Exploration Place to break ground on new destination playscape
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Exploration Place will break ground Thursday at 9 a.m. on the museum’s new destination playscape.
The museum says the $25 million, 6.5-acre playscape will open in fall 2025 on property along the Arkansas River. It is designed by the renowned landscape architect Hoerr Schaudt.
The playscape will have interactive elements of the Flight Adventure, Foggy Flint Hills, Agriculture Overlook, Sunflower Meadow, Water Play Cascades and Bison Hill. The play structures will have a Beechcraft Staggerwing biplane, an explorable Cessna Citation business jet, a rocket ship connecting to the Ad Astra motto, great bison, towering stalks of wheat, a combine harvester and more.
Junior League of Wichita Water Play Cascades at Exploration Place (Rendering courtesy of Exploration Place) Design concept for Textron Aviation Flight Adventure (Courtesy Exploration Place) Design concept for Textron Aviation Flight Adventure (Courtesy Exploration Place)
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Exploration Place says the new playscape will invite visitors of all ages to celebrate the spirit of Kansas.
The museum opened in April 2000 and welcomed a record 403,543 visitors in 2023.
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