Kansas City Museum [MO]

Description

The Kansas City Museum allows visitors to explore the history of Kansas City, Missouri, form the mid-19th century to the present day.

The museum offers exhibits, outreach presentations, workshops, lectures, film screenings, and other recreational and educational events.

Union Station [MO]

Description

Union Station, built in 1814, today has been restored to house, among other attractions, traveling exhibits, presentations and shows, and a permanent rail exhibit.

The Station offers exhibits, planetarium shows, performances, science demonstrations, big-screen presentations, tours for school groups, and home school days.

Air Zoo [MI]

Description

The Air Zoo invites visitors to explore the history of aviation through interactive presentations and exhibits.

The museum offers exhibits, programs for homeschoolers, 3-D film presentations, rides and flight simulators, programs and self-guided and guided tours for school groups, outreach presentations, professional development for educators, history boxes for loan, and camps.

Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center [KA]

Description

The Kansas Cosmophere and Space Center introduces visitors to the sweep of the Cold War Space Race and space exploration.

The museum offers exhibits, IMAX shows, planetarium shows, science demonstrations, programs and self-guided and guided tours for school groups, professional development opportunities for educators, camps, and other recreational and educational events.

Global Health Odyssey Museum [GA]

Description

The Global Health Odyssey Museum traces the history of the Center for Disease Control, as well as addressing several public health topics. Exhibits present the role of the CDC in the study of polio, Legionnaire's Disease, and U.S. obesity. Visitors can view a wide variety of historical medical equipment, including a ped-o-jet used to fight smallpox and the microscope of Dr. Joseph Mountin, founder of the CDC.

The museum offers exhibits, guided tours for student groups (grades 7-12), and educational camps.