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American Jazz Museum


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #28 of 64 attractions in Kansas City
Traveler Description:
As a testament to Kansas City, the mother of swing and Bebop, this museum evokes the living spirit of jazz legends and chronicles the history of jazz...... more » As a testament to Kansas City, the mother of swing and Bebop, this museum evokes the living spirit of jazz legends and chronicles the history of jazz and its greatest performers. « less
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Attraction type: Specialty museum, Other
Activities: Leisure education
Address: 1616 E 18th St Kansas City, MO 64108
Tel: 816 474 8463

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2 of 5 stars
Spiderpig41   151 contributions
Lancashire England
Nov 6, 2009

A very poor effort indeed. If like me you are a music fan and even though Jazz is not my most used genre I had to visit as it is music history. I could have learned more reading Trumeters Weekly Bugle. OK you can see, read a little and listen to some greats, Parker, Ellington, Fitzgerald and Armstrong, there is... more

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4 of 5 stars
hatlad   120 contributions
Jan 18, 2009

I don't know if there's enough in this museum by itself to make it a Wow experience like that other poster said too. But, do it in combo with the baseball museum and it's well worth the additonal $2 and time. The Jazz museum does have quite a few informative stations about the 4 greats - Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington,... more

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2 of 5 stars
dr12   35 contributions
Saint Louis, Missouri
Nov 6, 2007

The American Jazz Museum is not worth the price of admission. The exhibits primarily consist of listening stations and little else. The museum is small and only has information on a handful of jazz artists. I was expecting to see a lot of memorabilia and biographical details about the jazz artists, but left without learning much of anything. I was... more

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3 of 5 stars
zoohouse   90 contributions
Warsaw, IN
May 29, 2006

This museum contains a lot of wonderful musical examples that can be listened to throughout. However, I was expecting a really tastefully done museum and this was not it. Difficult to follow, not worth the $6.00 a person that we paid. The free jazz art exhibit they had displayed in the same building was much more poignant and touching. more

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American Jazz Museum Address

1616 E 18th St, Kansas City, MO 64108
Tel: 816 474 8463