KIDSCAPE IS GETTING SOMETHING NEW! Kidscape will be closed from March 27 to April 1.

For the first time since the grand opening of our current location, our beloved KidScape will be temporarily closed for updates. Your first chance to check out this new addition is Monday, April 3rd at 12:30pm! So, what's changing? Out goes the City Hall, in comes The Trolley! The Trolley is a unique addition to KidScape, our fully immersive, interactive history experience where kids time travel to different periods and communities from the region's past. The accessible playscape design is based on the first car on the historic Strang Line, a commuter railroad that ran between Johnson County and Kansas City.   We are thrilled to honor this important part of Johnson County's history, and we can't wait to see how our young museum guests enjoy their imaginative playtime selling tickets, loading up luggage, driving the trolley, and more!

The Strang Line was a commuter railroad that ran between Kansas City and Johnson County from 1906 until 1940. Named for its developer and the founder of Overland Park, William B. Strang, the Strang Line carried many of Johnson County's first suburbanites into Kansas City on a route that paralleled the Santa Fe trail. The KidScape Trolley is modeled after the Ogerita, the first car the Strang Line ran in April 1906, named after Strang's niece from Kansas City. Other cars on the Strang Line were named for Strang’s family as well, including Marguerite (Strang’s wife), Geraldine (niece), and Irene (niece).

REMINDER! Monday, April 3rd from 9:00am-12:00pm is our monthly Sensory Friendly Monday in Kidscape. There is limited capacity during these mornings, and April 3rd is already FULL! To register for future Sensory Friendly Mondays, click here!

Interior museum photos courtesy of Bob Greenspan Photography.