Kansas State Capitol
Seat of Kansas government, with a copper dome topped by the Ad Astra statue, Curry paintings on the second floor, and a guided 296-step climb to the top of the dome.
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Kansas · the United States Capital
In the destination Topeka and Kansas.
In the photo: Downtown Topeka seen from the capitol dome
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The city
Kansas state capital on the banks of the Kansas River. It has the state capitol, with a climb to the dome and murals by John Steuart Curry; the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, linked to the end of segregation in public schools; the Kansas Museum of History; and Gage Park, with a zoo and rose garden.
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The local experience
Seat of Kansas government, with a copper dome topped by the Ad Astra statue, Curry paintings on the second floor, and a guided 296-step climb to the top of the dome.
Former Monroe Elementary School, one of Topeka’s schools for Black children, with exhibits about the case that led the Supreme Court to end segregation in public schools in 1954.
Kansas history museum west of Topeka, with themed galleries, a steam locomotive from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad and the 1914 Longren biplane.
A 65-hectare park in Topeka with the Reinisch rose garden, the city zoo, a 1908 carousel and a miniature train.