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Kansas City offers many free adventures. The following list provides free activities that offer something for everyone. Donations are accepted at some locations. Also, make sure to visit our main special offers page for more great savings.
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1827 Log Courthouse
Type: History | Location: East
Jackson County's first government building, constructed with slave labor, was the only courthouse between St. Louis and the Pacific at the time the Santa Fe Trail trade began.
Two-room log structu...
Belger Arts Center/Red Star Studios
Type: Free Admission | Location: Downtown Area
Belger Arts Center/Red Star Studios has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
Belger Arts Center hosts contemporary art exhibitions featuring the work of notables from the Belger Collection. Our annual exhibition schedule also includes rotating solo and group exhibitions of nat...
Boulevard Brewing Co.
Type: Attractions | Location: Crown Center Area
Boulevard Brewing Co. has been rated 4 out of 5 stars
Founded in 1989, Boulevard Brewing Company has grown to become the largest specialty brewer in the Midwest. Our mission is simple -- to produce fresh, flavorful beers using the finest traditional ingr...
Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center
Type: Free Admission | Location: Southeast
Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
The Center is named in honor of Bruce R. Watkins, a political and social activist. Watkins was fueled by the need to recognize and preserve the varied contributions African-Americans made to the devel...
City Hall Observation Deck
Type: Free Admission | Location: Downtown Area
City Hall Observation Deck has been rated 2 out of 5 stars
View the city from the 30th floor of City Hall. City Hall is the third tallest building in the city. It measures 443 feet from the sidewalk at the north door to the top of the building. Since it's on ...
City Market
Type: Farmer's Market & Specialty Foods | Location: Downtown Area
City Market has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
In operation since 1857, the City Market is the largest farmers’ market in the region with an annual attendance of nearly 600,000 per year and bursting with more than 140 farmer stalls. In addition, C...
City of Fountains Foundation
Type: Tours & Sightseeing | Location: Country Club Plaza Area
Kansas City's history is reflected in a century of fountain development. First, fountains were established to fill the needs of people and animals and later as beautification, memorials and celebratio...
Crown Center
Type: Shopping Centers & Malls | Location: Crown Center Area
Crown Center has been rated 4 out of 5 stars
Home to the international headquarters of Hallmark Cards, Crown Center offers something for everyone.
The three-level Crown Center Shops feature more than 60 shops and restaurants. Eating options ...
Ewing and Muriel Kauffman Memorial Garden
Type: Gardens | Location: Country Club Plaza Area
Ewing and Muriel Kauffman Memorial Garden has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
Extending Ewing and Muriel Kauffman's legacy with an enduring gift for Kansas City, a beautiful garden and learning environment in the heart of the city they loved....
Excelsior Springs Hall of Waters & Cultural Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Northeast
Ground-breaking took place in 1936 with a ceremony and the laying of the cornerstone. This structure was partially completed in 1937, when the "Hall of Springs" (today known as the water bar) opened a...
Frontier Army Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Northwest
Frontier Army Museum has been rated 4 out of 5 stars
Focuses on Fort Leavenworth's role in westward expansion, exhibiting one of the finest collections of horse-drawn military carriages in the nation, including a 1790 prairie schooner and a 1917 JN4D "J...
Hallmark Visitors Center
Type: Visitor Centers | Location: Crown Center Area
Hallmark Visitors Center has been rated 4 out of 5 stars
See one of the world's most creative companies come to life. Located in Kansas City's Crown Center complex, the Hallmark Visitors Center celebrates the Hallmark story in a display of remarkable exhib...
Harley-Davidson Vehicle and Powertrain Operations
Type: Tours & Sightseeing | Location: Northwest
Harley-Davidson Vehicle and Powertrain Operations has been rated 4 out of 5 stars
The 358,000-square-foot Harley-Davidson Vehicle and Powertrain Operations in Kansas City, Mo. was built in 1998 to increase production of Harley-Davidson® motorcycles.
More than 900 Kansas City emp...
Haskell Indian Nations University Cultural Center & Museum
Type: Museums | Location: West
Preserves the vast history of Haskell's evolution from boarding school to university. Features exhibits from Haskell's unique archival and artifact collections including traditional art forms, contemp...
Historic Liberty Jail
Type: History | Location: Northeast
Historic Liberty Jail features a reconstruction of the original Clay County Jail on the same site of its initial location. We offer free tours, including art, sculpture, photographs and an audio-visu...
Johnson County Museum of History
Type: Museums | Location: Southwest
Johnson County Museum of History has been rated 4 out of 5 stars
Step back in history and discover your future. See what has lured people to Johnson County for the past 175 years. Includes 14 hands-on stations, KidScape and changing exhibit gallery. Youth programs ...
Kaleidoscope
Type: Just for Kids | Location: Crown Center Area
Kaleidoscope has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
Kaleidoscope is a magical art studio where children can be creative and feel good about their own special ideas. Creating with bows, cardboard, jazzy junk, making puzzles and painting with melted cra...
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Type: Art Museums | Location: Country Club Plaza Area
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art has been rated 3 out of 5 stars
The sleek exterior of Kansas City’s Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, designed by Gunnar Birkerts, only hints at the activity within its walls. The open, light-filled atrium provides a striking sett...
Lakeside Nature Center
Type: Gardens | Location: Southeast
Wildlife education programs for all ages with live animals. Nature Center is free, has a hiking trail, picnic pavilion and native Missouri wildlife exhibit. Rental facilities in wooded area for corpo...
Legler Barn Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Southwest
Legler Barn Museum has been rated 4 out of 5 stars
Historic stone barn, railroad depot, caboose and more. Museum about Lenexa's colorful history. ...
Loose Park
Type: Parks & Lakes | Location: Country Club Plaza Area
Loose Park has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
Beautiful urban park, near Country Club Plaza. Wading pool, Civil War markers, Laura Conyers Smith Municipal Rose Garden....
McCoy Park
Type: Theme & Water Parks | Location: East
This is a summer delight, with water play/spray features that are appropriate for children of all ages and give kids the opportunity to cool off in the summer heat. The park also has an athletic field...
Miami County/Swan River Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Regional
Permanent exhibits in three 19th century buildings include Native American and St. Philippine Duchesne Shrine artifacts, history of Miami County ghost towns and artifacts of early settlements. Local ...
Midwest Genealogy Center
Type: Free Admission | Location: East
Midwest Genealogy Center has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
Nationally recognized resource center. U.S. Census schedules, family genealogies and county sources for all U.S. states offer excellent opportunities for the family historian. The 52,000 square foot M...
Mormon Visitors Center, The Church of Jesus Christ/L.D.S.
Type: Museums | Location: East
Mormon Visitors Center, The Church of Jesus Christ/L.D.S. has been rated 4 out of 5 stars
Tours present the basic beliefs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including the teachings of Jesus about the purpose of life and the importance of families, and the history of the Mo...
