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1855 Harris-Kearney House Museum
Type: History | Location: Country Club Plaza Area
As Kansas City's oldest brick home,the 1855 Harris-Kearney House preserves the history of Westport and the Town of Kansas. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Harris-Kearney House ...
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...
Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Regional
Amelia Earhart's birthplace and early childhood home was a house built by her grandfather, Judge Alfred G. Otis, in the early 1860's. Now owned by the Ninety-Nines, the site has been restored to its ...
American Jazz Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Downtown 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...
American Royal Livestock, Horse Show and Rodeo
Type: Sports Attractions | Location: Downtown Area
American Royal Livestock, Horse Show and Rodeo has been rated 4 out of 5 stars
The American Royal, one of Kansas City's premier fall vents, is full of unexpected adventures.
The season kicks-off in September with the annual parade and continues through the end of November wi...
American Royal Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Downtown Area
Focusing on the role of agribusiness in our lives.
Participate in tours led by trained, museum docents.
Try out the new equine exhibit and learn about different gaits.
Gain insight into the...
Arabia Steamboat Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Downtown 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...
Atchison County Historical Society Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Regional
This museum in the restored Santa Fe Depot traces Atchison's history from bend on the river to busy commerce center. Includes a large collection of rare guns, Lewis & Clark expedition displays and a ...
Atchison Rail Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Regional
Situated in Atchison, Kansas, the Atchison Rail Museum was founded in 1988 by the Northeast Kansas Railroaders Society. One portion of the land was leased from the city, and the other part was purchas...
Belvoir Winery and Event Center
Type: Wineries | Location: Northeast
Belvoir Winery is a family-owned establishment located on 170 breath-taking acres in Liberty, Missouri just north of Kansas City. We provide an elegant location for events ranging from private meeting...
Ben Ferrel 1882 Mini Mansion Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Northwest
This 1882 Victorian home is a replica of the Missouri State Governor's Mansion in Jefferson City, an example of Renaissance Revival architecture with French influence–very rare architecture for this a...
Bingham-Waggoner Estate
Type: History | Location: East
Bingham-Waggoner Estate has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
The Bingham-Waggoner Estate is recognized today as one of the most significant historical sites in western Missouri because of its role in the history of the area and the people that lived there. Plot...
Black Jack Battlefield
Type: History | Location: West
Site of the June 2, 1856, battle between John Brown and the Free-State militia and Pro-Slavery militia of Henry C. Pate. First armed battle over the issue of slavery. Three miles east of Baldwin City,...
Blue Springs Historical Society/ Dillingham-Lewis Museum
Type: History | Location: East
The Dillingham-Lewis Museum in Blue Springs, Missouri, was built in 1906 and is the only structure in Blue Springs constructed of native limestone. The house is named after two families.
The origi...
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...
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Type: Museums | Location: Downtown Area
In 1833, a French missionary, Father Benedict Roux, arrived with instructions to form a permanent parish. At 11th and Broadway, the community built a log cabin church in 1835.
Father Bernard Donnell...
Center for the Study of the Korean War
Type: Museums | Location: East
The Korean War was too significant to neglect, too momentous to ignore, too pivotal to be disregarded, and far too costly to be forgotten. Few people realize the significance of the Korean War in U.S....
Chicago and Alton Depot
Type: History | Location: East
The Depot was built in 1879. It was moved to its current location and restored during the decade from 1992 to 2002.
The two-story depot contains three rooms on the first floor which are the waiting...
Children's Peace Pavilion
Type: Museums | Location: East
Captures the challenge of building peace through a fantastic array of interactive, hands-on exhibits and activities. Children delight at the sights, sounds and colors of this DO-TOUCH creative learnin...
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 Gladstone, MO
Type: Attractions | Location: Northeast
The City of Gladstone is an oasis of value offering a wide variety of leisure activities for visitors of all ages. Located in the northern part of Kansas City Metro Region, Gladstone offers a historic...
Clay County Museum & Historical Society
Type: Museums | Location: Northeast
Located on historic Liberty Square, the museum has a wonderful collection of 19th-century Clay County artifacts....
Clendening History of Medicine Library
Type: Libraries | Location: West
The Clendening History of Medicine Library and Museum is the rare books and manuscripts library of the University of Kansas Medical Center. We actively collect rare books as well as current works in t...
Community Christian Church
Type: Museums | Location: Country Club Plaza Area
Frank Lloyd Wright designed this "church of the future." With a Steeple of Light, four spires projecting 60,000 watts of light into space. This technology didn't exist until 1993 when the church comp...
Community of Christ Temple/Auditorium
Type: Religious Organizations | Location: East
World Headquarters, spectacular buildings and history. Free organ recitals, hands-on Children's Peace Pavilion, historic museum. Free and open to the public. Guided tours 9am-5pm Mon.-Sat., 1-5pm Su...
