Hutchinson (pop. 41,000) has been the site of the mining and processing of salt since 1888. Exhausted mines are used as security storage facilties for hospitals, businesses and film companies.
The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson features the Hall of Space Museum, the IMAX Dome Theater and the Justice Planetarium Theater. The center features a large collection of space artifacts including a collection of Russian space artifacts, Liberty Bell 7, The Apollo 13 Command Module Odyssey, and a moon rock.
Hours:
9am-7pm; Sun:12pm-7pm
Always closed on: Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November ), Christmas - Christian (December 25), Easter - Christian
Visitors to the Kansas Underground Salt Museum in Hutchinson will travel 650ft/200m below ground where they will board a tram that takes them to more than 100,000 square feet of galleries that tell the story of salt from the earliest known use to the present day.
Address: Kansas Underground Salt Museum, Airport Road, Hutchinson, KS 67504-1864, United States
Phone: 1 (620) 662-1425, Fax: 1 (620) 259-6134
Hours:
9am-6pm; Sun:1pm-6pm; Closed: Mon
Tips: Children under 4 are not allowed in the mine.
Exhibits from the salt industry to American Indian life are featured at the Reno County Museum in Hutchinson. There is also an interactive children's room.
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Kansas Underground Salt Museum, Hutchinson
Kansas Underground Salt Museum, Hutchinson
Kansas Underground Salt Museum, Hutchinson
