Arabia Steamboat Museum - Kansas City Museum

  • Address: 400 Grand Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64106
  • Phone: +1 816 471 1856
  • Email:
  • Website:www.1856.com
Average Rating
3.0
 5+ reviews
from 2 sources
Yelp
4.0
 4+ reviews
Frommers
0.0
 1+ reviews

Estimated Price: From $4

Arabia Steamboat Museum
400 Grand Blvd. Kansas City
MO 64106

Arabia Steamboat Museum Details

Descriptions from Across the Web

  • Unbelievable treasures and fascinating history await. Explore our museum and learn how the handsome steamer Arabia prospered on the rivers, perished in 1856 and was finally rediscovered 132 years later, precious cargo intact. This exhibit, in Kansas City, Mo, is many things: history, ingenuity, t... more on MuseumStuff.com
  • This steamboat, which sank in the Missouri River in 1856, has numerous exhibits dedicated to frontier life. 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. Her cargo hold was full of 200 tons of supplies bound for general stores and pi... 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 it remained preserved in cold mud until it was excavated in the 1980s. A virtual time capsule of the 1850s and one of the best collections of pre-Civil War artifacts ... more on Frommers
  • Featuring artifacts from 1856 including china, jewelry, tin ware, tobacco, cookware, hardware & tools - On-going demonstrations - Hours: Open year 'round, - Tours ... more on entertainment.com

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Tripadvisorlogo-11383-0
5.0
A must see!

We happened onto the Steamboat Arabia by accident, but were so very glad we did. Took my 13 year old daughter, and we had a great time. It is eduacational, informative, and very interesting. If you enjoy history at all, this is a must see, even if you don't, I can't imagine you would not find som... a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

4.0
Kyle R. 's review

I've passed this place every day for a couple years on my way to work but never actually made plans to go through it until a couple weeks ago. I wasn't ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

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5.0
The Awesome Arabia Steamboat Museum

It is no wonder that the people of Kansas City have voted this museum the city's best loved attrraction. An incredible slice of life from 1856. Think of it more as a period Walmart than a stuffy old museum. A crew of ordinary blue-collar guys retrieved through their own ingenuity the single great... A TripAdvisor Member, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

4.0
Samantha A. 's review

Why read about Kansas City history when you can discover it on a real-life treasure hunt? From a glimpse at frontier dress to the buttons, bottles and ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

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5.0
Awesome

We stumbled on the Arabia Steamboat Museun while visiting friends in Kansas. My husband and I are big history buffs. The display of items that have been recovered are undescribable. We have seen many museums over our 35 years of travel but never have we seen so much in one place. This is a "livin... A TripAdvisor Member, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

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