Visitor Information: Local Attractions

• The State Capitol
  Tour the legislative seat, a beautiful building constructed over a period of 37 years, from 1866 to 1903.
• The Topeka Zoo
  635 SW Gage Blvd., Topeka
• Kansas Governors’ Mansion
  1 Cedar Crest Road, Topeka
• Combat Air Museum
  Hanger 602, Forbes Field, Topeka
  785.862.3303
• Gallery of Fine Arts
  Topeka Public Library, 1515 SW 10th Ave, Topeka
  785.231.0527
• Heartland Park Racing
  Administrative Offices 1805 SW 71st Street, Topeka
  785.862.4781
• Kansas Museum of History
  Kansas State Historical Society
  Presenting the state's history from prehistoric times to the present.
  6425 S. W. Sixth, Topeka, KS
• Menninger Foundation
  5800 SW 6th St, Topeka, KS
  Exhibits 785.350.5632
• Mulvane Art Museum
  Washburn University, Topeka, KS
• Museum of the Kansas National Guard
  6700 SW Topeka Blvd, Bldg 301, Topeka, KS (at the entrance to Forbes Field)
  785.862.1020
• Historic Ward-Meade Park & Botanical Gardens
  Six acres of living history.
  124 N.W. Fillmore St., Topeka, KS
  785.368.3888
• Lake Shawnee
  3137 SE 29th St.
  Topeka, KS 66605
• Shawnee North Family Aquatic Center
  300 NE 43rd St
  Topeka, KS 66617
• Ensley Gardens
  37th & West Edge Rd.
  Topeka, KS 66605
• Lake Shawnee Golf Course
  4141 SE East Edge Rd.
  Topeka, KS 66605
• Forbes Golf Course
  700 SW Capehart Rd.
  Topeka, KS 66619

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