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Wonderscope Children's Museum

Wonderscope Children's Museum of Kansas City, located in Shawnee, Kansas, is committed to sparking a life-long love of learning in children through the power of play. Wonderscope provides fun, inter-disciplinary arts and sciences exhibits and programs for children 10 and under, their parents and teachers from across the Kansas City area.
LEARN* PLAY*GROW communicates our belief that children learn best through play and that through fun, imaginative, hands-on learning, they can grow to their fullest potential.

Paint your face, run a TV studio, make a tornado come to life, explore nature, travel to the moon, launch golf balls, go inside a bubble, make a pretend pizza, check out a cart of groceries, and much, much more!

Wonderscope Children's Museum
5700 King
Shawnee, KS 66203 
913-268-4176 
Info Line: 913-268-8130

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Worlds of Fun

Worlds of Fun's the premier amusement park destination in the Midwest - offering 175 acres of excitement and fun for every member of the family.

One of the regions largest family fun park destinations has over 235 acres of rides and attractions. The park, built in 1973 centers around Jules Verne’s book, “Around the World in 80 Days”—it is here that you can travel to Africa, Asia, Europa and Americana without leaving the park. With over 100 rides and attractions, including six world-class roller coasters, live entertainment, and kids adventures, it’s no wonder Worlds of Fun is one of Kansas City’s favorite attractions.

Worlds of Fun is open weekends only in April and daily from May 17th to August 24th, then weekends only through November 2, 2008. Check website or call for verification.

Worlds of Fun
4545 Worlds of Fun Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64161
(816) 454-4545

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Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City

The Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City is the embodiment of childhood fantasies for children of all ages. The collection includes antiques, toys and fine scale miniatures that amaze and delight the young at heart. 19th and 20th century toys allow visitors to explore the evolution of childhood through form, function and production.  Dolls, dollhouses, trains, cars and more than one million marbles serve as touchstones to connect generations.

Fine scale miniatures provide an escape into the gilded Palace of Versailles or the simpler American Plains Indian teepee.  Perfect in scale, miniatures are working reproductions of actual pieces.  Created by highly skilled artists, these pieces tell a rich story of historical research and unparalleled craftsmanship.

5235 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64112
816.333.9328

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope is a magical art studio where children can be creative and feel good about their own special ideas. Creating with bows, cardboard, jazzy junk, making puzzles and painting with melted crayons are just a few of the fun things to do. Independent art sessions for children ages 5-12 and family sessions for children of all ages! Kaleidoscope is free as a public service by Hallmark. Call for session times.

Millions of children across the United States have been creating ever since using melted crayons, polka dots of all sizes, zig and zags, shooting stars and lots of other jazzy junk that tickle the minds of young artists everywhere.

Kaleidoscope's imaginative worlds inspire each child's creativity. Children explore exciting environments as they discover the joy of creativity by making their own amazing art from Hallmark scrap materials.

2501 McGee St..   Kansas City, MO 64108
816.274-8300

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Science City at Union Station

Welcome to Science City, where play and education go hand-in-hand. Let curiosity be your guide through more than 50 interactive areas, providing some real hands-on fun. Science City is located in Kansas City's Union Station.

At Science City, science fact is more fascinating than science fiction. This thoroughly modern science center in Kansas City's restored Union Station features interactive exhibits and offers a hands-on experience that's so much fun you won't realize how much you're learning.

Science City is also home to the Dino Lab, a real laboratory with real scientists working on real dinosaur fossils. It's real cool!

Also in Science City...
Train to be an astronaut. Stroll through a human blood vessel. Land a space shuttle. Solve a crime. Take the dizziness challenge. Ride a bicycle 30 feet off the ground. Drive a Mars rover. Dig up fossils. There's a whole world of discovery waiting to be explored in Science City!

30 W. Pershing Rd.
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: 816.460.2020

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Belton Grandview and Kansas City Railroad Co.

Come, take a step back in time to the first half of the last century and ride a train like your grandparents may have ridden. Board our 1920's era passenger coach, or our open air excursion car and take a ride behind our 1950's diesel locomotive through Old Towne Belton, Missouri and the surrounding area. You could even ride in the caboose with the conductor or in the cab of the locomotive with the engineer.

The Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad Co. is a short line passenger railroad and demonstration museum in Belton, Missouri, just south on US Hwy. 71 from the Kansas City Metro Area. The BG&KC offers excursions on our line running south from Belton on a 5 mile, 45 minute round trip. We are an all volunteer, nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving rail travel and railroading.

Belton Grandview and Kansas City Railroad Co.
502 E. Walnut St. - Belton, MO 64012
(816) 331-0630

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