Kansas Explorer

Exploring Our Only Home explores Kansas and its people, places and environments.

• Touch a real mammoth tusk.
• Step into a 20-foot tall tornado.
• Get up close with Kansas critters including snakes, spiders and lizards.
• Marvel at an animated miniature display of early 1950s Kansas buildings, landmarks, trains and more in Kansas in Miniature.
• And much more!

Want to Take It Up a Notch?

You’ve probably seen (and felt) the current tornado that’s in this exhibit area. But now, you can test your limits as you step into the “powerful” Tornado Simulator that feels like you are in a EF1 twister - about 79 mph! What’s more, you can take a picture of the entire mind-blowing experience for just $2! Plus learn more about how tornados form and how they are categorized.