Do you have Wichita museum memberships? If there’s anything I love as much as our fair city it is traveling, especially with my kids. When we travel, near or far, the first thing I investigate is what zoos and museums we can visit. And we love that we can use our Wichita museum memberships in other cities!
Perhaps my favorite perk of memberships to our local zoos and museums is free or discounted reciprocal admission to others around the country. It makes trip planning a breeze and saves a lot of money! Plan a day trip or weekend getaway to hit up a couple of these spots for a fun, educational, cost effective road trip.
I’ve split the list into day trip range (three hours one way or less) and long-weekend (up to seven hours one way) destinations. There are ninety zoos or museums for the road warriors among us to enjoy with Wichita zoo and museum memberships.
Use Your Wichita Museum Memberships in Other Cities (including Zoo & Botanica)
The reciprocity lists can change yearly. Be sure to check recent info before you travel.
Botanica Reciprocal Membership List
Exploration Place Reciprocal Membership List
Wichita Art Museum List A and List B
Easy Day Trips from Wichita
Hays, Kansas
Sternberg Museum of Natural History; free with EP membership
Hesston, Kansas
Dyck Arboretum; free with Botanica membership
Independence, KS
Independence Historical Museum & Art Center; free with WAM membership
Kansas City Metro
American Jazz Museum; free with WAM membership
Kansas City Museum; free with WAM membership
Kansas City Zoo; 50% off admission with SCZ membership
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; free with WAM membership
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; free with WAM membership
Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens; free with Botanica membership
Powell Gardens (Kingsville, MO); free with Botanica membership
Science City at Union Station; free with EP membership
Sea Life Aquarium; 50% off admission with SCZ membership
Wonderscope Children’s Museum; 50% off admission with EP membership
Manhattan, Kansas
Flint Hills Discovery Center; free with EP membership
Oklahoma City
Myriad Botanical Gardens; free with Botanica membership
Oklahoma City Zoo; 50% off admission with SCZ membership
Science Museum Oklahoma; free with EP membership
Topeka
Kansas Children’s Discovery Center; 50% off admission with EP membership
University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum (Lawrence, KS); free with EP membership
Tulsa
Philbrook Museum of Art; free with WAM membership
Tulsa Botanic Garden; free with Botanica membership
Tulsa Children’s Museum; 50% off admission with EP membership
Tulsa Garden Center; free with Botanica membership
Tulsa Zoo; 50% off admission with SCZ membership
Easy Weekend Trips
(by state, outside of the six hour drive range)
Arkansas
Arkansas Arts Center (Little Rock. AR); free with WAM
Botanical Garden of the Ozarks (Fayetteville, AR); free with Botanica membership
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, AR); free with WAM membership
Fort Smith Regional Art Museum (Ft. Smith, AR); free with WAM membership
Little Rock Zoo (Little Rock, AR); 50% off admission with SCZ membership
Mid-America Science Museum (Hot Springs, AR); free with EP membership
Museum of Discovery (Little Rock, AR); free with EP membership
Garvan Botanical Gardens (Hot Springs, AR); free with Botanica membership
Scott Family Amazeum (Bentonville, AR); free with EP membership
Iowa
African American Museum of Iowa (Cedar Rapids, IA); free with WAM membership
Blank Park Zoo (Des Moines, IA); 50% off admission with SCZ membership
The Brenton Arboretum (Dallas Center, IA); free with Botanica membership
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (Cedar Rapids, IA); free with WAM membership
Des Moines Art Center (Des Moines, IA); free with WAM membership
Greater Des Moines Botanical Gardens (Des Moines, IA); free with Botanica membership
Iowa Arboretum (Madrid, IA); free with Botanica membership
LaunchPAD Children’s Museum (Sioux City, IA); 50% off admission with EP membership
National Czech & Slovach Museum & Library (Cedar Rapids, IA); free with WAM membership
Science Center of Iowa (Des Moines, IA); free with EP membership
Sioux City Art Center (Sioux City, IA); free with WAM membership
Nebraska
Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art (David City, NE); free with WAM membership
Children’s Museum of Central Nebraska (Hastings, NE); 50% off admission with EP membership
Edgerton Explorit Center (Aurora, NE); free with EP membership
Hastings Museum (Hastings, NE); free with EP membership
International Quilt Study Center & Museum (Lincoln, NE); free with WAM membership
Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha, NE); free with WAM membership
Kearney Area Children’s Museum (Kearney, NE); 50% off admission with EP membership
Kregel Windmill Factory Museum (Nebraska City, NE); free with WAM membership
Lincoln Children’s Museum (Lincoln, NE); free with EP membership
Lincoln Children’s Zoo; 50% off admission with SCZ membership
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum (Lincoln, NE); free with Botanica membership
Norfolk Arts Center (Norfolk, NE); free with WAM membership
Omaha Children’s Museum (Omaha, NE); free with EP membership
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo; 50% off admission with SCZ membership
University of Nebraska State Museum of Natural History (Lincoln. NE); free with EP membership
Missouri
Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis (St. Louis, MO); free with WAM membership
Dickerson Park Zoo (Springfield, MO); 50% off admission with SCZ membership
Discovery Center of Springfield (Springfield, MO); free with EP membership
Endangered Wolf Center (Eureka, MO); 50% off admission with SCZ membership
Field House Museum (St. Louis, MO); free with WAM membership
The Magic House, St.Louis Children’s Museum (St. Louis, MO); free with EP membership
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum (St. Louis, MO); free with WAM membership
Missouri Botanical Gardens (St. Louis, MO); free with Botanica membership
National Churchill Museum (Fulton, MO); free with WAM membership
Springfield Art Museum (Springfield, MO); free with WAM membership
Springfield Botanical Gardens (Springfield, MO); free with Botanica membership
The Saint Louis Art Museum (St. Louis, MO); free with WAM membership
Saint Louis Science Center (St. Louis, MO); free with EP membership
Saint Louis Zoo (St. Louis, MO); admission free, other discounts with SCZ membership
Texas
Amon Carter Museum of American Art (Ft. Worth, TX); free with WAM membership
Cameron Park Zoo (Waco, TX); 50% off admission with SCZ membership
Crow Collection of Asian Art (Dallas, TX); free with WAM membership
Clark Gardens Botanical Park (Weatherford, TX); free with Botanica membership
Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Garden (Dallas, TX); free with Botanica membership
Dallas Holocaust Museum & Center for Education and Tolerance (Dallas, TX); free with WAM membership
Dallas Zoo; 50% off admission with SCZ membership
East Texas Arboretum & Botanical Society (Athens, TX); free with Botanica membership
Fort Worth Botanic Garden (Ft. Worth, TX); free with Botanica membership
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History (Ft. Worth, TX); free with Botanica membership
Greater Denton Arts Council (Denton, TX); free with WAM membership
Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary (McKinney, TX); free with EP membership
Kimbell Art Museum (Ft. Worth, TX); free with WAM membership
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (Ft. Worth, TX); free with WAM membership
Old Jail Art Center (Albany, TX); free with WAM membership
Perot Museum of Nature & Science (Dallas, TX); free with EP membership
Texas Discovery Gardens (Dallas, TX); free with Botanica membership
Other perks of Wichita museum memberships:
Here are 5 other Reasons to get an Exploration Place Membership!
This is a great list. I can’t wait to use this when planning so summer get always. I have used SCZ membership for discounts at the Topeka and Manhatan, KS zoos. It definitely makes those membership fees to our wonderful local attractions worth it.
We loved the science museum in Oklahoma City, and it’s expensive, so it was awesome to get in free with our EP membership. But I never realized my Botanica pass had reciprocity…. I’m so grateful for this article for pointing that out!