List of museums in Kansas City, Missouri

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This list of museums in Kansas City, Missouri encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including non-profit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries.

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Museums

NameNeighborhoodTypeSummary
American Jazz Museum 18th and Vine MusicHistory of jazz music, located in the same building as the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
American Royal Museum Greater Downtown AgricultureOpen by appointment, exhibits about horse and livestock shows, rodeos and agriculture
Arabia Steamboat Museum River Market Museum shipRecovered mid-19th-century side wheeler steamboat and artifacts
Battle of Westport Museum & Visitor CenterSouth Kansas CityHistory website, located in Swope Park, history of the Battle of Westport
Belger Arts Center Crossroads ArtFeatures a fine art collection and also holds exhibitions of art in various media
Black Archives of Mid-America18th and VineHistory website, features permanent exhibit about the story of African Americans in the Kansas City
Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center East Side African AmericanLegacy of Kansas City’s early African-American pioneers, artistic, cultural and social history of the African-American experience
College Basketball Experience Downtown SportsIncludes the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, interactive history of men's college basketball in the United States
Greenlease Art Gallery Plaza area ArtPart of the Center for Arts and Letters at Rockhurst University [1]
Hallmark Visitors Center Greater DowntownCommodity website, exhibits of historic Hallmark cards, ornaments, art, collectibles and Hallmark Cards company history
Harris-Kearney House Westport Historic houseOperated by the Westport Historical Society, mid 19th-century Greek revival house
John Wornall House Museum Brookside Historic housePre-Civil War era house
Kansas Fire Brigade MuseumDowntownFirefightingLocated in a historic fire station [2]
Kansas City Garment District Museum DowntownHistoryClothing, hats, photos of the period, period tools of the trade such as sewing machines, scissors and industrial fabric cutters
Kansas City Irish Center Broadway GillhamEthnicIrish and Irish-American community, culture, history, and heritage in the greater Kansas City area and region
Kansas City Museum Northeast MultipleHistory, natural history, art
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Southmoreland ArtWorks created after the 1913 Armory Show to works by present-day artists
Missouri Quilt MuseumNorthQuilting and SewingWorld's Largest Spool of thread, over 1000 toy sewing machines, antique treadles, quilt galleries, anything and everything sewing related. www.missouriquiltmuseum.com Located in Hamilton, MO
The Money Museum Greater DowntownNumismaticExhibits on the Federal Reserve, nation's financial system, coin collections; operated by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
National Airline History Museum NortheastAviationLocated at the Kansas City Downtown Airport, history of commercial aviation
National Museum of Toys and Miniatures Plaza areaToyClassic toys and fine-scale miniatures (formerly the Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City)
National World War I Museum and Memorial Greater DowntownHistoryWorld War I artifacts in interactive displays
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum 18th and VineSportsHistory of the Negro leagues, located in the same building as the American Jazz Museum
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art SouthmorelandArtCollections include European paintings, Asian art, American paintings and photography
Science City at Union Station Greater DowntownScienceOver 120 hands-on science exhibits, planetarium
Shoal Creek Living History Museum NorthlandLiving website, 19th-century Missouri life, over eighteen buildings and log cabins dated from the 1800s relocated from surrounding counties to create a small village setting, on 80 areas in Hodge Park
The Ginger House MuseumEastHistory website, Birthplace of famed actress/dancer Ginger Rogers, restored to 1911 period [closed since 2019]
Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site Midtown-WestportBiographicalHome and studio of artist Thomas Hart Benton
Trailside Center South Kansas CityHistoryExhibits memorabilia from the Battle of Westport and the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California trails.
United Federation of Doll Clubs MuseumNortheastDoll website, antique, vintage, and modern, play and artist dolls

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References

  1. ↑ "Center for Arts and Letters: Greenlease Art Gallery". Rockhurst University. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Museums". Kansas City Attractions. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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