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Overland Park, and nearby Kansas City, offer many attractions including everything from live theater and art museums to amusement parks and petting zoos. New Theatre Restaurant, Celebrating over 30 years of Dining and Entertainment. Experience 5-star American cuisine followed by a Broadway comedy or musical featuring stars from stage, film, and TV. Recognized in The Wall Street Journal as "the best dinner theatre in the country." Group rates (12 or more) range from $31 to $54 inclusive of show, dinner, choice of coffee, tea, or soda, gratuity and tax. Prices vary by show and/or date. The 300-acre Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens offers a natural setting with walking trails, waterfalls, colorful flowers and a variety of gardens including a children's discovery garden and a legacy garden. At the Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead visitors enjoy feeding farm animals, taking a hay ride on a horse-drawn wagon, fishing in the pond and walking through a replica of an early 1900s farmhouse. If you are a gardening enthusiast, don't miss the Johnson County Master Gardener exhibit. At over 41,000 square-feet, the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is the Midwest's largest contemporary art museum. Designed by Kyu Sung Woo (Cambridge, MA), the Nerman is a powerful, elegant building clad in Kansas limestone. The museum features temporary exhibition and permanent collection galleries, a new media gallery, area artists’ project gallery, a focus gallery, meeting space, and more. Visitors also enjoy attending professional sports competitions including the Kansas City Royals (MLB), the Kansas City Chiefs (NFL), the Kansas City Brigade (Arena Football League), the Kansas City Power (Australian Rules Football Club), the Kansas City Wizards (MLS), and the Kansas City Explorers (WTT). |
Performing Arts Museums Parks and Recreation Educational and Historical Entertainment Family Activities Kansas City Sports Public Golf Courses |
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