Arabia Steamboat Museum - Kansas City Museum

Unbelievable treasures and fascinating history await. Explore our museum and learn... more on MuseumStuff.com

This steamboat, which sank in the Missouri River in 1856, has numerous... more on TripAdvisor

The Arabia Steamboat Museum is home to a true time capsule of frontier life in the 1800s. The Arabia was headed up the Missouri River in the fall of 1856 when she struck a tree snag and sank just north of Kansas City.... more on Visitkc.com

This cargo steamboat, laden with 220 tons of merchandise destined for settlers out west, sank in the Missouri River in 1856, where... more on Frommers

4.0	Kelsey S. 's review I recall many times when I was younger visiting the museum, and enjoying it. Sounds... a user of yelp.com, Read full review on Yelp
4.0	Interesting "slice of life" from the pre-Civil War era (Feb 28, 2006) I'm a big history fan, American history, so I try to stop in interesting new museums as I spot them. This was, I admit, smaller than I expected, but then again I'm not sure how much stuff I expected to be unearthed from a single steamboat. In that sense,... rabidstoat , a user of Tripadvisor, Read full review on TripAdvisor
4.0	Jessica D. 's review This was a lot of fun, as the location of our company's special event dinner... a user of yelp.com, Read full review on Yelp
5.0	Fascinating Time Capsule (Dec 27, 2005) An absolutely fascinating, detail-filled look at life as it was lived more than... A TripAdvisor Member , a user of Tripadvisor, Read full review on TripAdvisor

close to: City Market

Mon-Sat 10am-4pm (last tour); Sun noon-3:30pm (last tour)

Admission : $12.50