Skate the Season: Crown Center Ice Terrace, Kansas City’s Outdoor Rink
When the air turns crisp, Kansas City families head for the Crown Center Ice Terrace — the city’s beloved outdoor ice rink, gliding under the...
Month : October 2026
Kaleidoscope: The Free Art Studio Where Hallmark Lets Kids Create
One of Kansas City’s happiest family secrets is free: Kaleidoscope, the children’s art studio at Crown Center created by Hallmark, where kids dive into bins...
Reach for the Stars: Family Shows at the Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium
Inside Union Station, the Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium gives Kansas City families a front-row seat to the universe — one of the largest, most advanced planetarium...
Science City With Kids: The Can’t-Miss Stops Inside Union Station
Science City at Union Station is Kansas City’s ultimate rainy-day (and any-day) answer for families. Here’s how to conquer it with kids. Start at the...
An Ocean in the Middle of the Map: The Kansas City Zoo’s Sobela Ocean Aquarium
Who says landlocked cities can’t have an ocean? The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium’s Sobela Ocean Aquarium brings families face to face with sharks, sea...
Halloween at the Zoo: Spookie Stripes Safari Nights for Little Explorers
October at the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium gets delightfully spooky. The Spookie Stripes Safari runs all month — October 1–31, 2026 — turning a...
GloWild at the Kansas City Zoo: A Lantern Wonderland for Families
The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium is glowing again. GloWild, its immersive nighttime lantern festival, returns October 1 through December 27, 2026, transforming zoo pathways...
From Thomas Cole to Thomas Hart Benton: The Nelson-Atkins’ American Collection
The Nelson-Atkins Museum’s American art collection reads like the nation’s biography — and it ends, fittingly, with Kansas City’s own Thomas Hart Benton, whose sweeping...
The American Royal Museum: Where Kansas City’s Cowboy Heart Beats On
Kansas City grew up as a cowtown, and the American Royal has celebrated that heritage since 1899 — its museum and exhibitions keep the story...
Caravaggio in Kansas City: A Rock-Star Painting of the Baroque
Caravaggio painted rule-breakers, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum owns one of his most magnetic: “Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness,” where the saint is no...
