Blue Rapids Museum

Blue Rapids Museum Located on the famous round town square in the heart of Blue Rapids Kansas.

09/01/2026

Blue Rapids Community Foundation Match Day is September 14, 2026. Donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you

Here is the form with the right zip code.
08/29/2026

Here is the form with the right zip code.

Match Day is approaching. On the original flyers that were sent out the ZIP Code for the address to mail in payments was wrong. The correct ZIP Code is 66411 which is for Blue Rapids. Please use the new form included.

Join us.
08/29/2026

Join us.

We are TWO ✌ weeks away from Blue Rapids Circle of Giving Match Day!!

Have you made your plan to donate? Visit our website to see all the ways you can donate to make a difference in our community: bluerapidsmatchday.com/ways-to-give

If you ever have a chance to go see the museum make the time.
08/26/2026

If you ever have a chance to go see the museum make the time.

September 5, 1856. The steamboat Arabia sinks in the Missouri River near Kansas City, carrying over 200 tons of cargo straight to the bottom.

For more than a century, the wreck sat buried under farmland after the river shifted its course, completely forgotten. In 1988, a team of excavators finally uncovered it, pulling up an astonishingly preserved time capsule of 1850s goods, from tools to dishware to bottled goods still sealed. It remains one of the most remarkable river archaeology finds in American history, and much of it is now on display in Kansas City.

It's incredible that an entire steamboat's cargo sat perfectly preserved under a cornfield for over a century. Have you ever visited the Arabia Steamboat Museum?





08/22/2026

Arlington Gardens progress

08/16/2026

Monday August 16, at 1:00 Rev Earl Underwood will be doing a genealogy program. He will also be donating 63 years of research on the Reedy Family. 11,330 names and 5 volumes. Stop in and see what that looks like.

We have 1 Rose bush left.
08/09/2026

We have 1 Rose bush left.

Look who greeted me this morning when I arrived at the Blue Rapids Museum. Gold finches.
08/08/2026

Look who greeted me this morning when I arrived at the Blue Rapids Museum. Gold finches.

We only have these two rose bushes left! Please stop in the Museum to claim one if interested.
08/06/2026

We only have these two rose bushes left! Please stop in the Museum to claim one if interested.

Address

36 Public Square
Blue Rapids, KS
66411

Opening Hours

Thursday 1pm - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 12pm

Telephone

(785) 713-9733

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