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Natural History Museum Attractions In Kansas

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Kansas is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean people of the wind although this was probably not the term's original meaning. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison. Kansas was first settled by European Americans in 1812, in what is...
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Natural History Museum Attractions In Kansas

  • 1. Museum at Prairiefire Overland Park
    The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is an art museum that is located on the campus and is a department of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas. The museum is named for donors and local art collectors Jerry and Margaret Nerman. It opened in October 2007, succeeding the college's former Gallery of Art. The building was designed by Ho-Am Prize-winning Korean architect Kyu Sung Woo. General admission to the Nerman is free to the public.Jerry and Margaret Nerman are among the area’s most prominent collectors of contemporary art. Jerry Nerman often expresses his collecting philosophy as “the three s’s” – search, secure, and share. And the Nerman family frequently host visitors to their homes to view their collection.Construction of the approximately $15 million N...
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  • 2. Sternberg Museum of Natural History Hays
    Fort Hays State University is a public, co-educational university in Hays, Kansas. It is the third-largest of the six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents, with an enrollment of approximately 15,100 students .
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  • 4. Rolling Hills Zoo Salina Kansas
    The Rolling Hills Zoo is a medium-sized zoo near Salina, Kansas in the United States. It is located in rural Saline County, 6 miles west of the I-70 and I-135 interchange, and 2 miles south of I-70 Exit 244. Despite its size, it houses over 100 species animals in a number of exhibits. The Rolling Hills Zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums .
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