230 places you can visit for free in Kansas this summer
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A summer program designed to connect students with attractions across Kansas is back for 2025; and its all free.
The Sunflower Summer program is back for another year and runs from Saturday, July 12 to Sunday, Aug. 3. The tourism program helps students and their families get out of the house during the summer and explore new places in Kansas while also enjoying free admission.
More than 230 attractions can be found in this year's Sunflower Summer program list. These sites are generally categorized as places with historic value, museums, art galleries, zoos, state parks and other interesting locations in the state. Examples of some places you can visit in northeast Kansas are below:
- Topeka
- Great Overland Station.
- Kaw River State Park.
- Topeka Zoo & Conservation Center.
- Kansas Children's Discovery Center.
- Kansas State Capitol.
- The Historic Ritchie House.
- Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park.
- Museum of the Kansas National Guard.
- Combat Air Museum.
- Manhattan
- Midwest Dream Car Collection.
- Riley County Historical Museum.
- Sunset Zoo.
- A & H Farm/Pumpkin Patch.
- K-State Insect Zoo.
- Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art.
- Museum of Art + Light.
- Flint Hills Discovery Center.
- Emporia
- David Traylor Zoo.
- Red Rocks State Historic Site.
- Prophet Aquatic Research and Outreach Center.
- Schmidt Museum of Natural History.
- Johnston Geology Museum.
- Lawrence
- Clinton State Park - Reservoir and Wildlife Area.
- Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics.
- Haskell Cultural Center and Museum.
- KU Natural History Museum.
- Spencer Museum of Art.
- Watkins Museum of History.
- Lawrence Arts Center.
Sunflower Summer is open to Kansas students who are enrolled in Pre-K through to 12th grade. One adult accompanying the students can also receive a free ticket voucher to the program. Participants get one free admission ticket per student for each attraction.
To learn more about the program and to see a full list of participating locations, click here. You can download the app for Sunflower Summer for Apple and/or Android devices.
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