Black History Month at Exploration Place

In collaboration with TKAAM for the fourth year, Exploration Place will be featuring a large-scale outdoor exhibit during Black History Month. Each night during February, Exploration Place will honor African American scientists and STEM leaders by projecting giant portraits onto the side of its iconic island building. The display will be freely viewable from the path along the Arkansas River. Visitors also may take in the display from inside Exploration Place on Thursday nights, when the museum is open until 8 p.m. Admission is not required to view the display from the Exploration Place promenade.

This year’s project will feature contemporary leaders connected to Wichita. Changing weekly throughout the month, the display will honor:

• Roy Moye III, a trained aerospace engineer who is also a Grammy-nominated urban gospel singer, community leader and founder of STEMusic
• Sisters Deborah Gladney and Angela Muhwezi-Hall, creators and founders of WorkTorch
• Dr. Larry Mitnaul, a dual board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist practicing in Wichita
• Lakesha Bates, a Wichita native who is a leading engineer and technical branch head at NASA in flight systems integration and testing

Make it an evening and stay to watch the nightly Ring of Fire lighting at the Keeper of the Plains, which lights at 7 p.m. during winter months. Additionally, visitors can see the display from inside Exploration Place on Thursday nights, when the museum is open until 8 p.m.