visit Kansas attractions between July 9 – August 2 for FREE!
Manhattan Area Participating Attractions
- A & H Farm
Sunset Zoo – Manhattan - Flint Hills Discovery Center
- Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art
- Midwest Dream Car Collection
- Riley County Historical Society & Museum
- Sunset Zoo
- K-State Insect Zoo
- Museum of Art and Light
- Oz Museum
- Goodnow House State Historic Site
- Lazy T Ranch Adventures
- Museum of Art + Light
- Pioneer Log Cabin
- Tuttle Creek State Park
- Wolf House Museum
Top Family Friendly Kansas Attractions
David Traylor Zoo (Emporia)
Tke a tour of the David Traylor Zoo to see the nearly 400 specimens of birds, mammals and reptiles representing more than 80 species are exhibited in natural habitats! Open Sundays to Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Be sure to check out the Endangered Ring-tailed Lemur Infant who was just born in April!
Sternberg Museum of Natural History (Hays)
As you take a trip out West, visit the Sternberg Museum of Natural History! With an emphasis on the Great Plains, the museum focuses on understanding of Earth’s natural history and the evolutionary forces that impact it. Visit both the permanent and traveling exhibits on Mondays – Saturdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Cosmosphere (Hutchinson)
Visit the Cosmosphere International SciEd Center & Space Museum daily to learn everything you want to know about space! Open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the week and 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, there is something for everyone to learn. Check out the interactive shows as well as the world-class planetarium and even get up close to the Apollo 13 Command Module Odyssey!
Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead (Overland Park)
Travel back in time at Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead and experience life on a turn-of-the-century Kansas farm. Established in 1978, Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead is now home to nearly 250 animals (including livestock and birds of prey), vegetable and flower gardens, a fishing pond and more! Visit Helen’s Country Schoolhouse, a one-room country schoolhouse carefully designed and built to replicate its 1900 predecessor, complete with antiques and a pot-bellied stove. From there, continue the adventure at John’s Blacksmith Shop, Mining Camp, Ray’s Barber Shop and a historically accurate replica of a small Kanza Indian earthen lodge next to an 18-foot-tall tipi. Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from April 1-Oct. 31. Admission is $5 per person and is free after 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
Kansas Children’s Discovery Center (Topeka)
The Discovery Center has something for every kid! My kids like being able to easily run from different areas without having to check in with parents. They also enjoyed the variety of ways to play including creating, active play, imaginary and more.
Field Station Dinosaur (Derby)
Welcome to the Field Station, where you’ll take on the role of a visiting scientist – ready to explore, ask questions and make discoveries! Field Station: Dinosaurs is a one-of-a-kind, prehistoric experience featuring over 40 life-sized, moving and realistic dinosaurs that’s thrilling, educational and fun!
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