Sites of interest of Kansas City
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There are numerous sites of interest in Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

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  • Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
    Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
    The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is an art museum in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its neoclassical architecture and extensive collection of Asian art....

    , the region's largest art museum, located near the Country Club Plaza
    Country Club Plaza
    The Country Club Plaza is an upscale shopping district and residential neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. It was the first shopping center in the world designed to accommodate shoppers arriving by automobile...

     (see below)
  • Liberty Memorial
    Liberty Memorial
    The Liberty Memorial, located in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, is a memorial to the fallen soldiers of World War I and houses the The National World War I Museum, as designated by the United States Congress in 2004.. Groundbreaking commenced November 1, 1921, and the city held a site dedication...

     and National World War I Museum.
  • Union Station, major landmark now with restaurants, shopping, & special shows.
  • Science City at Union Station
    Science City at Union Station
    Science City at Union Station is a family-friendly interactive science center that features acclaimed traveling exhibitions, Gottlieb Planetarium, City Extreme Screen theatre, and more than 50 hands-on displays....

    , interactive science center, Gottlieb Planetarium, City Extreme Screen theater, & acclaimed exhibitions.
  • College Basketball Experience
    College Basketball Experience
    The College Basketball Experience featuring the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame is a fan interactive facility located in Kansas City, Missouri...

     and National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
    National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
    The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Kansas City, Missouri, is a hall of fame and museum dedicated to college basketball. The museum is an integral portion of the College Basketball Experience created by the National Association of Basketball Coaches , located at the Sprint...

    , next to the Sprint Center
    Sprint Center
    Sprint Center is a large, multi-use indoor arena in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The building is located at 14th Street and Grand Boulevard, on the east side of the Power & Light District...

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  • American Jazz Museum
    American Jazz Museum
    The American Jazz Museum is a jazz museum in the United States. Located in the historic 18th and Vine district in Kansas City, Missouri, in a building also housing the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, it preserves the history of the American music: jazz. The museum features exhibits on Charlie...

    , in the 18th and Vine Historic District.
  • Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
    Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
    The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum was founded in 1990 in Kansas City, Missouri.-History:The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum was founded in 1990 by a group of former Negro Leagues baseball players, including Kansas City Monarchs outfielder, Alfred Surratt, Buck O'Neil, and Horace Peterson...

    , in the 18th and Vine Historic District.
  • Kansas City Museum
    Kansas City Museum
    The Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall is a small museum in the historic Northeast Neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Also known as the R.A...

     at Corinthian Hall, local area history and natural sciences museum in a Beaux-Arts mansion.
  • Steamboat Arabia Museum, artifacts & history of a sidewheel steamboat sunk in 1856, recovered in 1987-88; interactive displays & tour.
  • The Money Museum of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
    Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
    The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City covers the 10th District of the Federal Reserve, which includes Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and portions of western Missouri and northern New Mexico. The Bank has branches in Denver, Oklahoma City, and Omaha. The current president is...

    , exhibits & tour of the multi-story cash vault.
  • Lakeside Nature Center, large, city-operated wildlife rescue & nature center with exhibits and woodland trails in Swope Park
    Swope Park
    Swope Park is an 1805-acre city park within the city of Kansas City, Missouri. It is the 29th-largest municipal park in the United States , and the largest park in Kansas City. It is named in honor of Colonel Thomas H. Swope, a philanthropist who donated the land to the city in 1896...

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  • Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site
    Thomas Hart Benton (painter)
    Thomas Hart Benton was an American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. His fluid, almost sculpted paintings showed everyday scenes of life in the United States...

    , famous regionalist painter's residence, with 13 original works of art on display.
  • Airline History Museum
    Airline History Museum
    The National Airline History Museum is located at the Kansas City Downtown Airport in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.- History :Founded in 1986 by aviation enthusiasts Larry A. Brown and Dick McMahon, the Airline History Museum was originally known as Save-A-Connie...

     at Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport.
  • Toy & Miniature Museum of Kansas City, the largest collection of classic toys and fine-scale miniatures in the Midwest.
  • Irish Museum and Cultural Center
    Irish Museum and Cultural Center
    The Irish Museum and Cultural Center is the newest addition to the active Irish American community in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. It is a non-profit organization which uses volunteer help. It opened in its current location in Union Station on March 17, 2007, The museum hosts a number of events,...

     located in Kansas City's Union Station.
  • Community Christian Church, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
    Frank Lloyd Wright
    Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture...

     with 1.2 billion candlepower
    Candlepower
    Candlepower is a now-obsolete unit which was used to express levels of light intensity in terms of the light emitted by a candle of specific size and constituents...

     "Spire of Light," open for tours, on the Plaza.
  • Power & Light District
    Kansas City Power & Light District
    The Kansas City Power & Light District or Power & Light District is a shopping and entertainment district in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, United States, developed by the Cordish Company of Baltimore, Maryland and designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and 360 Architecture. The district comprises nine...

    , Kansas City's downtown entertainment district with clubs, bars, & restaurants.
  • Country Club Plaza
    Country Club Plaza
    The Country Club Plaza is an upscale shopping district and residential neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. It was the first shopping center in the world designed to accommodate shoppers arriving by automobile...

    , first shopping center designed to accommodate the automobile; quality boutiques, stores, & dining.
  • Crown Center
    Crown Center
    Crown Center is a commercial complex and neighborhood located near Downtown Kansas City, Missouri located between Gillham Road and Grand Boulevard to the east and west, and between Pershing Boulevard and Union Hill to the north and south. The shopping center is anchored by Halls, a department store...

     shopping, entertainment, restaurant, and hotel complex.
  • Crossroads Arts District
    Crossroads Arts District
    The Crossroads is a historic neighborhood near Downtown Kansas City, Missouri. It is centered at approximately 19th Street and Baltimore Avenue, directly south of the downtown loop and north of Crown Center. It is the city's main art gallery district and center for the visual arts...

    , warehouse district with dozens of art galleries & restaurants.
  • Westport
    Westport, Kansas City
    Westport is a historic neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Originally its own town, it was annexed by Kansas City in 1897. Today, it is one of Kansas City's main entertainment districts.-Background:...

    , historic district; restaurants, entertainment, and nightlife.
  • Zona Rosa
    Zona Rosa (Kansas City)
    Zona Rosa is an approximately , mixed-use development located in Kansas City, Platte County, Missouri. The project opened in 2004 and is expected to be expanded by an additional by early 2009...

    , recent mixed-use development – retail, office and residential; shopping, restaurants, & entertainment.
  • City Market, large farmers' market in River Market
    River Market
    The River Market is a riverfront neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri that comprises the first and oldest incorporated district in Kansas City.-Background:...

     district, where the original Town of Kansas was founded.
  • 45th & State Line, antiques district with several stores and antique dealers.
  • Battle of Westport
    Battle of Westport
    The Battle of Westport, sometimes referred to as the "Gettysburg of the West," was fought on October 23, 1864, in modern Kansas City, Missouri, during the American Civil War. Union forces under Major General Samuel R. Curtis decisively defeated an outnumbered Confederate force under Major General...

     sites, one of the major battles of the American Civil War
    American Civil War
    The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

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  • Battle of Little Blue River
    Battle of Little Blue River
    The Battle of Little Blue River was a minor battle of the American Civil War, occurring on October 21, 1864 in Jackson County, Missouri during Price's Missouri Expedition of that year. It became the opening round of the Second Battle of Independence, which began on this same day and was...

     site, Big Blue Battlefield Park, 63rd & Manchester Tfwy, American Civil War site.
  • Laugh-O-Gram Studio
    Laugh-O-Gram Studio
    Laugh-O-Gram Studio was a film studio located on the second floor of the McConahay Building at 1127 East 31st in Kansas City, Missouri.The studio played a role in the early years of animation: it was home to many of the pioneers of animation, brought there by Walt Disney, and is said to be the...

    , Walt Disney's original cartoon studio in Kansas City. Now being renovated.
  • Shoal Creek Living History Museum, 20 authentic buildings from the 1800s; events, tours, and historical reenactments.
  • Hallmark Cards Tour
    Hallmark Cards
    Hallmark Cards is a privately owned American company based in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1910 by Joyce C. Hall, Hallmark is the largest manufacturer of greeting cards in the United States. In 1985, the company was awarded the National Medal of Arts....

    , company history and interactive displays at headquarters in Crown Center complex.
  • Harley-Davidson factory tour, motorcycle manufacturer's Vehicle and Powertrain Operations plant tours, (closed for remodeling in 2008).
  • Kansas City Board of Trade
    Kansas City Board of Trade
    The Kansas City Board of Trade , is an American commodity futures and options exchange regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission...

     Tour, learn about commodity futures and watch trading activity from the visitors' gallery.
  • Boulevard Brewing Company Tour
    Boulevard Brewing Company
    Boulevard Brewing Company is an independent regional craft brewery located in Kansas City, Missouri. The Brewers Association currently ranks Boulevard as the 10th largest craft brewery, and the 17th largest active brewery in the United States. The sale of Anheuser-Busch to InBev made Boulevard the...

    , America's 7th largest craft brewer, manufacturing tour and beer tasting.
  • Worlds of Fun
    Worlds of Fun
    Worlds of Fun is an amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The park opened in 1973 and was originally built by Lamar Hunt and Jack Steadman . In 1995 Hunt-Midwest sold Worlds of Fun to Cedar Fair Entertainment Co., which currently owns the park...

     and Oceans of Fun
    Oceans of Fun
    Oceans of Fun is a tropically-themed water park that opened on May 31, 1982 in Kansas City, Missouri to celebrate Worlds of Fun's 10th year anniversary. At the time it was opened it was the largest water park in the world. It is owned and operated by Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. Oceans of Fun is...

     amusement parks.
  • Kansas City Zoo, 10th largest zoo in the United States, located in Swope Park
    Swope Park
    Swope Park is an 1805-acre city park within the city of Kansas City, Missouri. It is the 29th-largest municipal park in the United States , and the largest park in Kansas City. It is named in honor of Colonel Thomas H. Swope, a philanthropist who donated the land to the city in 1896...

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In addition, nearby Independence
Independence, Missouri
Independence is the fourth largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri, and is contained within the counties of Jackson and Clay. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area...

 (the county seat of Jackson County) is home to the Truman Library and several other historical, cultural, and entertainment attractions.
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