Shoal Creek Living History Museum

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Shoal Creek Living History Museum The facility is open daily for self-guided walking tours. The buildings date from 1807-1885. Tours, weddings and school programs are available by appointment.

Shoal Creek Living History Museum
Located in Hodge Park - Kansas City, MO
Operated by Shoal Creek Association
Completely Volunteer Group
not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) Organization The area features 20 structures, including clapboard houses, a school, antebellum brick mansion home, a church, and log cabins. Covering more than 80 acres of beautiful rolling hills in Kansas City North's Hodge Park, the museum dedicates itself to bringing the 19th century Missouri to life through special events, programs, tours and reenactments. The facility is open each day for walking tours from dawn to dusk. During the summer, weather permitting, the buildings are open so visitors may view the interiors through closed gates. Private tours are available by reservation. The site hosts many special events throughout the year.

🎃 CALLING ALL 1890 COSTUME CONTESTANTS! 🎃🏆 ONE COSTUME CONTEST AT 1:00PMPrizes for the top 3 adults and top 3 children d...
10/22/2026

🎃 CALLING ALL 1890 COSTUME CONTESTANTS! 🎃

🏆 ONE COSTUME CONTEST AT 1:00PM
Prizes for the top 3 adults and top 3 children dressed in their 1890 attire!
Whether you're a pioneer, scarecrow, or a little prairie child, we want to see your historical creativity!

Event time: 10 AM – 3 PM
Place: Shoal Creek Living History Museum, Hodge Park, Kansas City

Come for the costumes, stay for the history, demonstrations, pony rides, games, and old-fashioned autumn fun!

NO trick-or-treating — just a celebration of the past!

ITINERARY for October 24th, 2026🍂 1890 MIDWEST HALLOWED EVENT SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:10:00 AM — Celebration Begins!1:00 PM —...
10/15/2026

ITINERARY for October 24th, 2026

🍂 1890 MIDWEST HALLOWED EVENT

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
10:00 AM — Celebration Begins!
1:00 PM — 1890 Costume Contest. In front of the Shields Mercantile
Adults and children are welcome to participate in our period-inspired costume contest! Top 3 in each division.
**PLEASE NOTE: There will be ONE costume contest only, beginning at 1:00 PM.
3:00 PM — Event Concludes

PONY RIDES:
11:30 AM–1:00 PM
Near the Hughes Cabins
Cost: $5 per rider
IMPORTANT: Pony rides MUST be paid for at the Admissions Gate BEFORE proceeding to the pony ride area.

ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY:
Pumpkin Face Drawing Craft — Eldorado Schoolhouse
1800s Hallowed Stories — Eldorado Schoolhouse
Old-Fashioned Period Games & Activities
Artisan Demonstrations:
-Hearth Cooking
-Blacksmith Demonstrations
-Soldier Encampment

Shields Mercantile Open for Shopping

Historic Buildings — Open for viewing, with interior access dependent on volunteer availability.

A LITTLE HALLOWEEN HISTORY!
Trick-or-treating wasn't a widespread American tradition in 1890. Instead, Halloween celebrations featured games, storytelling, simple costumes, and community gatherings.
This is NOT a trick-or-treating event.
Come experience Halloween as it might have been celebrated in the Midwest in 1890!

ADMISSION:
Adults & children 10 and older: $10
Children ages 3–9: $5
Children 2 and under: FREE
We look forward to welcoming you for a day of history and old-fashioned fun!

HALLOWEEN — 1890 STYLE! Did you know trick-or-treating WAS NOT a tradition in the Midwest during the 1890s?Door-to-door ...
10/15/2026

HALLOWEEN — 1890 STYLE!

Did you know trick-or-treating WAS NOT a tradition in the Midwest during the 1890s?
Door-to-door trick-or-treating didn't become widespread in America until the 20th century!
Halloween celebrations centered around simple costumes, games, storytelling, and community gatherings.

We are having a COSTUME CONTEST for
ADULTS AND CHILDREN who are dressed in 1890's period costumes.
Prizes will be given to the top 3 in each category.

October 24 | 10 AM–3 PM

***Please remember this is not a trick-or-treat event — just an old-fashioned Halloween celebration!

We had a few interesting visitors to Shoal Creek Living History Museum today!
10/12/2026

We had a few interesting visitors to Shoal Creek Living History Museum today!

10/07/2026

Come see us October 24th from 10am-3pm.

****CORRECTION ON TIME. 11:30am not 11:00amPony rides are back for the October 24th event. Time for rides: 11:30am-1pmPa...
10/03/2026

****CORRECTION ON TIME. 11:30am not 11:00am

Pony rides are back for the October 24th event.

Time for rides: 11:30am-1pm
Pay at admissions.

1890 COSTUME CONTEST — YOUTH & ADULTS for the October 24th event.Time for the contest will be announced closer to the ev...
09/28/2026

1890 COSTUME CONTEST — YOUTH & ADULTS for the October 24th event.
Time for the contest will be announced closer to the event.

Wondering what to wear? Don't overthink it—and don't feel like you need to buy an expensive costume!

1890-inspired costumes can be incredibly simple. Raid the closet or thrift store and get creative!

Try oversized or mismatched clothing, clothes worn inside out or backward, suspenders and rolled-up trousers, an apron and bonnet, a straw hat, patched farm clothes, a simple sheet ghost, homemade paper mask, scarecrow or simple witch.

Or come dressed as someone you might have met in the 1890s—a farmhand, school child, teacher, shopkeeper, preacher, blacksmith, pioneer, or an everyday 1890s lady or gentleman.

🏆 Youth & Adult Divisions — Top 3 in each!
Modern costumes are welcome at the event, but only 1890-inspired costumes will be eligible for judging.
Simple. Homemade. Creative. 1890.

A brand new event this year! This is NOT a Trick or Treat event like in our previous years.It's a real celebration of ho...
09/28/2026

A brand new event this year!

This is NOT a Trick or Treat event like in our previous years.

It's a real celebration of how Halloween was celebrated in the midwest in 1890.

Lots of fun things planned and YES we will have PONY RIDES!

More details to follow.

09/28/2026

Shoal Creek Living History Museum Event September 26th, 1886

Shoal Creek Living History Museum Event September 26th, 1886
09/28/2026

Shoal Creek Living History Museum Event September 26th, 1886

Address

7000 NE Barry Road
Kansas City, MO
64156

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm
Saturday 8am - 6pm
Sunday 8am - 6pm

Telephone

+18167922655

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