The Museum at Rolling Hills Zoo — Local services in Kansas

We were pleasantly surprised by this addition to the zoo! It's located after a long uphill walk, which was a bit rough pushing the double stroller up, but we made it to the wonderful air conditioned museum. The lighting is dim and some spots seem a little creepy, but we assumed that was for the purpose of preserving the animals. The kids loved being able to see several of the animals so much closer than they could in real life. The setups are VERY realistic, showing predator and prey in action, and the animatronic robots are an...

We had fun at the zoo, the animals were pretty active which always makes it better. What I wasn't expecting was the inside museum part. I had no idea! We were visiting from out of state and wanted to take our granddaughter to the zoo. The inside experience was AMAZING. The had sections of the building set up with different animal habitat dioramas. Complete with life like animals from that area and even animated native people to that area explaining what life was like for them. Really amazed at this, pleasantly surprised....

The museum is free if you don't want to go to the zoo. It's well worth an hour or two to look around. In the back of the museum, they have two rooms, one for the kids to learn while they play and the other is the history of the zoo. From getting the idea, the challenges they went through, to many different pictures and stories. I could spend an hour or two just in...