Event Calendar

Closed Christmas Day

Date: Sunday, December 25, 2022 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Cosmosphere

We will be closed Sunday, December 25 for Christmas. We will be open normal business hours on Monday, December 26. 
 

OPEN 9 AM–3 PM CHRISTMAS EVE

Date: Saturday, December 24, 2022 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Location: Cosmosphere

We will be open from 9 am–3 pm on Christmas Eve, Saturday, December 24. We will be closed on Christmas Day. 

First and Last Steps: Celebrating Time and Space

Date: Friday, December 02, 2022 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Location: Meadowlark Building, Kansas State Fairgrounds

Save the Date: Dec. 2, 2022

Celebrate time and space as we observe the Cosmosphere's first steps from a poultry building, to the last steps of humans on the Moon.

Join us Friday, December 2, 2022, as the Cosmosphere celebrates its 60th birthday and honors the 50 year anniversary of Apollo 17 at the Meadowlark Building at the Kansas State Fairgrounds.

SCHEDULED TO APPEAR*:
Jeff Ashby
Jerry Bostick
Charlie Duke
Gerry Griffin
Fred Haise
Steven Hawley
Gene Kranz
Jack Lousma
Harrison Schmitt
Milt Windler

More details coming soon!

*Special guests are subject to change.

CLOSED THANKSGIVING DAY

Date: Thursday, November 24, 2022 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Cosmosphere

We will be closed Thursday, November 24 for Thanksgiving. We will be open normal business hours on Friday.

BOGO! Buy One All-Access Mission Pass, Dad Gets One FREE!

Date: Sunday, June 19, 2022 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Cosmosphere

DAD: YOU ARE OUR UNIVERSE.

Father’s Day, Sunday, June 19, it's BOGO*!

Buy one All-Access Mission Pass, and Dad gets one FREE! Make a day of it! Bring Dad to see a documentary in the Carey Digital Dome Theater, experience a planetarium show, see live science in Dr. Goddard's lab and take a trip through the Hall of Space Museum!

*To receive the BOGO offer, please call 620.665.9312 or purchase your tickets at the Box Office upon arrival. Offer is not available online.

2022 Sunflower Summer Program

Date: Saturday, May 28, 2022
Location: Cosmosphere

What's better than an out-of-this-world visit to the Cosmosphere? How about a FREE out-of-this-world visit thanks to the Kansas State Department of Education's Sunflower Summer program! All Kansas students, and up to two accompanying adults, can receive free admission to our Hall of Space Museum May 28 through August 14, 2022.

To be eligible to participate, students must be 4-18 years old and not have graduated high school yet. Up to two adults accompanying the student can also participate. To get started,  parents and guardians need to download the Sunflower Summer app free from either Google Play (Android) or Apple (iOS) app stores.

With over 70 participating venues across Kansas, check out www.sunflowersummer.org to find out how to make your Sunflower Summer spectacular!

Blue Star Museum Program

Date: Saturday, May 21, 2022
Location: Cosmosphere

The Cosmosphere is proud to be participating in Blue Star Museums, which provides free admission to our Hall of Space Museum to our nation’s active-duty military personnel (including Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard as well as members of the Reserves, National Guard, U.S. Public Health Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps) and up to five family members. The Blue Star Museum program begins Armed Forces Day, May 21, 2022 and ends Labor Day, September 5, 2022.

Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and museums across America, offering free admission to the nation’s active-duty military personnel and their families, including National Guard and Reserve.

The free admission program is available for those currently serving in the United States Military–Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard–including Reservists, National Guardsman (regardless of status), U.S. Public Health Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps, and up to five family members. Qualified members must show a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID), or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card for entrance into a participating Blue Star Museum. 

For a complete list of participants, visit arts.gov/bluestarmuseums.