Arabia Steamboat Museum
History Museum · Kansas City, Missouri
The cargo of the steamboat Arabia, which struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River in 1856 carrying two hundred tons of goods bound for sixteen frontier towns, and which was found in 1988 under a cornfield in Kansas after the river had moved half a mile away. The mud sealed everything airtight: boots still boxed, dishes still crated, preserved food still edible in the jar. The museum claims the largest single collection of pre-Civil War artefacts in the world, and whether or not that stands, nothing else looks like it.
400 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri, 64106, United States
Generally 10 AM to 5 PM Monday to Saturday and afternoons on Sunday, with last admission an hour before closing. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. It is in the River Market, which has its own farmers market on Saturday mornings and is worth timing a visit around.
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