Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

I didn't actually go in but they were closed on Monday and I just took pictures in the surrounding areas but I will be going there pretty much soon so I can provide some more pictures but the guard that was there was very nice and he let me know that the museum was closed

VISITED July 18, 2023
If you are a baseball fan and enjoy learning history such as Negro ball players that contributed to the game of baseball, this museum is a must. You will need a good couple of hours to go through this small museum. There is so much to see and read from the beginning as early as the 1920's. If you are an empathetic person such as me, you will have some emotional moments reading what these pioneers of negro baseball endured. But they paved the path for the negro ball players that play today. The exhibits were quite informative and visually pleasing throughtout. From start to finish, you won't get bored. At the end you get to be apart of the negro ball field with replica statues of these legendary ball players.
Overall: You must visit while in Kansas City!

Wonderful view of history. This is a can't miss while you are in KC. You will love it too.

I went there for a special event that includes being able to walk through the full museum. It is such a gem of a place! I felt like I learned so much about Kansas City that I hadn't known before, not to mention all the crazy baseball facts.

My favorite part was all of the historic jerseys on display. Looking at the stitching and the fabrics and the pictures of the men who would have worn them... Man it made it so real and personal. The staff was warm and professional. You can tell they love what they do!

It isn't a huge museum, but there is a lot in there! If you take your time and read everything/check every display it could easily take a full afternoon. If you just want a quick skim (more of what I did) you could do it in about an hour and still come away with a deeper understanding of the history.

Definitely worth a visit!!

This was a great experience for me & my family. To see how the museum has all sorts of memorabilia. You can also sit in there & watch a brief video. The atmosphere was lovely, the customer service was outstanding. No hassle parking, showed bar codes on our cellphones for entry. The baseball caps, jerseys, & t-shirts were available for purchase. A must see museum

It was spiritual standing in the midst of all this greatness. I must come back, so I can spend hours soaking it all in and to spend time in the All American Jazz Museum

Excellent small museum packed with a wealth of info and memorabilia. I especially enjoyed the pre-Nego Leagues history. As a Cubs fan, Cap Anson is reprehensible. Nice mix of videos as well.

We were visiting Kansas City and St. Louis for some baseball games and stopped in to check out the museum—it was fantastic. It was small, but really the perfect size. It took us about an hour to go through at most. It was filled with a lot of memorabilia and facts, and even a small baseball field with historical players, which I loved. I’m glad we stopped in to see it. It’s also next door to the Jazz museum and you could purchase tickets to see both, or one or the other.

What a great way to spend a few hours. This place was great...love the history, even though the subject matter is far from awesome....seriously...any baseball fan needs to put this on their bucket list. There were some typos in some of the sinage, which was a little annoying, but it doesn't take away from the information. It was pretty hot in the museum, so take that into consideration, but the staff was nice and helpful, it was clean, and only $10!

Great place to learn about the history and integration of the game. It will take you about an hour to peruse if you're interested. Be sure to watch the film when you first walk in.

I really enjoyed the tour. The exhibits were so interesting and fact filled. I remembered some of the people presented as a young girl. As an educator, I highly recommend a visit to the Museum by schools near and far.

It is a great place to go and learn about this part of our history. A lot of pictures, descriptions, artifacts, and educational films throughout. I stopped and red the majority of items and watched the films, and it took about 2 hours to go through. Tickets purchased in the baseball gift shop. If you plan on going to the jazz museum as well take your recipt to the jazz gift shop for $2 off that ticket.

A great museum that really brings to life a period of history long forgotten or ignored by many fans of the past. Like Cooperstown or Wrigley, this is a must visit for all baseball fans in their life. Those that are more casual fans will learn a lot, while more knowledgable veterans will still appreciate the artifacts and deep cut info. I’m excited to see the museum grow.

Professionally done. When you go inside it's as if you are still outside before you enter ( brick exterior) You are then taken into a time machine and chronologically walk through the Negro league story by old posters, artifacts, short movies, props, a mini baseball field, actual seats, life sized mannequins, and how nationally impactful the Negro Leagues and the Monarchs were to the modern sport of baseball. It's as if you lived back then. Your self guided tour exits through the gift shop. A must see venue that isco- located with the mini theater that tells the 18th and Vine Story and also the Jazz museum. This place has captured this particular Era in Kansas City; the Harlem Renaissance of the Midwest.

There is so much great information at this museum, all presented in an interesting way. I've been here a couple of times and find something new to learn.

A must see for out-of-town visitors and for those of us who are tourists in our own city.

This is a Great experience. If you have ever liked or loved Baseball or want to learn something new or just remember what you already know. The experience is enriched with videos and lots of really cool areas of memorabilia and lots of information. Highly recommend.

Equality demands this museum and the reality that our country's failure to desegregation kept us from the best baseball we could love. Obviously our country, in all its capacity, would have been better with desegregation beyond baseball. This museum highlights amazing players who's names we know today. They were instrumental and historical players who changes America and baseball.

This is a Kansas City gem in the 18th and Vine neighborhood. I highly recommend a visit! My husband and I were lucky to join a tour given by the president of the museum who was extremely knowledgeable and a talented storyteller. He provided a thoughtful look at the history of the league and its wider cultural impact. The exhibits are well done, if a little tight in spots. My favorite was the field with life sized player statues. The museum is a short walk to a memorial site for the old municipal stadium. (Anyone else remember attending games there?) We postponed our visit to the adjacent Jazz museum to savor our experience and finished the day with BBQ at Arthur Bryant's.

Very nice, informative and has great historical value.

A national treasure! A must visit, and not just for baseball fans. A tremendous amount of info. A lot of reading - difficult to get through it all, especially when it's crowded as it's hard to read much of the small print more than one person at a time. I only got to see one of the videos, which was not in its own viewing room. Hard to hear unless you're right up next to the screen, there's no closed captions, so impossible for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Would also be nice if there were more interactive exhibits, especially for young kids.