A Last Look At The Arabia Steamboat Museum

Note: **Website registration is required;** see link at the bottom.

Join us for a final, unhurried farewell to one of Kansas City’s most incredible underground time capsules before it closes its doors for good.

Long before concrete levies locked it into place, the Missouri River was a wild, unpredictable force of nature. When the historic *Steamboat Arabia* sank in 1856 after colliding with a massive submerged tree snag, it vanished completely from sight, buried under 45 feet of silt on what is now a quiet Missouri farm field.

**What we will discover inside:**

* **Mind-Blowing Scale & Treasures:** We'll wander through exhibits showcasing over **200,000 recovered items**—from remarkably preserved 1850s clothing, boots, and buttons to children's toys, China, guns, and even edible seeds that survived over a century underground.

* **The Magic of the Mud Vault:** Discover how heavy river silt created a natural, oxygen-free time capsule that locked out decay and froze a moment of frontie