Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

Attractions

Kansas City ranks second in the world in number of fountains (160), exceeded only by Rome.

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• American Jazz Museum (website)
• Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (website)
• 18th and Vine Historic District
• River Market District (website)
• Crown Center, headquarters of Hallmark Cards and major downtown shopping and entertainment complex. Connected to Union Station by a series of covered walkways.
• Country Club Plaza
• Kansas City's Union Station, now home to Science City, restaurants, shopping, theaters, and the city's Amtrak facility.
• Liberty Memorial (website)-- Official World War I memorial and museum in the United States. Tower and observation deck restored and re-opened in 2002. Currently an even larger museum is being constructed underneath the monument.
• Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
• Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
• City Market (website)
• Airline History Museum
• Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City
• Westport, oldest part of the city and a vibrant entertainment district.
• Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun
• Kansas City Zoo, in Swope Park.
• Charlie Parker Memorial, at 17th Terrace and the Paseo
• Arabia Steamboat Museum (www.1856.com), in the historic River Market.
• Laughogram Studios (www.laughograms.com), Walt Disney's original cartoon studio in Kansas City. Now being renovated.
• Kansas City Museum (website), located in an beautifully renovated 1910 mansion.
• Kansas City Renaissance Festival (website), annual festival that runs through the fall that features live entertainers, a medieval village, rides, games, sword fights, and more.
• Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum and Library (website), located in Kansas City suburb of Independence, MO.