This former mansion hotel is now a wonderful museum. It is in St. Joseph and is right next door to the Jesse James house. Inside the huge museum is separated into rooms that contain so many things to looks at. There's a barber shop full of things from (I can't remember the time period, but it was all old pioneer type things). There was a post office, bank, printer and much much more. To make the museum a little more interesting for little ones we were able to do a scavenger hunt. Inside each room there was something that didn't belong. For example in the gas station there was a bowl of plastic fruit. In other rooms there might be a picture of Elvis or Marilyn Monroe. The kids didn't always get it, but they still kept looking for what didn't belong.
Also inside this building was a train depot with a train to climb on. A saloon. A toy shop with lots of old toys. Old cars. And a replica of a 1920's carasel. The kids got to ride it and they loved it. It was beautiful.
We could have explored for hours and hours, but with all of our little ones we just did the basic tour. I would definitely go back though.
2 comments:
Wow, looks like u've found lots of fun things to do. That is a pretty awesome merry-go-round. I wouldn't mind a ride on it myself.
Wow, when Hunter goes to school and the teacher asks what did you do this summer, he's not going to stop talking until Jan.
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