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.
Museums Name Neighborhood Type Summary American Jazz Museum 18th and Vine Music History of jazz music, located in the same building as the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum American Royal Museum Greater Downtown Agriculture Open by appointment, exhibits about horse and livestock shows, rodeos and agriculture Arabia Steamboat Museum River Market Museum ship Recovered mid-19th-century side wheeler steamboat and artifacts Battle of Westport Museum & Visitor CenterSouth Kansas City History website, located in Swope Park, history of the Battle of Westport Belger Arts Center Crossroads Art Features a fine art collection and also holds exhibitions of art in various media Black Archives of Mid-America18th and Vine History website, features permanent exhibit about the story of African Americans in the Kansas City Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center East Side African American Legacy of Kansas City's early African-American pioneers, artistic, cultural and social history of the African-American experience College Basketball Experience Downtown Sports Includes the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, interactive history of men's college basketball in the United States Greenlease Art Gallery Plaza area Art Part of the Center for Arts and Letters at Rockhurst University Hallmark Visitors Center Greater Downtown Commodity website, exhibits of historic Hallmark cards, ornaments, art, collectibles and Hallmark Cards company history Harris-Kearney House Westport Historic house Operated by the Westport Historical Society, mid 19th-century Greek revival house John Wornall House Museum Brookside Historic house Pre-Civil War era house Kansas Fire Brigade Museum Downtown Firefighting Located in a historic fire station Kansas City Garment District Museum Downtown History Clothing, hats, photos of the period, period tools of the trade such as sewing machines, scissors and industrial fabric cutters Kansas City Irish Center Broadway Gillham Ethnic Irish and Irish-American community, culture, history, and heritage in the greater Kansas City area and region Kansas City Museum Northeast Multiple History, natural history, art Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Southmoreland Art Works created after the 1913 Armory Show to works by present-day artists Media Tech Museum Crossroads Media History 900+ artifacts spanning radio, film, and television history. websiteMissouri 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 Downtown Numismatic Exhibits on the Federal Reserve, nation's financial system, coin collections; operated by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Museum of BBQ Greater Downtown (Crown Center) Food website, various exhibits about barbecue National Airline History Museum Northeast Aviation Located at the Kansas City Downtown Airport, history of commercial aviation National Museum of Toys and Miniatures Plaza area Toy Classic toys and fine-scale miniatures (formerly the Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City) National World War I Museum and Memorial Greater Downtown History World War I artifacts in interactive displays Negro Leagues Baseball Museum 18th and Vine Sports History of the Negro leagues, located in the same building as the American Jazz Museum Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Southmoreland Art Collections include European paintings, Asian art, American paintings and photographyThe Rabbit hOleNorth Kansas CityChildren's website, Children's museum with immersive exhibits based on children's literature Science City at Union Station Greater Downtown Science Over 120 hands-on science exhibits, planetarium Shoal Creek Living History Museum Northland Living 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 ParkThe Ginger House MuseumEastHistorywebsite, Birthplace of famed actress/dancer Ginger Rogers, restored to 1911 period [closed since 2019] Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site Midtown-Westport Biographical Home and studio of artist Thomas Hart Benton Trailside CenterSouth Kansas City History Exhibits memorabilia from the Battle of Westport and the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California trails. United Federation of Doll Clubs Museum Northeast Doll website, antique, vintage, and modern, play and artist dolls
See also List of museums in Missouri List of museums in St. Louis List of points of interest in Kansas City, Missouri
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