The LUX is set on developing a unique sense of community and place in Downtown Wichita while keeping true to the building's original 1950s character. It's modern, Downtown living—in a city that is in the midst of a great revitalization! Join us.
City living possesses an energy, a buzz. Out your window there's amazing architecture - rich in history. You can walk to grab a bite to eat or go see a concert. You CAN have urban living in Wichita when you live at The LUX. Go on. Find your new home Downtown.
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Residents of The LUX have the convenience of never leaving the building for stellar coffee and noms. Adelitas Coffee Co is located on the first floor of The LUX. It’s your pit stop before work, for a bite to eat or perhaps between episodes of your favorite show.
See what else we have to offerWichita has a growing community of new parents, yet very few programs are designed specifically for babies. We see that gap, and we want to help fill it.
Bébé Symphonique brings a calming, sensory-rich Dome experience created especially for infants to our city for the very first time. Brand new to Wichita, this 33-minute show integrates gentle orchestral music with soft, dreamlike visuals to fill the 60-foot screen, giving babies a peaceful way to explore sound, color and movement while caregivers enjoy a quiet, shared moment together. It is a beautiful morning experience created with our youngest explorers in mind.
After the show, guests can enjoy a warm drink, meet other caregivers and relax with early access to the exhibits before the museum opens to the public.
Whether your visit includes exploring the exhibits or catching a show on its own, the Dome theater is a Wichita attraction not to be missed!
Immerse yourself under the soaring 60-foot screen with a 360-degree view and booming surround sound in the largest dome theater in Kansas. Experience first hand why the magnitude of an immersive cinematic journey, developed specifically for the curved complexities of a dome screen, can’t be replicated in a traditional theater setting. The only question is… where do you want the Dome to take you?
Wichitans desired to be modern since the City’s beginning in 1870. The Modern era had been evolving for a century at that time, and it would take another 100 years before Wichita achieved a “modern” look. World War II (1939-1945) greatly disrupted development in design.
Over the next two decades, postwar prosperity propelled design of the modern era to its zenith. By that time, Wichita’s modernization was most apparent in its new urban 1969 skyline, which remains in place today.
In the 1950s and 1960s, modern design from architecture to fashions and furnishings became familiar as people followed popular trends replacing old with new. Visual art and advertising led the way for the modern look - which by the 1960s, people referred to as “Mod.” This new look coincided with changes as society became more pluralistic and increasingly aware of its diversity. The post-war baby boom gave rise to a prominent youth culture creating new markets. New technology improving the ability to travel and share information led to wide acceptance of modern style.
This modern sensibility cast a popular and unifying mindset. This era featured non-representational abstract design to create engaging effects rather than portray objects or scenes. The effects were both dazzling and confusing, challenging everyone’s perception of reality. Our visual world was forever changed.
(This exhibition follows (and is directly patterned after) the Museum’s previous exhibit Art Deco on the Plains. It takes the timeline forward to explore modern design experienced locally in the 1950s and 1960s. The exhibition is a feature of the Lois Kay Walls Local Visual Art History Series.)
On view through 2026 in the Slawson Gallery, 4th floor.
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum - 204 S Main
The urge to create or possess a visual representation of a specific person – a portrait – is present throughout history. Portraits are created for many reasons: from sentimental to celebratory, for public or private viewing, as memorials, and as icons. .
Until the introduction of photography in the 1840s, portraits were rendered by artists in both two and three-dimensional mediums such as paintings and sculptures.
The Museum’s collection includes a variety of portraits, most of which depict local people. In this exhibition, we learn of portraiture and the people portrayed.
On view during regular Museum hours
March 2025 - March 2026
Tues-Fri 11am-4pm, Sat & Sun 1-5 p.m.
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum - 204 S Main
Located in the Lois Kay Walls Gallery - 3rd Floor
The Brazilian Nights are back with the show Bossa Super Nova. That include the classics of Bossa Nova with some cool surprises. Nov.6th at 7:30. Get your ticket at walkersjazzlounge.com
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