Minature Harpsicord that can play |
We visited the Toy and Miniatures Museum today. We weren’t
sure what to expect but this was an excellent museum. We spent most of our time
looking at the Miniatures, fascinated by some of the intricate wood working,
knitting, embroidery, and painting in such tiny dimensions. There were several
video exhibits showing how this work is done. Many of the minatures were done for doll
houses, which there are several on display, but others are just to recreate
rooms from earlier times.
Beacon Hill House |
We had lunch at Gates on Main Street, famous for Kansas City
Barbeque. The beef ribs and ham were really good, but we didn’t care for the
brisket and the platter was more than either of us could eat. We should have
split one.
Then on to the Steamboat Arabia museum. A family and friends spent a
million dollars finding and raising this wreck in the middle of a corn field.
It was a Missouri River Boat which hit a tree snag and quickly sank in 1856.
The boat was primarily bringing goods into Kansas and Nebraska to stock over 56
small general stores. So it was filled with the common goods of the day and it
provides a picture of the pre-civil-war era. It gives a very different picture
of Kansas, then what we get from our history books and movies. For example,
lots of fine china were found, most goods were manufactured, not hand crafted, and all the women’s earrings were for pierced ears. What wasn’t found were the
barrels of Kentucky bourbon that were supposed to have been on board. The iron
steam engine and the paddle wheels were also intact, but most of the wood of
the boat (except for the white oak used for stern, rudder and paddle wheels) had disintegrated.
We even met a member of the family who raised the river boat.
On a previous trip, we did the World War I museum in KansasCity which I highly recommend.
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