Museum at Prairiefire - Overland Park, Kansas Museum at Prairiefire is located in the retail development of the same name in Overland Park, Kansas. Despite the attractive building, the museum is smaller than we expected, though the admission price has been dramaticly lowered since what it originally was. The most popular exhibit appears to be the Alive Experience, where you can design and name a dinosaur then step out into the Great Hall and look up at the screen showing you and your dinosaur in real time. The other things I found most interesting include the children's discovery room, and the cast of the Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton discovered by Kansas born paleontologist Barnum Brown. New in 2026, admission to Prariefire includes the first phase of the College Baseball Hall of Fame, which is still being built in the building. The current exhibit takes about 5-10 minutes to view and there is also the Home Run Dugout Batting Bay Experience, where $10 gets you 20 swings. Based on the layout of the building, it appears that when the next phase opens in 2027 it will be perhaps 6 times this size, though presumably with even more exhibits. The museum has a variety of programs including Animal Encounters (up close looks at some of the animals) in the Discovery Room on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Other events include 45 minutes sessions of the Little Explorer's Club, Junior Adventurers at the Museum (JAM) for elementary aged, and SciFun Camps for elementary and middle school. Adults have monthly Science Happy Hour including drinks and dynamic presentations on science. There is free parking garage nearby.
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