Museums in Kansas City

American Jazz Museum

Museum devoted to jazz music with live performances, educational programs & interactive exhibits.

Science City at Union Station

Family-friendly museum with interactive science displays, including a test kitchen & planetarium.

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Art collection spanning 5,000 years in neoclassical & modern galleries, plus a sculpture garden.

TWA Museum

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

Modest museum housing a permanent collection & special exhibitions of challenging contemporary art.

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Exhibits on segregated league's 1920 founding to Jackie Robinson's 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers debut.

Arabia Steamboat Museum

Big collection of everyday objects pulled from a steamboat that sunk on the Missouri River in 1856.

Alexander Majors Historic Museum & Barn

National WWI Museum and Memorial

The nation's only public museum dedicated to WWI, with a large collection of photos, weapons & more.

Hallmark Visitors Center

Museum featuring exhibits about the Hallmark company's history & present-day operations.

Money Museum

Historic coins & bills, a huge cash vault & more, on view in a federal bank building with tours.

Museum of Illusions

Atkins-Johnson Farm and Museum

The Regnier Family Wonderscope Children's Museum of Kansas City

Museum featuring hands-on exhibits about art, science, math & reading designed for kids.

Museum of BBQ

Shoal Creek Living History Museum

An 80-acre park with authentic buildings documenting Missouri history, plus reenactments & trails.

The John Wornall House Museum

Docent-guided tours of a Civil War–era family home with authentic period furnishings & artifacts.

Rainbow Slime Co.

The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures

Eclectic array of collectible toys, antique marbles & miniature reproductions of fine furnishings.

The Museum of Kansas City

70-room beaux arts mansion & outbuildings housing exhibits detailing local & regional history.