Arabia Steamboat Museum

Arabia Steamboat Museum
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EstablishedNovember 13, 1991 (1991-11-13)
LocationRiver Market, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Coordinates39°06′35″N 94°34′53″W / 39.109778°N 94.581485°W / 39.109778; -94.581485
TypeHistory museum
CollectionsCargo of steamboat that sank in 1856
Collection size200 tons
Website1856.com

The Arabia Steamboat Museum is a history museum in Kansas City, Missouri, housing artifacts salvaged from the Arabia, a steamboat that sank in the Missouri River in 1856. The 30,000-square-foot museum opened on November 13, 1991, in the Kansas City River Market.[1] The museum is operated by the partners of River Salvage Inc., who excavated the Arabia, and claims to have the largest single collection of pre-Civil War artifacts in the world.[2]

  1. ^ Heaster, Jerry. "Arabia Museum Launched," The Kansas City Star. November 13, 1991.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference About the Museum was invoked but never defined (see the help page).