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name: "Mathellaneous"
subtitle: "A free, fully hands-on math museum on a Kansas campus"
date: 2026-07-16
link: "https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mathellaneous"
linkText: "atlasobscura.com"
source: "Atlas Obscura"
topics: [learning-and-reference, travel-and-places]
tags: [math, interactive-museum, kansas]
description: "Two rooms on the Emporia State campus packed with touchable 3D-printed puzzles, calculating devices dating to 1908, and mathematical art you're invited to make yourself."
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Mathellaneous packs into two rooms on the Emporia State campus, and everything in it is meant to be touched: 3D-printed puzzles ranging from kid-easy to stump-a-mathematician, some designed specifically for this museum. A historical corner holds calculating devices dating to 1908 alongside reproductions of Pascal's and Napier's instruments, and a gallery of anamorphic art lets you try your hand at the illusions. It's free, and often unsupervised — call ahead for a tour.
