Collections in Missouri

Discover 12 unusual collections in Missouri.

Missouri Meerschaum Corn Cob Pipe Museum & Store

Washington, Missouri

Missouri Meerschaum Corn Cob Pipe Museum

This museum located in the "Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World," chronicles the history of cob pipe.

St. Louis, Missouri

Venice Cafe

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

Permanently Closed

Noir Arts & Oddities.

Kansas City, Missouri

Noir Arts & Oddities

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

Joplin, Missouri

National Cookie Cutter Historical Museum

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

Part of the collection.

Pigs Aloft Museum

The only pig museum in the U.S. holds one of the world's largest collections of pig items.

A miniature ice cream parlor by artist Judy King.

St. Louis, Missouri

Miniature Museum of Greater St. Louis

A big museum full of little worlds.

The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures

Kansas City, Missouri

The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

Permanently Closed

Vacuum Cleaner Museum and Factory Outlet

Saint James, Missouri

Vacuum Cleaner Museum and Factory Outlet

Over 600 vacuum cleaners stack the shelves of what may be the cleanest museum in America.

Diamond, Missouri

World's Largest Small Electrical Appliance Museum

Thousands of small machines line the shelves of this personal collection which definitely delivers on its name.

Permanently Closed

From a distance, the unfinished Cementland's ambitions to be a castle-like amusement park are obvious.

St. Louis, Missouri

Cementland

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

St. Louis, Missouri

World Chess Hall of Fame

A chessmaster's dream destination.

St. Louis, Missouri

City Museum

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Independence, Missouri

Leila's Hair Museum

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

Are we missing something unusual in Missouri?