Museums in Missouri

Discover 33 unusual museums in Missouri.

Independence, Missouri

Puppetry Arts Institute

Learn about puppetry and get a chance to make your own puppet.

Laclede, Missouri

General John J. Pershing Boyhood Home

The beginnings of one of America's most famous military officers.

New Madrid, Missouri

New Madrid Historical Museum

This local museum documents centuries of history along the Mississippi, from mound builders to massive quakes.

Liberty, Missouri

Jesse James Bank Museum

The site of the first daylight, peacetime bank robbery by the James gang.

Hamilton, Missouri

Missouri Quilt Museum

See the world's biggest spool of thread, along with the largest collection of sewing machines.

Weston, Missouri

National Silk Art Museum

The largest collection of woven silk tapestries in the world.

St. Louis, Missouri

Moto Museum

Explore the history and craftsmanship of a century of motorcycles at this St. Louis showroom.

Marshall, Missouri

Nicholas-Beazley Aviation Museum

This interactive museum preserves the big aviation history of this small Missouri town

St. Louis, Missouri

National Saxophone Museum

Explore more than 175 years of saxophone history.

The Soda Museum & Arcade

Saint Charles, Missouri

The Soda Museum & Arcade

A collection of soda memorabilia that spans decades.

Kansas City, Missouri

Mutual Musicians Foundation

Soak in the soul of Kansas City at the oldest continually-operating jazz club in the country.

Hamilton, Missouri

World's Largest Spool of Thread

Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.

Crusher.

Park Hills, Missouri

Missouri Mines State Historic Site

Rusted and decayed, this former mining site is a portal to the past.

Ralph Foster Museum

Point Lookout, Missouri

Ralph Foster Museum

This museum features the original car used on the Beverly Hillbillies sitcom.

The Walt Disney Hometown Museum, 2008.

Marceline, Missouri

Walt Disney Hometown Museum

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

Carthage, Missouri

Red Oak II

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.