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National Frontier Trails Museum

318 W Pacific, Independence, Missouri

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816.325.7575

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www.frontiertrailsmuseum.org

The National Frontier Trails Museum (NFTM) presents the history of the Santa Fe, California and Oregon Trails and the personal trials and adventures of the pioneers who opened the West. An award-winning film takes visitors from Independence ... more on Visitindependence.com

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Their gift shop staff is very friendly, but they are not historians and could answer very few questions that I had about the area or museum. more on TripAdvisor

If you are really interested in historic Trails, I highly recommend the museum in Caspar, Wyoming (one of the best museums I have ever been in) and I heard another good one is nea ... more on TripAdvisor

We visited this museum because we were in Independence to see the Truman Library and Museum. more on TripAdvisor

The museum is devoted to the history of the Oregon, Santa Fe, and California Trails. more on TripAdvisor

Some of this is interesting, but they are short quotes and I think people would prefer to view more authetic artifacts and displays, I certainly would. more on TripAdvisor

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If you are interested in frontier history or enjoy learning about the roots of the area this is a really neat place to stop and spend some time. They have a large collection of items from the trail pe ... more on TripAdvisor

Ok so the bad news is that its not that easy to find, no signs etc so take a map. Once you get there though its really good. The staff are knowledgable and friendly. There is a film to start then a we ... more on TripAdvisor

After having seen the Truman Home, this building with artifacts was not as interesting as I had hoped. (The Truman home was a well preserved original site.) I hoped I would see exhibits by trails with ... more on TripAdvisor

We visited this museum because we were in Independence to see the Truman Library and Museum. The museum is devoted to the history of the Oregon, Santa Fe, and California Trails. While I found the muse ... more on TripAdvisor

I visited this site with my husband in September 2010. We are very interested in historic trails and pioneer history. I did not realize so many trails began out of Independence, MO. It was fairly inte ... more on TripAdvisor

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This place is a treasure trove of history. We learned a lot about the Lewis and Clark expedition and the people who followed these trails to Oregon, California, and new Mexico. We especially enjoyed the excerpts from the diaries of ... more on Yahoo! Travel