Emporia Kansas Attractions

Amusements

• National Teachers Hall of Fame
  1200 Commercial • Emporia, KS 66801
  620-341-5660
  Honoring the best teachers and the teaching profession. more...

Historic Homes & Buildings

• All Veterans Memorial
  933 South Commercial Street • Emporia, KS 66801
  620-342-1803
  Honoring Veterans from all wars, tank, and helicopters. more...

• Richard Howe 1860's Welsh Farmstead, The
  315 East Logan Avenue • Emporia, KS 66801
  620-340-6310
  Oldest residence in Kansas, drive-by only. more...

Historic Sites & Monuments

• Kaw Mission State Historic Park
  500 North Mission • Council Grove, KS 66846
  620-767-5410
  Learn more about the Kaw Indians and the building that was home & school to 30 young Kaw Indians... more...

• Williiam Allen White House State Historic Site
  927 Exchange Street • Emporia, KS 66801
  620-342-2800
  Visit the home of famed newspaperman and author, William Allen White. From the 1890s through World... more...

Libraries & Research Centers

• Emporia Public Library
  110 East 6th Avenue • Emporia, KS 66801
  620-340-6462
  Genealogy resources, Kansas collection, more. more...  map

Museums & Galleries

• Coffey County Historical Society & Museum
  1101 Neosho • Burlington, KS 66839
  620-364-2653
  Preserving and educating visitors about the area's history, this museum features a restored 1896... more...

• Emporia Arts Center
  815 Commercial Street • Emporia, KS 66801
  620-343-6473
  Gallery exhibits, art classes, performances. more...  map

• Johnston Geology Museum
  Emporia State University • Emporia, KS 66801
  Room 106, Cram Science Hall
  620-341-5330
  Kansas fossils, minerals, Indian arrowheads and spear points. more...

• Lyon County Historical Museum
  118 East Sixth Avenue • Emporia, KS 66801
  620-342-0933
  This museum features a vareity of changing exhibits and the Carnegie library. more...  map

• Normon Eppink Art Gallery
  1200 Commercial Street • Emporia, KS 66801
  620-341-5689
  Stimulating art exhibits, many media. more...

• One-Room School Museum
  Emporia State University • Emporia, KS 66801
  620-341-5301
  Furnished and equipped as in 1895. more...

Parks, Gardens & Zoos

• David Traylor Zoo of Emporia
  75 Soden Road • Emporia, KS 66801
  620-341-4365
  Naturalized exhibits, great botanical displays and so much more are available at this exciting zoo. more...

• Toad Hollow Daylily & Iris Farm
  1534 Road 170 • Emporia, KS 66801-8125
  620-343-8655
  An American Hemerocollis Society (AHS) daylily display garden that is a beautiful retreat.  more...