Kansas City has a lot to offer its visitors, and if you like a great museum in an impressive building then you can't do better than visit the Kansas City Museum. The museum is located in the Corinthian building at the corner of Bentham and Gladstone Boulevards. The Corinthian building is a large mansion and the estate is considered an attraction in its own right. Built in 1910 for lumber baron Robert Long, the building is often referred to as the 'palace on Gladstone Boulevard.' After Long's death in 1934 the mansion was donated to the city by his daughters.
Entering Kansas City Museum is like traveling back in time especially as the museum is located inside a beautiful mansion. Here you can enjoy regional history displays, a seat in the fifty seat planetarium and natural history dioramas.
The regional history display lets you trace Kansas City back to its origins in 1850, Here you can see the events that moulded the evolution of Kanvas City from a tiny cluster of trading posts to the vibrant American city that it is today. In the nature halls you can travel back to a time before there were towns and cities in the West and the wild country was inhabited by bisons, bears and other animals that were native to the region.
When you've done your tour and are feelng thirsty come back almost to the present by visiting the 1910 soda fountain and enjoy one of the shakes, sundaes or ice cream cones.
