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Arabia Steamboat Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area
Arabia Steamboat Museum has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
The Arabia Steamboat Museum is home to a true time capsule of frontier life in the 1800s. The Arabia was headed up the Missouri River in the fall of 1856 when she struck a tree snag and sank just nort...
National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial
Type: Museums | Location: Crown Center Area
National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
- National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial is a Visitor's Choice
- National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial has a Video
The National World War I Museum is an extraordinary emotional and educational experience which shares the history of a war whose impact still echoes today. With one of the greatest collections of Worl...
1859 Jail, Marshal's Home & Museum
Type: Museums | Location: East
1859 Jail, Marshal's Home & Museum has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
The dungeon-like cells of the 1859 Jail housed thousands of prisoners during the bloodiest time in Jackson County’s history, including Frank James and William Clark Quantrill. Looking much like it did...
Union Station Kansas City
Type: Museums | Location: Crown Center Area
Union Station Kansas City has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
All aboard! Union Station is Kansas City's premier entertainment destination for family and cultural activities.
Discover the scientist inside you at Science City with over 50 hands-on science act...
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, The
Type: Art Museums | Location: Country Club Plaza Area
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, The has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, The is a Visitor's Choice
You are invited to discover some of the 34,500 pieces in the collection of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. From ceramic objects found in ancient Chinese tombs to whimsical sculptures of badminton bir...
Harry S Truman National Historic Site
Type: History | Location: East
Harry S Truman National Historic Site has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
Victorian mansion built in 1885, summer White House during Truman administration and home from 1919 until death in 1972. Tickets on first-come first-served basis at Visitor Center, Main St. & Truman R...
American Jazz Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area
American Jazz Museum has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
The sights and sounds of a uniquely American art form come alive at the American Jazz Museum. The Museum includes interactive exhibits and educational programs as well as the Blue Room, a working jazz...
Thomas Hart Benton Home & Studio State Historic Site
Type: History | Location: Country Club Plaza Area
Thomas Hart Benton Home & Studio State Historic Site has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
Home and studio of late artist features original furnishings and paintings. ...
Mt. Gilead School & Church
Type: History | Location: Northeast
Mt. Gilead School & Church has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
West of Kearney, off Hwy. 92. Operated for over 100 years and the only school west of the Mississippi River to continuously hold classes during the Civil War. The church offers a picturesque view of 1...
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Type: Museums | Location: East
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum has been rated 4 out of 5 stars
- Harry S. Truman Library and Museum has a Video
Celebrating Harry Truman's 125th birthday in 2009, the Truman Library & Museum recounts the life of America's 33rd president. One of only 13 U.S. Presidential Libraries, the museum's two permanent ex...
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. ...
1950s All-Electric House
Type: History | Location: Southwest
1950s All-Electric House has been rated 4 out of 5 stars
Whether you're a child of the Fifties or just curious about lifestyles from this nostalgic era, The 1950s All-Electric House at the Johnson County Museum of History offers an eye-opening look at the t...
Hallmark Visitors Center
Type: Visitor Centers | Location: Crown Center Area
Hallmark Visitors Center has been rated 3 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 14 remarkable exh...
Airline History Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area
Airline History Museum has been rated 3 out of 5 stars
The Airline History Museum is located at the historic Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, just north across the Broadway Bridge from downtown Kansas City, Missouri. To walk through it is to truly ste...
Cave Spring Interpretive Center
Type: History | Location: Southeast
Our nature center includes an interpretive center building, picnic area, and scenic walking trails and is available for family reunions, office parties, birthday parties and educational programs.The e...
The City Market
Type: Farmer's Market & Specialty Foods | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area
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 170 farmer stalls. In addition, C...
Grinter Place State Historic Site
Type: History | Location: West
An 1860s brick farmhouse with a beautiful overview of the Kansas River. Visitors Center available for special events; capacity 100 ppl. Free admission. ...
Heritage League of Greater Kansas City
Type: History
We are a consortium/network for hundreds of history and heritage organizations and museums. The League helps to cross-promote the interests and activities of its members; provide networking opportunit...
Historic Kansas City Foundation Walking Tours
Type: Tours & Sightseeing | Location: Country Club Plaza Area
Dedicated to preserving historic buildings & neighborhoods in greater KC. Groups may schedule an hour-and-a-half walking tour of a historic area given by HKCF volunteers. Some of these tours are suita...
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...
Independence, MO Tourism Department
Type: Tours & Sightseeing | Location: East
- Independence, MO Tourism Department has a Video
From pioneers to presidents, Independence played a key role in shaping our nation's future. Minutes east of Kansas City, it offers several heritage attractions within a short distance of the downtown ...
Jackson County Historical Society
Type: History | Location: East
For more than 60 years we've been dedicated to the preservation, interpretation and education of regional history. We collect through donations original materials and make them available in our Archiv...
Jesse James Bank Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Northeast
Site of the first U.S. daylight, peacetime bank robbery. Located on the northeast corner of the historic Liberty Square. Nominal admission charge. Open 10am-4pm Mon.-Sat....
Lanesfield School Historic Site
Type: History | Location: Southwest
Built in 1869, the school is on the National Register of Historic Places. Call about year-round special events. Youth programs include tours, classes and hands-on activities.
Meet a costumed sch...
Alexander Majors Historic House & Museum
Type: History | Location: Southeast
In the westward expansion of the 1850's, his firm's freighting operations were instrumental in bringing supplies to settlements and forts west of Kansas City. The prominence of Major's company attract...