Cosmosphere

Museums, Historical Sites, and ZoosKansas, United States11-50 Employees

Cosmosphere is a Smithsonian-affiliated museum and science education center based in Hutchinson, Kansas. It houses a substantial collection of United States space artifacts, ranking second only to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, and it holds the largest archive of Russian space artifacts outside Moscow. Through these materials, the institution presents the Space Race narrative and offers immersive learning experiences that align with the Next Generation Science Standards.

It operates as a small to mid-sized museum with facilities including the Carey Digital Dome Theater, the renovated Justice Planetarium, Dr. Goddard’s Lab with daily live demonstrations, and CosmoKids for younger visitors. Its audience includes students, educators, and families seeking hands-on STEM learning and space-history interpretation. In 2026, it formed a collaboration with Kansas State University Salina to develop an immersive virtual reality space simulation for its camp programs.

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