Jackson County (Mo.) Historical Society

Jacomo Bookmark:

Online History, Heritage, Cultural & Educational Resources

In and Around Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

 

Compiled by David W. Jackson

(Current as of 1 May 2008)

 

Thank you for your reciprocal link to our site (jchs.org)

 

Welcome to the most comprehensive listing of metropolitan Kansas City history, heritage, cultural, and educational-related entities. Bookmark this site. Let us know how we may improve this educational service to you, and if we may add a missing link, or fix a broken link.

 

The Jackson County (Mo.) Historical Society links directly to the institution described whenever possible. In other cases, we have tried to find something useful about organizations without their own web sites.

 

Included here are alphabetical links to:

 

historic sites and districts;

history and house museums;

archives and libraries;

businesses and government agencies;

historical and genealogical societies;

arts and cultural sites and organizations; and

historical associations.

 

1827 Log Courthouse

 

1830s Log House Museum

 

1859 Jail, Marshals Home and Museum

 

1950's All-Electric House

 

Abbott Hall Community Museum

 

Adair Cabin/John Brown Museum

 

African American Military Historical Association

 

Agency (Missouri) Ford Museum

 

Agricultural National Center and Hall of Fame

 

Airline History Museum of Kansas City (AKA Save A Connie)

 

Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art

 

Alexander Majors Historical Foundation

 

Alexander Majors Historical House (Alexander Majors Historical Association)

 

Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum

 

American Family Records Association

 

American Institute of Architects, Kansas City

 

American Jazz Museum

 

American Royal Museum and Visitor Center

 

Anderson House Museum (Lexington, Missouri)

 

Andrew Drumm Institute

 

Anthony Sauer Residence/Sauer Castle

 

Arabia Steamboat Museum

 

Archives & Research Library of the Jackson County (Missouri) Historical Society

 

Argentine Carnegie Library

 

Arts and Humanities Association of Johnson County (Kansas)

 

The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City

 

Atchison County Historical Society Museum

 

Atchison Rail Museum

 

Baker University Library and the Kansas East Conference of the United Methodist Archives

 

Banneker School Group

 

Basehor Historical Society

 

Bates County (Missouri) Museum of Pioneer History

 

Battle of Lexington State Historic Site/Anderson House

 

Belton, Grandview & Kansas City Railroad Company

 

Belton Historical Society

 

Belton Museum of History

 

Ben Ferrel Platte County 1882 Museum and Library

 

Benjamin Ranch West

 

Bingham-Waggoner Estate

 

Black Archives of Mid-America

 

Black Archives of St. Joseph/Knea-Von Black Archive and Museum

 

Blue River Glade

 

Blue Springs (Missouri) Historical Society

 

Bonnell Museum

 

Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site/Monroe Elementary School

 

Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center

 

Buffalo Soldier Monument

 

Burr Oak Woods

 

Carroll Mansion

 

Cass County (Missouri) Historical Society

 

Cave Spring Interpretive Center

 

Cedar Crest (Home of the Governor of Kansas)

 

Center for the Study of the Korean War

 

Center for Understanding the Built Environment (CUBE)

 

Chappels Restaurant and Sports Museum

 

Chicago Alton Hotel (Blue Springs Historical Society)

 

Chicago and Alton Railroad Depot

 

Children's Museum of Kansas City

 

Children's Peace Pavilion

 

Chouteau Society

 

Church of Christ Temple and Visitors Center

 

Church of the Nazarene Archives

 

City Hall Observation Deck (Kansas City, Missouri)

 

City Market (Kansas City, Missouri)

 

Civil War Round Table of the Trans-Mississippi

 

Civil War Round Table of Kansas City (Missouri)

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Civil War Round Table of Western Missouri

 

Civil War Round Table of Weston (Missouri)

 

Claybrook Historic Home

 

Clay County (Missouri) Archives and Historical Library

 

Clay County (Missouri) Museum and Historical Society

 

Clendenning Library for the History of Medicine

 

Clinton Lake Museum

 

Clinton County (Missouri) Historical Society

 

Clintons Soda Fountain and Gifts (site of Harry S Trumans first boyhood job)

 

Combat Air Museum

 

Community of Christ Archives

 

Concordia Historical Institute, Department of Archives and History of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod

 

Confederate Memorial State Historic Site

 

Creverlings Tour House

 

CUBE (see Center for Understanding the Built Environment)

 

Daughters of 1812

 

Daughters of Old Westport

 

Daughters of the American Revolution-Sarah Lewis Boone Chapter (Kansas City, Missouri)

 

Daughters of the American Revolution-Blue Springs Chapter (Blue Springs, Missouri)

 

Daughters of the British Empire

 

Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead

 

Dilingham-Lewis Museum (Blue Springs Historical Society)

 

Doll Museum and Research Library

 

E. E. Dubios Learning Center

 

Early Mormon History Tours

 

Elmwood Cemetery

 

Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri, Archives

 

Ernie Miller Nature Center

 

Evah C. Cray Historical Home Museum

 

Excelsior Springs (Missouri) Genealogical Society

 

Excelsior Springs (Missouri) Historical Museum

 

The Film Society of Greater Kansas City

 

First City Museum

 

First Street Trolley (historically interpreted trolley tours of St. Joseph, Missouri)

 

Folly Theater

 

Fort Leavenworth

 

Fort Osage Historical Society

 

Fort Osage

 

Fort Osage National Historic Landmark

 

Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area

 

Friends of 18th & Vine Historic District

 

Friends of the Chicago and Alton Railroad Depot

 

Friends of Elmwood Cemetery

 

Friends of Historic Fort Osage

 

Friends of the Jesse James Farm

 

Friends of Missouri Town-1855

 

Friends of Sacred Structures

 

Friends of the National Frontier Trails Center

 

Friends of the Truman Courthouse

 

Friends of the Truman Farm Home

 

Friends of Union Station

 

Frisco Train Depot

 

Frontier Army Museum

 

Glore Psychiatric Museum/St. Joseph State Psychiatric Hospital

 

Grain Valley (Missouri) Historical Society

 

Granada Theater

 

Grandview Depot Museum (Grandview Historical Society)

 

Grandview (Missouri) Historical Society

 

Grassland Heritage Foundation

 

Greater Kansas City National Hispanic Heritage Committee

 

Grinter Place Friends, Inc.

 

Grinter Place State Historic Site

 

Hallmark Visitors Center and Archives

 

Harkey House (William C. Harkey)

 

Harris-Kearney House

 

Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site

 

Harry S Truman Office and Courtroom

 

Harry S Truman Depot

 

Harry S Truman Farm Home

 

Harry S Truman Independence 76 Fire Company Historical Society

 

Harry S Truman National Historic Site

 

Harry S Truman Presidential Museum and Library

 

Harvey J. Higgins Historical Society

 

Haskell Cultural Center and Museum

 

Heart of America: A Journey Fourth (a national signature event by the

National Council of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial)

 

Heart of America Genealogical Society and Library, Inc.

 

Heart of America Indian Center

 

Heartland Fire Society Museum

 

Heartland Orthodox Christian Museum

 

Herbert Bonnell Museum (Weston, Missouri)

 

Heritage Commission of Independence

 

Heritage League of Greater Kansas City

 

The Higginsville Depot Museum

 

Historic Garment District Museum (Kansas City, Missouri)

 

Historic Kansas City Foundation

 

Historic Merriam (Kansas)

 

Historic Preservation Commission of Blue Springs

 

Historic Preservation Directory

 

Historical Society of Blue Valley

 

Hyde Park Neighborhood Association

 

Independence, Missouri, Historic Square

 

International Boilermakers Archives

 

Irish Museum and Cultural Heritage Center

 

Italo-American Cultural Foundation

 

Johnson County (Kansas) Genealogical Society

 

Jackson County (Missouri) Assessor (click on tax search)

 

Jackson County (Missouri) Genealogical Society

 

Jackson County (Missouri) Historical Societys Archives & Research Library

 

Jackson County (Missouri) Parks & Recreation Heritage Museums and Programs

 

Jackson County (Missouri) Probate Index

 

Jackson County (Missouri) Recorder of Deeds

(marriages online from January 2, 1969; deeds online from January 1, 1968)

 

Jesse James Bank Museum

 

Jesse James Home in St. Joseph, Missouri (Pony Express Historical Association)

 

Jesse James Farm Museum

 

Jewish-related resources

 

Johnson County (Kansas) Archives and Records Management

 

Johnson County (Kansas) Library, Kansas Room

 

Johnson County (Kansas) Museum of History

 

John Wornall House Museum