4.5Museum of the Great Plains(277 reviews) - Engaging Museum .... Well Worth the Visit Wednesday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Speciality Museums
Very investing museum established in 1960 that has evolved with time. The museum has several engaging hands-on exhibits. * Most innovative was a 3D sand table that dynamically sensed sand contours (i.e. sand above the table) and projected contour lines and color-coded "elevation" map on the sand. Innovative introduction / visualization appropriate for all ages. * Hands on exhibit of a mechanical wind mill (for example used to pump water from a well). * Hands on exhibit of a wind turbine for converting wind to electrical energy. Encourages experimentation with different blade shapes and number of blades to maximize energy conversion. Many other educational exhibits about the Great Plains (1) Geography (2) People and (3) History.See more..
This is a small museum so don't expect much, but what is offered is well worth the visit to the free museum. The gentleman who greeted us took our temperatures and told us some things of the Comanche Nation - from the past and from today. Very informative! Thank you! We went into the museum and were told not to take pictures of the artwork on the walls. So, we didn't take pictures inside. Being a small museum, we were in and out in about 20 minutes. And I just had to get two of the "coins" that were imprinted with Comanche Nation pictures. We went to the gift shop and spent that much time there looking around and purchasing some things. Everyone there was very nice and I'd recommend this museum to anyone. Just next door is the Museum of the Great Plains, so you can make a long afteroon visiting the two.See more..
