Senior Programs

Senior Wednesdays

First Wednesday

Wichita Art Museum
1400 Museum Blvd
Time & $: 10 AM, $2 admission
Contact: (316)268-4911

Complimentary refreshments, gallery talk and video. Buy one lunch, get second lunch 1/2 off in the café.

The WATER Center
101 E. Pawnee
Time & $: 1:30 PM, Free
Contact: (316) 337-9262

Second Wednesday

Sedgwick County Zoo
5555 Zoo Boulevard
Time & $: 10 AM, $4 admission
Contact: (316) 266-8213

Complimentary refreshments, an educational program and an animal visitor and/or tour within the zoo - meet at the R.L. Blakely Education Building.

Wichita Public Library (Central Branch)
233 S. Main
Time & $: 1:30 PM, Free admission
Contact: (316) 261-8500

Third Wednesday

Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita State University
1845 Fairmount
Time & $: 10 AM, Free admission
Contact: (316) 978-3664

Complimentary refreshments and gallery talk.

The Kansas African American Museum
601 N. Water
Wichita, KS 67203
(316) 262-7651
(316) 265-6953 - fax
www.thekansasafricanamericanmuseum.org

Fourth Wednesday

Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum
204 S. Main
Time & $: 10 AM, $2 admission
Contact: (316) 265-9314

Seniors age 55 and over are invited to enjoy a special program at 10:00 am on the fourth Wednesday of the month. The half-price fee of $2 includes light refreshments before the program and admission to the Museum. Senior Wednesdays at the Historical Museum, 204 S. Main, begin at 10 am on the fourth week of the month, January through October.  The $2 fee for non-members includes light refreshments and admission to the entire museum.  Please call 265-9314 for further information.

July 23 – “Music for Christmas in July” by Five Times Harder– songs of beauty and laughter by Tom and Lois Harder and their three talented daughters.

August 27 – “Historic Fairmount” by Kathy Morgan and Barbara Hammond – photos and stories of the college, the cottage, and the church called Fairmount.

September 24 - “Musical Memories” by Adam Miller– songs and stories of our prairie past by a noted folksinger and autoharp virtuoso.

October 22 – “Hand Crafted Traditions” by Kindred Spirits – show and tell of hand-stitched holiday ornaments exchanged each year by twelve friends.

Funding for this project is provided in part by the Kansas Health Foundation, a philanthropic organization whose mission is to improve the health of all Kansans.

Exploration Place
300 N. McLean Blvd
Contact: (316) 266-4218
Time & $: 1:30 PM, $4 admission

Fifth Wednesday

Great Plains Nature Center
6232 E. 29th St.
Contact: (316) 683-5499
Time & $: 10 AM, Free admission

Old Cowtown Museum
1871 Sim Park Dr.
Contact: (316) 264-6398
Time & $: 1:30pm