Best Museums & Educational Spots For Kids
Discover the best museums & educational spots for kids in Leawood.
Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop-Farm
Museum & farm with historic reenactments. 19th-century farm & living history museum with historic reenactments & era–specific activities.
1200 E Kansas City Rd, Olathe, KS 66061, United States
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
The story of segregated baseball. Exhibits on segregated league's 1920 founding to Jackie Robinson's 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers debut.
1616 E 18th St, Kansas City, MO 64108
The Peace Pavilion
Visit this great place for kids and families!
607 W Lexington Ave, Independence, MO 64050
SEA LIFE Kansas City
Oceanic exhibits & play areas. Family-friendly exhibits featuring more than 5,000 sea creatures, plus a play area & group packages.
2475 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64108
1859 Jail Museum
Walk-thru cellblock & Federal-style home. Limestone cellblock where the outlaw Frank James did time, next to the town marshal's former home.
217 N Main St, Independence, MO 64050, United States
Legler Barn Museum & Depot
Visit this great place for kids and families!
14907 W 87th St Pkwy, Lenexa, KS 66215, United States
Ernie Miller Park & Nature Center
Nature trails & educational exhibits. 116-acre nature preserve featuring trails & an education center with animals, exhibits & programs.
909 North, KS-7, Olathe, KS 66061, United States
Museum at Prairiefire
Colorful museum of natural history. Bright, uniquely designed museum with changing natural history exhibits on dinosaurs & space.
5801 W 135th St, Overland Park, KS 66223, United States
Shawnee Town 1929 Museum
1920s farm town with hands-on exhibits. Open-air museum in a recreated 1929 farm town offering tours, exhibits & school programs.
11501 W 57th St, Shawnee, KS 66203
Museum of Deaf History, Arts and Culture
Deaf history museum with events & more. Museum with exhibits, historical information, events & workshops related to the hearing impaired.
455 E Park St, Olathe, KS 66061
Puppetry Arts Institute
Visit this great place for kids and families!
11025 E Winner Rd, Independence, MO 64052, United States
National WWI Museum and Memorial
Largest set of WWI artifacts in the U.S.. The nation's only public museum dedicated to WWI, with a large collection of photos, weapons & more.
2 Memorial Dr, Kansas City, MO 64108, United States
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Art museum galleries & sculpture garden. Art collection spanning 5,000 years in neoclassical & modern galleries, plus a sculpture garden.
4525 Oak St, Kansas City, MO 64111, United States
Kaleidoscope
Art & activity studio for children. Colorful, upbeat center offering creative arts & crafts sessions for kids, free of charge.
2500 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64108
Arabia Steamboat Museum
Time capsule of pre-Civil War life. Big collection of everyday objects pulled from a steamboat that sunk on the Missouri River in 1856.
400 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64106
Bruce R Watkins Cultural Center
Visit this great place for kids and families!
3700 Blue Pkwy, Kansas City, MO 64130
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Works by international modern artists. Modest museum housing a permanent collection & special exhibitions of challenging contemporary art.
4420 Warwick Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64111, United States
Strawberry Hill Museum & Center
Kansas City history in Victorian digs. This museum dedicated to Kansas City history & its past residents is housed in a historic Victorian.
720 N 4th St, Kansas City, KS 66101
Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium
Wildlife habitats & interactive exhibits. Zoo in Swope Park with zookeepers offering animal interaction & informative chats.
6800 Zoo Dr, Kansas City, MO 64132, United States
KU Natural History Museum
From dioramas to hands-on exhibits. Part of the KU Biodiversity Institute, examining the earth's history & tracking ongoing discoveries.
Dyche Hall, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, United States
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