Best places: Museums in North Kansas City, United States

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

Grand, historic train station with permanent & temporary exhibits, a planetarium & a science center.

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

Miniature railway in Frank Vaydik Park open weekends May–Sep for rides around a 1/2-mi. track.

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

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

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

👍👍 What an Ambassador Class experience! Pam and Dean were an absolute delight in showing us around and peppering us with wonderful stories of their time with TWA! This was a pleasant surprise for us on our trip to Kansas City! The museum is so well put together with hidden gems EVERYWHERE if you know w...

Basketball fans can visit the college Hall of Fame, practice at skill stations & try sportscasting.

Museum offering free tours & exhibits about the Hallmark company's history & present-day operations.

Historic site established in 1977 at the home & studio of Regionalist artist Thomas Hart Benton.

Atmospheric eatery & museum teaming a traditional American menu with a host of sports memorabilia.

👍👍 Great history lesson about Kansas City from African Americans 80+ years old.

This museum dedicated to Kansas City history & its past residents is housed in a historic Victorian.

👍 Not only a historical downtown site, but has a very interesting museum inside. From trains to the Genghis Khan exhibit. Well worth the cost of admission.

👍👍 This place is amazing. Literary themed art geared towards children.

😐 The staff was super friendly and accommodating. I feel bad giving a lower rating because of how nice the staff was. Overall, the exhibit was kind of a waste of money. A good chunk of it seemed to be images that could have been Googled. It was fun to see the few different set ups, but not for the pri...

🫤 Their are no signs indicating it's a museum and it appears to be a personal residence so I only saw it from the street. It may be worth while to do a drive-by if you are in the area otherwise it's hardly worth the trip.

👍👍 It's interesting to be able to be in Mr. Walter Disney's early Laugh-O-Gram studios, but it's sad to see the state it's in. While investigating I learned that a car destroyed part of the building, I hope the Disney studios will soon set their sights on this place and have a worthy restoration.

👍 I went here over the 4th of July weekend with a friend of mine who works in fashion design and we had a good time! We both live in KC and wanted to view the "Fashioning Kansas City Icons" exhibit. It was very cool, although I personally would have liked to read more commentary on the design and cons...