Kansas City - St. Joseph Area Museums

Whether a 'local' or a visitor, the array of museums and historic sites in our local communities may surprise you. While every effort is made to keep these listings updated, please call or visit the website of the museum or historical site to confirm operating hours and admission fees before traveling to visit them.

Museums and Historical Sites

General Interest Living History Military History

Art History Religious History

The images and text below are courtesy of the respective web site.

Online Presentations, Videos
and Podcasts

Johnson County (KS) History

A collaborative presentation of the history of Johnson County, Kansas from the Johnson County Museum and partners. [Web Site]

Kansas Memory

Large digital collection primarily from the Kansas State Historical Society. [Web Site]

The Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative and the Making of a Common Missouri

Through the Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative, the Missouri State Archives and the Missouri State Library, in partnership with the State Historical Society of Missouri, are assisting institutions across the state in digitizing their records and placing them online for easy access. [Web Site]

YouTube Link

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Missouri/Kansas Border War Network

Brought to you by the Missouri/Kansas Border War Network, an organization of 20-some museums, libraries, historical societies, historic sites and historians dedicated to sharing the stories of life on the MO/KS Border during the Bleeding Kansas and Border War era of 1854 to 1865. Current videos include:

◘ Jackson County (MO)
Historical Society
◘ Battle of Morristown, Mo.
◘ History of Missouri City

◘ Burnt District Monument
◘ Bates County Museum
◘ Harrisonville Civil
War Tour

Slave Life and Culture in Antebellum Missouri

Brief documentary about slave life and culture in antebellum Missouri by the producer of the DVD documentary, Negros for Hire. Your Tube Link

Information on Negros for Hire, based on recordings of the Missouri Slave Narratives by the Federal Writers Project in this one hour documentary film about slave life and culture in antebellum Missouri. [Web Site]

They Came to Fight
African Americans and the Great World War

This exhibition serves as an account of the intersecting historical, social, political and economic contexts that African Americans found themselves in leading up to World War I. [Web Site]

Whatever Happened To Those Old Westerns?

Leave it to the owner to violate the rules! We try to limit the information on WindingRiver.com to a 22-county Kansas City - St. Joseph area, but this link is too much fun to ignore. Take a break and enjoy the memories.
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