I had such a great time visiting the Oz Museum. The entire space is extremely well designed and…read morethoughtfully organized, which made exploring the exhibits both fun and easy. Everything was impressively clean--from the galleries to the bathrooms--which really added to the overall experience. A special shoutout to the front desk staff, who were incredibly kind and welcoming from the moment I walked in. Their friendliness set the tone for a truly enjoyable visit. If you're in the area, the Oz Museum is absolutely worth the stop. A charming, well‑kept, and memorable place.

How can you drive through the middle of Kansas and not stop here? We had a great time exploring all…read moreof the artifacts and behind the scenes information about The Wizard of Oz movie. I highly recommend stopping here. Not to mention the other Oz tidbits around the town.

3$ entry fee to see a whole bunch of bugs! I don't like bugs all that much, but exploring this room…read morewith so many was a good way to see things up close. I enjoyed seeing bugs I recognized from Animal Crossing, and this is a great place to take little kids to explore and learn. The gardens outside are also worth the walk around and the visitor's center has lots of events throughout the year!

I have to start out by saying I don't like bugs or insects however this was a really cool place to…read morevisit. The staff was amazing, she walked us through a lot of stuff and kept it interesting. Worth the 3$

Great attraction. First floor includes more traditional museum type exhibits and is geared to…read moreadults AND young people. There is a lot of history and information on the tall grass prairie. The 2nd floor includes a lot of interactive exhibits and displays and is geared primarily for kids. Not much for adults. The third level includes an outdoor terrace. The weather today was not conducive to enjoying the outdoor environment. Adults- allow 1-2 hours. Adults with kids - allow more.

There are so many educational displays in this discovery center. They really make it fun to learn…read moreabout tallgrass prairies. I thoroughly loved all of the displays, the view of Manhattan from the rooftop, and the educational and enjoyable immersive theater. Do not miss the 15 minute theater experience where they engage all of your senses to learn about the Flint Hills. It's worth visiting Manhattan just to explore this place.

This is a very nice little winery tasting room that has been completely remodeled. The gentleman…read moreserving was really nice and although I'm not a wine drinker, I really enjoyed a sweet wine he suggested. We even took a bottle home. It looks like they have a few snacks, but could probably use some other food items. We will definitely be back to check them out again.

Went to the Oz Winery cause I love wizard of oz so much. A friend of mine that lives in Kansas she…read moretook me there. When we walked onto the winery the lady said hi to my friend but not to me. She proceed to ask my friend what she would like and taste not once acknowledging me. This small town is so racist. I was the only brown person here. The lady at the winery was so rude to me completely ignoring me. I would have buy items from there if she acknowledge that I exist. If you are of any color besides white don't go to this place!

Free admission. Very small museum. Mostly filled with old letters, some kitchen items/appliances,…read moresome old farm equipment, etc. Nothing really cool that I would remember. Since it's free you might as well go, but it took me about 5 minutes to walk through so don't expect a long day at the museum.

Pretty specialized place. The staff knows a lot about Riley County and MHK. Don't go looking for…read moreart or dinosaur bones, this is a history museum. Get a tour of the Goodnow House for a real experience.

Orginally opened in 1984, the museum was Closed for three years to Completely revamp the Entire…read moremuseum with exhibits designed by award winning Dimensional Innovations (The Amelia Earhart Museum and Atlas9 are two of their amazing designs), the Kansas Museum of History reopened in winter 2025 and it is amazing! The Why Kansas Gallery acts as the crossroads of the 5 other galleries(plus a special events space) with themes of What Is/Was Kansas, Bleeding Kansas, Connecting Kansas, Making Kansas and Changing Kansas. Sit in a traditional teepee, play engineer on a 1880 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train (which now has several cars open to explore, several airplanes, and look down into a log cabin from a new elevated ramp... don't miss this! It is easy to miss! Lots of fascinating information on the fight for statehood and freedom, women's suffrage,, civil rights, industries and SO much more plus interactive exhibits(actually smelling the stockyards was a highlight..LOL). Such a rich history. Lots of imaginative play areas for kids inside and out, plus an authentic one room school house and restored Indian mission visible on the nature trail with a swinging bridge. They gave us a scavenger hunt at the front desk that takes you through the whole museum and if you finish it you earn a fun souvenir button or snall toy :) Even if history isn't your thing this museum is vibrant colorful fun and informative and is a true gem and a worthy day trip for any and all.

This sucks. 80% poster boards. Very few actual items being displayed. So much better when downtown…read more Moved west and quality declined severely. Completely redone and so much worse once again. Terrible for kids due to limited displays. No kids want's or can read hundreds of poster boards. Takes about 10-15 minutes to see the items being displayed and a week to read all the posters.

Everywhere I visit, I love checking out the local museum of history to learn the regional past…read more Watkins did not disappoint, and highlighted well what a visitor with limited time ought to know about the city's history really well. Perhaps a minor suggestion is the addition of signage that indicates where to start if one wants to explore and learn in chronological order, but I did figure it out and had a really nice time.

We spent at least an hour and a half here and I easily could have stayed longer but we had to move…read moreon. The Watkins Museum is housed in the beautifully restored Watkins bank and mortgage building, itself an important part of Lawrence history. They have some wonderful exhibits about the history of the city and I found the one about Quantrill's raid to be particularly interesting. Lots of fun artifacts and some interactive displays to entice children to take an interest in history too. The price is right--it's free but I would encourage visitors to leave a nice donation.

The musiem was amazing verry telling and nolidgefull employies were nice and chearfull the video…read morewas nice however the waterfountains were a bit low and the floors were squeaky still i loved it and everyone was nice 10/10 would recomend

Really cool to see somewhere so profound in our history. The sign was being repaired when we went,…read moreand the parking was a confusing but it was a beautiful day and worth the stop.

Excellent display of American History of the Air Combat of the US Armed Air Forces. Among the…read moreactual air craft on display there is a vast amount of original aircraft fine art paintings.

Amazing aircraft on display, staff and volunteers are awesome. F-14 Tomcat is my favorite.read more

My daughter is going to KSU next fall so we came up again to visit the school. This time, we ended…read moreup in Manhattan for a KSU Car Club meetup and actually met Doug the curator of this wonderful place as he was hanging out with everyone. We had planned on visiting again with the rest of the family and mentioned it to Doug. He happened to be there (MWDCC) this morning for a bit and showed us even more cool things we hadn't learned the first trip. There are some amazingly special cars here that absolutely everyone should see!! The updated Tucker section was just so cool. They also added a full BTTF DeLorean to the collection in addition to the original one they had! They even have a Lamborghini Countach like the ones every boy my age had posters of on their wall growing up. Too many more cars to mention.. The people that work and volunteer here are so friendly and so helpful that I honestly can't even begin to do them justice in this review. Doug, you made this trip something special for us on many levels!! Thank you!! I'm excited that my daughter has 'found her people' and she will probably end up volunteering here some too when she has time. Just go here already!! You won't be disappointed.

Wow! What an amazing collection. Several cars I've never seen before, mainly because they are one…read moreof a kind or exceedingly rare. A hidden gem, and a must stop in the Little Apple.