101 Things to Do in Kansas City, Missouri

1. Visit the Kansas City Zoo

2. Hear the Kansas City Symphony perform at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

3. Watch a contemporary opera performance by the Lyric Opera of Kansas

4. Kansas City Museum

5. Watch a performance by the Kansas City Repertory Theatre

6. See a performance by the Kansas City Ballet

7. Attend the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival

8. Watch the Sporting Kansas City (formerly the Wizards) play at the Sporting Park

9. Eat or go shopping in Brookside or attend the Brookside art annual

10. Go shopping at The Legends Outlets

11. Visit the Strawberry Hill Museum and Cultural Center

12. Jump around at Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park

13. Visit the American Jazz Museum

14. Visit the Liberty Memorial and National World War I Museum

15. Take a Hallmark Cards Tour at the Crown Center Complex

16. Attend the Kansas City Renaissance Festival

17. See the Airline History Museum located in the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport

18. Visit the National Toy and Miniature Museum

19. Shop for local produce at the City Market, a large farmers market

20. Visit Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

21. Check out a jazz club at the infamous18th and Vine District

22. Visit the Steamboat Arabia Museum

23. Cool off at Schlitterbahn Kansas City Waterpark

24. View the ever changing hands on exhibits at Science City in Union Station

25. Take a Harley-Davidson factory tour

26. Visit the Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site where his original painting are on display

27. See the fountains around Kansas City (there are over 200) like the ones pictured below at Crown Center

28. watch a 3D movie or have a bite to eat at the historic Union Station,

29. Appreciate the art during First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts District

30. Attend the Plaza Art Fair

31. Go golfing at Swope Memorial Golf Course

32. Kansas City Irish Fest

33. Heart of America Shakespeare Festival,

34. Taste some famous barbeque at Bryant's or Gates

35. Hear the Kansas City Symphony perform,

36. See some live trading at Kansas City Board of Trade

37. Take a tour of the Community Christian Church

38. Hear a concert at the Sprint Center

39. Go sledding on "Suicide Hill"

40. See the Kansas City Public Library

 

41. John Wornall House Museum

42. Research your family history or see the exhibits at the National Archives at Kansas City

43. Take a tour of The Money Museum at the Federal Reserve Bank

44. Irish Museum and Cultural Center

45. Shoal Creek Living History Museum

46. See the exhibits at the Trailside Center, or just ask for directions at this museum/tourist center

47. Taste some beer at Boulevard Brewing Company Tour

48. Visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

49. Cheer on the Kansas City Royals at the Kaufman Stadium

50. Lakeside Nature Center

51. Stay at CoCo Key Water Resort, or get a day pass to the water park.

52. Watch the Plaza Lighting ceremony held Thanksgiving night

53. Korean War Veterans Memorial Kansas City

54. Watch a play at Coterie Theatre

55. Powell Gardens

56. Go to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

57. and see the Shuttlecocks outside 

58. Attend the American Royal rodeo and horse show which is kicked off with a major two day barbeque

59. Watch the Kansas City Roller Warriors female derby team kick some butt

60. Kansas City Scottish Highland Games

61. Pick blueberries or blackberries at the Berry Patch

62. Bingham-Wagner estate

63. Visit the Battle of Little Blue River site and Battle of Westport sites where battles in the Civil War took place.

64. Check out the Power and Light (entertainment) District

65.  Kansas City Chiefs play at Arrowhead Stadium

66. Kansas City Sculpture Park

67. Sea Life Kansas City Aquarium

68. Grinter Place State Historic Site

69. Watch some free Summer movies; Free Friday Night Flicks at Crown Center, or movies at Pharaoh Theater or Legends 14 at Village West has free movies on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings throughout June and July.

70. Get scared at the for haunted houses that make up the Edge of Hell

71. Go shopping at Country Club Plaza

72. See an expo at the Kansas City Convention Theatre

73. LEGOLAND Discovery Center

74. Alexander Majors Home

75. Blow off some steam at 280 Paintball, an outdoor paintball field

76. Take a romantic boat ride with Ambiance on the water

77. Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center features hiking trails and a nature center

78. Let the kids learn about gardening at the Beanstalk Children's Garden

79. Cave Spring Historic Site & Nature Center

80. Take a tour of Chip's Chocolate Factory

81. Laugh til you hurt at Comedy City

82. Go ice skating during the winter months at Crown Center Ice Terrace

83. Pick a pumpkin, go on a hayride or visit the petting zoo at Faulkner's Ranch

84. Watch a film or live theatre at Gem Theatre

85. Go swimming at the Gladstone Community Theatre

86. Go bowling at Z Strike or AMF

87. Gottlieb Planetarium

88. Grammy Museum Experience

89. The Bay Water Park

90. See a musical or theatre production at the Starlight Theatre




91.  Kaleidescope by hallmark cards is a free place where kids can be creative with different leftover materials from Hallmark,

92. Learn about Kansas City clothing factories at the Kansas City Historic Garment District Museum

93. Make your own pottery at KC Clay Guild

94.  Watch a live performance at the KC Repertory Theatre

95. Watch a play at the remodeled Midland by AMC

96. View the  2 acre Ewing and Muriel Kauffman Memorial Garden

97. Watch a NFL game at Arrowhead Stadium

98. Take a walk around the small lake or see the rosé garden at Loose Park

99. Watch a movie at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

100. Missouri Town 1855

101. Take a tour through The Beast a four story haunted house for Halloween,

102. Laugh-O-Gram Studio, a film studio which was apparently the place of inspiration Mickey Mouse (currently under renovation)