Nestled in the heart of Wichita just the east part of downtown is the brick-lined streets and historic lampposts are a collection of converted brick warehouses that dates back to the late 1800s. Built with brick and native limestone accents, the distinctive architectural features define the whole personality of Old Town. With more than 100 businesses, Old Town has become the prime destination for its shops, theaters, clubs, restaurants, museums, and stores.
The old town is a busy area of repurposed 19th-century warehouses. It is known for restaurants serving tapas and sushi to southern BBQ, plus cocktail bars and lives music venues like The Brickyard. Artifacts at the Museum of World Treasures include ancient Roman coins, Civil War weapons, and a section of the Berlin Wall, and there are vintage locomotives at the Great Plains Transportation Museum.
Things to Do
Museum of World Treasures
Peek through time at the Museum of World Treasures. History comes alive as you dive into the era of dinosaurs, Ancient Egyptians, past presidents, and many more. From shrunken heads to an extensive World War II collection that tells incredible stories around the four corners of the museum.
Exhibitions
- Next Treasure Case
- Small Stories Cases
- Real Document Case
- Virtual Exhibits
- Fossil Gallery Bed Bug Exterminator Wichita
- Sea Creatures of the Plains
- Cenozoic Era
- Rock and Minerals
- Civil War
- World War I/II
- Vietnam War
- Korean War
- Berlin Wall
- Founding of America
- Hall of Presidents
- Old West
- Mesopotamia
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Pre-Hispanic
- Africa
- Royal Art of Asia
- All Are Not Free
Address: 835 E. 1st Street, Wichita, Kansas
Great Plains Transportation Museum
The Great Plains Transportation Museum is to preserve and convey the amazing history of railroading in the Great Plains through acquisition, restoration, research, exhibition as well as education. The museum displays a wide array of railroad equipment.
Indoor exhibits such as railroad prints, tools, signs, and other artifacts including a mock-up mechanical stoker used for training steam locomotive personnel.
Collections
- Various types of cabooses
- A Postal storage car
- Maintainance of way equipment
- A drover’s car
- Various other diesel-powered locomotives
- Burlington Northern Railroad EMD NW2 diesel locomotive
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 4-8-4
- Electric locomotive
- A tank car
- Heavyweight baggage car
Address: 700 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS
Public at The Brickyard
An all-inclusive farm-to-table eatery for everyone in the family. Adjacent to Brickyard, Old Town’s premier outdoor music venue was first opened in 2012 for dinner serving fresh and regionally sustainable ingredients to create their great take on the flavors of local cuisine.
Address: 129 N Rock Island, Wichita, KS
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