Day Trips from Kansas City

While you are in the area why not stay an extra day or two and visit some of the other interesting places in close proximity to Kansas City. The links below will give you more information about sites of interest that are easily traveled to within a day.

Aeronautics
Atchison, KS -- Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum - http://www.ameliaearhartmuseum.org/
Kansas City, MO – Airline History Museum -- http://www.airlinehistorymuseum.com/
Topeka, KS – Combat Air Museum -- http://www.combatairmuseum.org/

Black History
Kansas City, MO – Negro Leagues Baseball Museum -- http://www.nlbm.com/
Kansas City, MO – Black Archives of Mid-America -- http://www.blackarchives.org/
Kansas City, MO – American Jazz Museum -- http://www.americanjazzmuseum.com/

Ethnic Destinations
Kansas City, KS – Strawberry Hill Museum and Cultural Center http://www.strawberryhillmuseum.org/html/exhibits.html
Kansas City, KS – Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site -- http://www.kshs.org/places/shawnee/
Kansas City, MO – Black Archives of Mid-America -- http://www.blackarchives.org/
Kansas City, MO – Irish Museum and Cultural Center - http://www.irishmuseum.org/

Harry S. Truman
Independence, MO - Truman Presidential Museum & Library -- http://www.trumanlibrary.org/
Independence, MO – Harry S. Truman Home -- http://harrystruman.areaparks.com/

Jazz
Kansas City, MO – American Jazz Museum -- http://www.americanjazzmuseum.com/

Military
Frontier Military Scenic Byway -- http://ksbyways.org/Pages/Frontier/frontier1.html
Fort Leavenworth, KS -- http://www.kansastravel.org/fortleavenworth.htm
http://garrison.leavenworth.army.mil/sites/about/history.asp
http://usacac.army.mil/CAC/csi/museum.asp
Topeka, KS – Combat Air Museum -- http://www.combatairmuseum.org/
Kansas City, MO - National WWI Memorial Museum -- http://www.libertymemorialmuseum.org/

Frontier and Pioneer Life
Bonner Springs, KS – National Agricultural Hall of Fame -- http://www.aghalloffame.com/
Kansas City, MO - Arabia Steamboat Museum -- http://www.1856.com/
Independence, MO – National Frontier Trails Museum -- http://www.ci.independence.mo.us/NFTM/
Kansas City, MO - Kansas City Rail Experience @ Union Station - http://www.unionstation.org/exhibitDetail.cfm?listingID=150
Leavenworth, KS – National Fred Harvey Museum -- http://www.firstcitymuseums.org/1harvey.html
St. Joseph, MO - Pony Express National Museum -- http://www.ponyexpress.org/
Kansas City, KS – Grintner Place State Historic Site -- http://www.kshs.org/places/grinter/index.htm
Lawson, MO – Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site -- http://www.mostateparks.com/wwmill/
Independence, MO - Bingham-Waggoner Estate - http://www.bwestate.org/
Kansas City, MO - Garment District Museum - http://www.visitkc.com/visitor_info/art_basic.cfm?ID=32935
Beatrice, NE – National Homestead Museum - http://www.beatricene.com/homestead/infopage.html
Beatrice, NE – Homestead National Monument of America - http://www.nps.gov/home/
Edgerton, KS – Lanesfield School Historic Site - http://www.jocomuseum.org/lanesfield.htm

Miscellaneous
Kansas City, MO - Hallmark Visitor’s Center – http://www.hallmarkvisitorscenter.com/findUs/index.htm
Shawnee, KS - 1950s All Electric House - http://www.jocomuseum.org/electrichouse.htm
Kansas City, MO - Kansas City Fire Museum -
http://www.visitkc.com/visitor_info/attraction_basic.cfm?ID=35073
Kansas City, MO - Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City - http://www.umkc.edu/tmm/

Mormon Sites
Independence, MO – Independence Visitors’ Center - http://www.lds.org/placestovisit/location/0,10634,1812-1-1-1,00.html
Far West, MO - http://www.lds.org/placestovisit/location/0,10634,1808-1-1-1,00.html
Liberty, MO – Liberty Jail Historic Site
http://www.lds.org/placestovisit/location/0,10634,1811-1-1-1,00.html
Omaha, NE – Mormon Trail Center at Historic Winter Quarters - http://www.lds.org/placestovisit/location/0,10634,1837-1-1-1,00.html

Native Americans
Kansas City, KS – Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site -- http://www.kshs.org/places/shawnee/
Lawrence, KS – Haskell Indian Nations University Cultural Center & Museum -- http://www.haskell.edu/archive/haskell_archive.htm

Wild, Wild West
Multiple – Jesse James sites in Missouri -- http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WE-JesseJames9.html

Check this out – there’s even more to do in Kansas City!
History/Education - http://www.jchs.org/education/jacomo_bookmark.htm