The outdoor collection features 27 diesel or other internal combustion locomotives, 10 electrics, one gas-turbine, 45 freight cars, 31 passenger train cars, plus street, interurban and rapid transit...
The Creation Station is a hands-on learning environment dedicated to introducing children to all modes of transportation while focusing on developing and enriching the primary early learning skills.
This exhibition will feature big documents, big events, big personalities, and big ideas from the region's history. Organized by the National Archives at Kansas City, 'It's Big' features pieces of...
Beatnik Bob's is a bohemian hangout with 'The Museum of Mirth, Mystery and Mayhem' where artist Bill Christman conveys the innocence, tawdry charms and cheesiness of the carnival midway and eccentric...
This 13,500 square ft. aquatic waterworld houses over 10,000 creatures! The columns have become giant sea shells with castles and tunnels throughout! The aquarium houses fish, snakes, eels, turtles...
If you are behind on your mortgage or are having a hard time making those payments we have a forclosure, short sale specialist on staff. Call to see what we can...
From rainforest treasure to luscious treat, this exhibition immerses visitors into the world of chocolate. Visitors will explore the plant, the products, and the culture of chocolate through the...
To celebrate the Zootennial - 100 years, the Kansas City Zoo is opening the Tropics, an indoor rainforest. Located in the original 1909 Zoo building, it is a primate palooza with gibbons, saki...
Featuring a fascinating collection of architectural relics, Architecture Hall represents the extensive collection efforts of exhibit curator Bruce Gerrie.
This photo exhibit features over 100 images of jazz greats including Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Goodman as they traveled the world on behalf of the U.S...
Create your own work of art or watch professional artists demonstrate their craft! 'Art City' features an ever-changing array of artists, painters, potters and sculptors at work. The Glass Studio...
Check out City Museum's collection of vintage (working) shoelace machines from the St. Louis-based Alox Manufacturing Company. Some of the machines now in service were last used to make bootstraps for...
The Kansas-Nebraska Act set the stage for battles, massacres, fraudulent elections, dueling territorial legislatures, and an assault in the United States Senate. The exhibit features docket books...
The 'Baby Bob Ball Pit' is for more relaxed visitors. If the Big Ball Pit is too rambunctious for your taste, hop over to the kinder, gentler ball pit next door. Swim through thousands of rubber balls...
The 1924 Wurlitzer Pipe Organ once played in the Rivoli Theater in New York City. Thanks to a team of dedicated movers and restorers, it's sonorous tunes now form a chorus with the City Museum's...
From the collection of John Frank Lesser, these posters range from an 1845 Russian announcement for a performance of Rossini's 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia' to the 2003 season poster for Opera Theatre of...
In !Gardenland Express: Wilderness Escapet' horticulturists will use dwarf conifers, shrubs, succulents and moss to create rolling hills, valleys, and mountains.
All aboard for holiday fun! The Holiday Village, a 40' x 60' Garden-Scale (G-scale) model train display, steams back into the Grand Hall for another year. This delightful display is sure to please...
The permanent gallery of the Museum explores the musical legacies of seminal jazz legends, cultural ambassadors and American icons Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Kansas City's...
For the train fanatic in your family, explore the wonder of this exceptionally detailed miniature train display. The detail and care put into this elaborate exhibit delights the hearts of young and...
What happens when you mix two Saber 40 aircraft fuselages, a fire engine, a castle turret, a 25' tall cupola and several 4' wide wrought-iron slinkies and the creativity of City Museum Creative...
Scurry through a treehouse, squirm though an underground tunnel or stroll through the belly of a whale. Come face-to-face with real and imagined wildlife. The Enchanted Forest is an oceanic...
The focus of this collection is rare and vintage motorcycles from the many European manufactures that existed before 1975, all the way back to the beginning of motorcycling around 1900. This...