KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Arabia Steamboat Museum, a popular destination for tourists, the curious and history buffs, announced Thursday that it will close in November 2026, when its lease expires. "All ...

The Arabia Steamboat Museum is still looking for a place to dock after Jefferson City announced last week that public funding would remain unavailable. But a local historian who initially proposed the ...

Kansas Citians and visitors have one last year to visit a unique museum in the city's River Market. The Arabia Steamboat Museum — commonly referred to as the Steamboat Arabia Museum — will close its ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - “All stories—even great ones—must come to an end." A fixture in Kansas City’s River Market is moving on after more than three decades. The Steamboat Arabia Museum announced ...

A steamboat museum is looking for a new port to call home. A number of communities have expressed interest in being that new home, and Missouri's Capital City is chief among them. The new Jefferson ...

KSHB 41 reporter Charlie Keegan covers politics in Kansas, Missouri and at the local level. A viewer asked KSHB 41 News to explore the reasons why the Arabia Steamboat Museum is closing its City ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For nearly 35 years, the Steamboat Arabia Museum has sat in the historic River Market neighborhood and has been considered a national treasure. But all good things must come to an ...

Holly Messinger, the textiles conservator at The Arabia Steamboat Museum, carefully laid out the pieces of a frock coat, an 1850’s relic recovered from the bottom of the Missouri River. “I am working ...