Artifacts & Archives
The museum has a large variety of items of interest from both historical and genealogical viewpoints. The holdings mostly pertain to Excelsior Springs and it's residents.
Historical Collections
- Amusements
- Banks
- Bath Houses
- Businesses & Buildings
- Cemeteries
- City Government
- Civic Organizations & Clubs
- Clinics & Hospitals
- Family Files
- Hotels & Apartments
- Military & Wars
- Mineral Water
- Parks
- Railroads
- Religion
- Schools
- Sports
- Streets
- Surrounding Towns
Genealogical Collections
- Family Bibles
- Genealogy Research Books
- Census (1880-1940)
- Church Directories
- City Directories
- Master Index
- Diaries
- Military Records
- Negatives (Hoyt & Strathman)
- Newspapers
- Obituaries from the local papers
- Photographs
- Photograph Albums
- Scrapbooks
- Telephone Directories
- High School Yearbooks
- Vertical Files
Artifacts
- Advertisement
- Audio Recordings
- Books & Magazines
- Business Equipment
- Calendars
- Cameras
- Clothing, Hats, Shoes
- Dishes & Kitchen Gadgets
- Furniture
- Indian artifacts
- Jewelry
- Maps
- Medical Equipment
- Military Uniforms & Artifacts
- Mineral Water Artifacts
- Mineral Water Bowl Memorabilia
- Phonograph Records
- Postcards
- Quilts
- Railroad Artifacts
- Signs
- Sports Equipment
- Tools
- Typesetting Equipment
- Typewriters
- Valentines, Christmas cards
- Video Recordings