1. City Market and Arabia Steamboat Museum
City Market is a 150 year old historical gathering place with an eclectic mix of merchants overseeing shops and stands with fresh produce, ethnic foods and groceries, and unique gifts. In this interesting amalgam of people shopping and selling, you can hear over seven languages spoken daily! The Arabia Steamboat Museum displays the artifacts found in the Arabia Steamboat which sank in 1856 and was resurrected intact in the 1990’s.

2. Crossroads Art District
Once-vacant buildings now house unique shops, restaurants and a thriving art scene. This district is an interesting study of re-imagining the use of spaces to re-invent a neighborhood!

3. Federal Reserve Bank Money Museum
Inside the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City access interactive exhibits. Guests learn about the nation’s financial system, banking, the economy and the Federal Reserve. How people pay for things, how monetary policy decisions affect us. Check out the cash vault that is four stories high, and lift a gold bar valued close to $400,000. **Photo ID required for visitors 18 or older.

4. Guadalupe Center
a. Located on Cesar E. Chavez Avenida in the Westside, this Center has been providing services to Latino populations for over 85 years. Close by, a community center, park spaces, murals and galleries help define this neighborhood for the Latino community.
b. The Mattie Rhodes Art Center and Gallery houses two and three dimensional Latino arts. This is a great time of year to experience the Latino culture and the Day of the Dead holiday. An added bonus: from the high vista of the Center one can get a great view of the surrounding area. The area has some of the oldest houses in Kansas City.

5. Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Opening in 1994, the museum has a rapidly growing collection of contemporary works of art from artists around the world and is itself an architectural expression of contemporary art.

6. Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology
One of the world’s greatest libraries of science, engineering and technology with more than a million volumes in its collection, including rare books from the 15th century—Gutenberg's era.

7. National World War I Museum and Liberty Memorial
The state-of-the-art Museum gives you the chance to explore and discover the nation’s most extensive assembly of artifacts, photography, art and narratives of the Great War ever presented in a single collection. The Museum introduces the war in unprecedented ways – through visual and audio sensory stimulation that molds an unforgettable experience in the minds of all visitors – young and old.

8. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Sculpture Park
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art joins two buildings of differing architecture into a visual wonder holding world class art. It is surrounded by the 22 acre Kansas City Sculpture Park, home to the largest collection of Henry Moore sculptures. The Bloch Building of the Museum is to be experienced during the day and later in the night. The Museum is open on Thursdays until 9:00 p.m.

9. Toy and Miniature Museum
This specialty museum, located on UMKC's campus, is a 38-room house that boasts the largest collection of nostalgic toys, fine-scale miniatures and marbles in the Midwest. This is a journey through the evolution of childhood that offers a glimpse into values and virtues of other cultures and times.

10. Union Station and the Freight District
Standing proudly in the middle of the East–West U. S. transportation path, Union Station, a restored 1914 railroad hub and currently a stop on the Los Angeles to Chicago Amtrak, this site includes an interpretive exhibit telling the history of the building, its architecture, engineering, construction, and preservation. Additional entrance fee activities are housed inside the building. The Freight District adjoins Union Station and consists of renovated warehouses that now have been rejuvenated by a major art and civic redevelopment initiative.

11. Westport
a. The site of a bustling outpost and Civil War combat, the Westport area is now home to boutiques and an array of restaurants and watering holes. As a neighborhood, it is easily identifiable with 19th century charm.
b. Nearby on 39th Street West is a wonderful collection of ethnic restaurants and shopping. A few blocks away is the Thomas Hart Benton Historic home.

12. 18th and Vine District
This is the heart of the jazz legacy and the epicenter of the African-American community. $Fee also includes Negro Baseball League Museum and the Jazz Museum. $To the south is the Black Archives dedicated to collecting and preserving the history of African-Americans in the Midwest. Note: evenings you can hear live jazz at The Blue Room or the Mutual Musicians Foundation.