Live theater & music shows in a modern space with art galleries & educational programs.

We are proud to be the first escape room adventure in Manhattan, Kansas. An hour of fun, challenging, and unique entertainment with an unforgettable story. This 60-minute experience offers an escape into a world of the unknown without the terror of experiencing a haunted house. Does your group have what it takes to escape the room before time is up? Can you solve all of the puzzles and escape the room before time runs out? Grab your friends, bring your family, race the clock, and live the adventure at Locked Manhattan.

Manhattan’s wildest destination is more than just a park. Sunset Zoo is brimming with creative educational offerings and is the perfect place to host your next celebration or business meeting. The Nature Exploration Center and brilliantly landscaped grounds guarantee a unique venue. Home to over 150 animals – from anteater to zebu – Sunset Zoo offers up-close views of hyenas, cheetah, flamingos, sloth bears, tigers, leopards, and an array of primates. A visit to the Gibbon Exhibit and Exploration Asia is sure to wow! Situated on 26-acres and only a few minutes from Kansas State University, this AZA-accredited zoo hosts a variety of special events including family favorites like Earth Day, Water Safari, and SPOOKtacular, as well as after-hours celebrations, Wine in the Wild, and Brew at the Zoo.

The Flint Hills Discovery Center aims to serve as a principal place for learning and understanding about the tallgrass prairie and the Flint Hills ecoregion in particular; to assure its long-term preservation.

The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art houses the Kansas State University permanent art collection, which originated in 1928. It has the most space devoted to the widest variety of Kansas art in the state. It is a destination for those seeking to discover Kansas and its history through the eyes of scores of talented artists.The collection now boasts nearly 7,000 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. Visitors can see work by Birger Sandzen, Thomas Hart Benton, Lester Raymer, Robert Sudlow, Alan Shields, Dean Mitchell, Roger Shimomura, Shirley Smith, Wendell Castle, Randy Regier, and Dale Chihuly.Opened in 1996, the Beach Museum of Art expanded in 2007. The museum offers an in-depth look at Kansas art, but also brings art and artists from around the world to the heart of Kansas. It is an art experience not to be missed.Free admission; donations are welcome. Free parking.