Merriam Community Center

Address
6040 Slater St.
Merriam, Kansas 66202 United States Get Directions
Phone 913.322.5550
Website https://www.merriam.org/945/Merriam-Community-Center

Merriam Community Center is a one-of-a-kind, year-round destination for fitness, aquatics, classes and events. It’s where you’ll find beautiful, state-of-the-art spaces to gather, stay and play designed for you and your family. Whether you’re heading to work or heading back home, we’re right on your way. 

With easy access from I-35, free parking, no contracts or cancellation penalties, the Merriam Community Center is just right for your fitness and family fun. 

Amenities

  • Walking/jogging track

  • Full-size gymnasium

  • Fitness center

  • Group exercise classroom

  • Multi-purpose classroom

  • Meeting and event space (room for a 250-person banquet)

  • Child watch

  • Art gallery

  • Lounge area

  • Catering kitchen

  • Two birthday party rooms

  • Outdoor courtyard and plaza event and gathering space

  • Free social gathering spaces with WiFi

  • Indoor aquatics, featuring: four 25-yard lap lanes, tall slide and family slide, lazy river, zero-depth entry, splash and play features, and therapy pool

  • Outdoor aquatics, featuring: eight 25-meter lap lanes, two one-meter diving boards, zero-depth entry, splash and play features, shade structures, and on-deck concession cart

  • Parks and Recreation Department staff offices and facility support space

Categories: Going Places, Johnson County, Pools/Water Parks

Events at this venue

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  • Preschool P.R.E.P.

    Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St., Merriam, Kansas, United States

    Get your kiddo prepped and ready for kindergarten at Preschool P.R.E.P.! You and your child can play, research, explore and participate in STEAM workshops that will have them thinking outside the box! Members of MCC $2; Nonmembers of MCC $3 Instr...

  • Preschool Indoor Playground

    Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St., Merriam, Kansas, United States

    Too cold to play in the park? Ride and slide with us during Preschool Indoor Playground! Drive, pull, or push your favorite Little Tykes vehicles. Parents must supervise their children during playground time.

  • Mermaids at Wonders of Wildlife

    Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St., Merriam, Kansas, United States

    See Mermaids on Your Journey Through the AquariumDive into an enchanting ocean adventure where mermaids make dreams come true! Every Thursday through Sunday from March 20 to April 6 from […]

  • Preschool Indoor Playground

    Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St., Merriam, Kansas, United States

    Too cold to play in the park? Ride and slide with us during Preschool Indoor Playground! Drive, pull, or push your favorite Little Tykes vehicles. Parents must supervise their children during playground time.

  • Preschool Indoor Playground

    Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St., Merriam, Kansas, United States

    Too cold to play in the park? Ride and slide with us during Preschool Indoor Playground! Drive, pull, or push your favorite Little Tykes vehicles. Parents must supervise their children during playground time.

  • Preschool Indoor Playground

    Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St., Merriam, Kansas, United States

    Too cold to play in the park? Ride and slide with us during Preschool Indoor Playground! Drive, pull, or push your favorite Little Tykes vehicles. Parents must supervise their children during playground time.

  • Orchid Delirium

    Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St., Merriam, Kansas, United States

    Visitors will walk through a jungle of flowering orchids and tropical foliage before spotting an orchid hunter's encampment complete with crates of orchids to be transported back to Victorian England.

  • Preschool Indoor Playground

    Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St., Merriam, Kansas, United States

    Too cold to play in the park? Ride and slide with us during Preschool Indoor Playground! Drive, pull, or push your favorite Little Tykes vehicles. Parents must supervise their children during playground time.

  • Preschool Indoor Playground

    Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St., Merriam, Kansas, United States

    Too cold to play in the park? Ride and slide with us during Preschool Indoor Playground! Drive, pull, or push your favorite Little Tykes vehicles. Parents must supervise their children during playground time.

  • Preschool Indoor Playground

    Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St., Merriam, Kansas, United States

    Too cold to play in the park? Ride and slide with us during Preschool Indoor Playground! Drive, pull, or push your favorite Little Tykes vehicles. Parents must supervise their children during playground time.

  • 80’s Retro Party

    Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St., Merriam, Kansas, United States

    Break out your leg warmers and neon colors and celebrate the '80s.

    With a big hair contest throwback snacks, and a DJ, this will be a totally awesome night!

    Register by January 31. All ages welcome!

  • Preschool Indoor Playground

    Merriam Community Center 6040 Slater St., Merriam, Kansas, United States

    Too cold to play in the park? Ride and slide with us during Preschool Indoor Playground! Drive, pull, or push your favorite Little Tykes vehicles. Parents must supervise their children during playground time.