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Arabia Steamboat Museum
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7 reviews for Arabia Steamboat Museum
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 expecting much, but its actually a really nice museum with a fun, interesting story behind it.
This ship sank on the Missouri River, just north of Kansas City, and as the corps of engineers/nature switched the river's direction, it ended up being buried in a farmer's field, rather than in the river. To raise the ship, they had to dig a huge hole and then continually pump water out as they removed things because its always coming back in. The low oxygen, no sunlight atmosphere did a fantastic job of preserving everything on the ship. There are dresses/shirts that look like you could wear them tomorrow. There are jars of pickles that are still bright green - one of the excavators actually ate one of these 130 year old pickles and said it tasted very normal.
Of course, its kind of amusing that we make a big deal out of 130 year old history in this country. I think most people in Europe have 130 year old stuff around their house :)
All in all, a fun, interesting way to spend a couple hours.
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If you are in Kansas City, this museum is definitely worth a visit. It is a wonderful collection of items you would see in a general store in 1856. The collection is very well preserved and displayed. I was very impressed. It is a piece of history preserved, kids and adults will love it. The tour guides were helpful and seem to really enjoy their jobs. The enthusiasm of the staff is great.
Fun museum, it's a lot bigger than it looks from the outside. They have everything from a cool story of adventure to find the buried treasure to a great exhibit showing what life must have been like back then.
This is an extremely interesting museum, which reminds me of what items from ''a pre-Civil War Wal-Mart'' would look like. My husband commented on how advanced the schematics were for that time period. He was also amazed at how some of the everyday tools haven't really changed that much. Hannah our guide was the best! Her synopsis of how the boat sank and what actually took place greatly enhanced our overall experience.
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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 boots settlers bought before heading West, much of the 222 tons of recovered cargo from the sunken Steamboat Arabia are on display at the Arabia Steamboat Museum in Kansas City's historic River Market district.
Through videos, storytelling and well-preserved artifacts, the museum recounts how a determined group of modern explorers rediscovered and rescued the Arabia after she was covered in Missouri River mud for more than 130 years. It also showcases the full load of treasures the boat contained when she went down. Whether you join a guided tour or wander through the exhibits at your own pace, the Arabia Steamboat Museum offers 21st-century visitors a rare look at 19th-century life.
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This was a lot of fun, as the location of our company's special event dinner with us the staff, and one of our major committees.
The museum is so amazing because it shows you a timeline of events and the actual ship. They recovered a lot of perfect condition items from the ship, which was preserved inside a solid wall of mud. They say someone even tried some of the moonshine... and survived! ;o)
Thoroughly a great visit whenever in the area, well worth it to revisit the old steamboat days of our country.
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I recall many times when I was younger visiting the museum, and enjoying it. Sounds bad, but the donkey was my classes favorite part! I recently went to the exhibit maybe 6 months ago with my family. Kind of a trip down memory lane. I felt I was 'older' and could 'understand' and 'learn' more about the Steamboat. We all enjoyed it once again, and I will frequent the museum till I am too old to walk.