Kaleidoscope is now open! Attendance is limited and reservations are required for everyone. Please go to HallmarkKaleidoscope.com to make reservations. For those of you unable to join us, please go to our website to learn about Kaleidoscope at Home. Provided as a gift to the children and families of Kansas City by Hallm...
The Johnson County Museum is home to the 1950s All-Electric House, the new KidScape Experience, the Becoming Johnson County exhibition as well as traveling exhibitions - For more information, please visit our website or follow us on Facebook.
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 proslavery militiamen in the largest battle during the Bleeding Kansas era. The 23-acre park features the John Brown Museum State ...
Site of the first U.S. daylight, peacetime bank robbery by the James gang. Located on the northeast corner of the historic Liberty Square. Admission fee. Open 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday - Saturday.
Through the moving documentary film "A People’s Journey," visitors are introduced to the everyday heroes in Kansas City’s 18th & Vine neighborhood whose social, cultural and economic contributions profoundly impacted a city and a nation. Free admission.
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 Kansas from 1855 to 1861. Nine Kansas territorial governors called Lecompton home. A tour includes a visit to Constitution ...
The Heritage League of Greater Kansas City is a network of more than 100 history and heritage organizations, museums, archives, and sites. The League helps to cross-promote the interests and activities of its members, provide networking opportunities, and maintain an online and print History Map. Visit heritageleaguekc.org to view the online map and learn more!
The Hallmark Visitors Center is now open! Come and discover how a teenager from Nebraska turned two shoeboxes of postcards into an iconic company. Attendance is limited and reservations are required for everyone. Please go to HallmarkVisitorsCenter.com to make reservations.
The Frontier Army Museum collects and preserves items used to tell the story of the Frontier Army from 1804 to 1916 and Fort Leavenworth from 1827 to the present day. Officially recognized as an Army Museum in 1960, the Museum preserves one of the finest collections of nineteenth century military artifacts in the country. ...
The First City Museum houses collections of early Leavenworth frontier railroad and manufacturing industries memorabilia and artifacts, including buggies, cutters, Great Western Stoves, even a large bank safe where Buffalo Bill Cody's father, Isaac, stored his gold dust. The museum also features prison-related memorabilia ...