List of museums in Kansas City, Missouri explained

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

NameNeighborhoodTypeSummary
Music
Agriculture Open by appointment, exhibits about horse and livestock shows, rodeos and agriculture
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
ArtFeatures 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
African American Legacy of Kansas City's early African-American pioneers, artistic, cultural and social history of the African-American experience
Sports Includes the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, interactive history of men's college basketball in the United States
Greenlease Art Gallery Art Part of the Center for Arts and Letters at Rockhurst University[1]
Greater Downtown Commodity website, exhibits of historic Hallmark cards, ornaments, art, collectibles and Hallmark Cards company history
Historic house Operated by the Westport Historical Society, mid 19th-century Greek revival house
Historic house Pre-Civil War era house
Kansas Fire Brigade Museum Downtown Firefighting Located in a historic fire station[2]
Downtown History Clothing, hats, photos of the period, period tools of the trade such as sewing machines, scissors and industrial fabric cutters
Broadway Gillham Ethnic Irish and Irish-American community, culture, history, and heritage in the greater Kansas City area and region
Multiple History, natural history, art
Art Works 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
Greater Downtown Numismatic Exhibits on the Federal Reserve, nation's financial system, coin collections; operated by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Northeast Aviation Located at the Kansas City Downtown Airport, history of commercial aviation
Plaza area Toy Classic toys and fine-scale miniatures (formerly the Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City)
Greater Downtown History World War I artifacts in interactive displays
18th and Vine Sports History of the Negro leagues, located in the same building as the American Jazz Museum
SouthmorelandArt Collections include European paintings, Asian art, American paintings and photography
Greater Downtown Science Over 120 hands-on science exhibits, planetarium
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 Park
The Ginger House MuseumEastHistorywebsite, Birthplace of famed actress/dancer Ginger Rogers, restored to 1911 period [closed since 2019]
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

Notes and References

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