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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....
Jim Bridger Burial Site
Type: History | Location: East
Visit the final resting place of this celebrated frontiersman, discoverer of the Great Salt Lake, South Pass, Yellowstone Park and Fort Bridger....
John Brown Museum State Historic Site
Type: Museums | Location: Regional
The John Brown Museum State Historic Site encompasses the area known for the Battle of Osawatomie. John Brown and 30 Free State guerillas defended the town against an attack by John Reid and 250 prosl...
John Wornall House Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Southeast
When one steps inside the John Wornall House Museum, they enter another century. In 1858, Kentuckian John B. Wornall built this elegant home in the Greek Revival style. Accurately restored to the peri...
Kansas City Area Historic Trails Association
Type: History | Location: Southwest
A local group of historians working to promote preservation and awareness of the routes of the Santa Fe, Oregon, California Trails, the California Road and the Ft. Leavenworth Military Road. Routes in...
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...
Leavenworth County Historical Society
Type: History | Location: Northwest
Housed in the Carroll Mansion, the society works to discover, preserve and share the heritage of the area. Encourages pride in Leavenworth pioneers who conquered the West and built a united nation. Ed...
Lecompton Historical Society
Type: Museums | Location: Regional
Visit Historic Lecompton -- "Birthplace of the Civil War, Where Slavery Began to Die."
Lecompton -- located one hour west of Kansas City, just off I-70 -- was the official Territorial Capital of Ka...
Lee's Summit Historical Society & Depot Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Southeast
Museum in the 1905 train depot located in downtown Lee's Summit, houses artifacts, maps and photos of early Lee's Summit....
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. ...
Lewis and Clark Point
Type: History | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area
A marker and statue commemorating the Voyage of Discovery's overnight in Kansas City....
Lexington Historical Museum
Type: Museums | Location: East
Lexington has more than 120 pre-Civil War homes and buildings, more than any other community in the state of Missouri. Tour historic homes and Battle of Lexington battlefield, visit the historic squa...
Lone Jack Civil War Battlefield Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Regional
Lone Jack was situated on a crossroads of two of the first roads to traverse the county. One
ran from Lexington, Missouri to Harrisonville, Missouri and the other ran from
Warrensburg, Missouri to...
Louisburg City Lake and Ron Weers Park
Type: Parks & Lakes | Location: Southwest
The Round House was used as a port of entry to Kansas in the 1940s. Once a Victorian home's front porch fixture, it has served as both a business office and as living quarters. Located south of Shor...
Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farm
Type: History | Location: Southwest
Farm established in 1858. Existing home was built in 1865 and used as a stagecoach stop on the Santa Fe Trail. Civil War Days in April; Bullwhacker Days Festival in June; Wild West Days in September....
Miami County Courthouse
Type: History | Location: Southwest
Built in 1898 for $66,152.75, this red brick structure was built and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Based on Romanesque architecture, it was designed by George Washburn. ...
Minor Park Santa Fe Trail Swales and Cemetery
Type: History | Location: Southeast
From 1821 until the 1870s when the railroads were completed, a person could stand in the midst of what is now Minor Park at Holmes Rd. and 110th St., and watch the wagon trains go by. That area was pa...
Missouri Town 1855
Type: History | Location: East
Living-history museum of houses, barns, mercantile, blacksmith shop, church and other buildings. Interpreters in period attire of typical 1850s town....
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...
Museums at 18th & Vine
Type: Museums | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area
Take a tour of two of the city's most celebrated museums at the 18th & Vine Historic Jazz District. The American Jazz Museum pays tribute to America's top jazz musicians. The Negro Leagues Baseball Mu...
National Archives at Kansas City
Type: Libraries | Location: Crown Center Area
The National Archives at Kansas City is one of 14 facilities nationwide where the public has access to Federal archival records. It is home to more than 50,000 cubic feet of historical records. This i...
National Fred Harvey Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Northwest
Fred Harvey created the world's first chain of restaurants and hotels (called Harvey Houses) in association with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. After restoration, the museum will preserve ...
National Frontier Trails Museum
Type: Museums | Location: East
The National Frontier Trails Museum is the only museum in the nation devoted to the three great western routes: the Santa Fe, Oregon and California Trails.
Located in Independence, MO, the princip...
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
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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...