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Patee House Museum


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 24 attractions in Saint Joseph
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Attraction type: Museum, Specialty museum
Address: 12th & Penn Saint Joseph, MO 64503
Tel: 816-232-8206

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5 of 5 stars
roadwarriorvet   11 contributions
Kansas City
Oct 11, 2009

This museum is by far the best museum I have ever seen that captures the true authenticity of how people lived back in the 1800s. It shows off the movement West and really centers in on a time past. It should be a permenant part of the Smithsonian collection of museums and there should be Federal government support and involvement... more

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4 of 5 stars
zippy608   180 contributions
Wakefield, MA
Sep 14, 2009

This really wasn't on my list of things to see, but we were visiting the Jesse James house which is right next door so my husband said "Let's check it out". I'm sure glad we did!!!! What a great museum. If you visit I would plan on spending anywhere from 1-2 hours. As a sidenote: The Patee House opened in... more

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5 of 5 stars
RVGypsies   7 contributions
On-the-Road
Jul 24, 2008

This museum was voted one of the 10 best Western museums by some magazine and after 10 minutes inside, I knew why. It doesn't look that big from the outside, although it is a big building but inside, it is filled with antiques in prefect shape from the 1800's. There is a replica of a downtown street in St. Joe... more

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5 of 5 stars
OlGrumpy   2 contributions
St. Joseph, Missouri
Dec 29, 2006

A visit to Patee House is like walking back through time, the displays touch on about every walk of life found in the early years of St. Joseph, Missouri. Antiques abound, and it gives one a chance to pause, and reflect on what life must have been like, in that bygone era. I live in St. Joseph, and yet, I... more

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4 of 5 stars
Truckertaxman   7 contributions
Moscow Mills, MO
Jul 1, 2006
1/1 found this review helpful

This exihibit had a variety of different displays. The building has been so many different things over the years and the various displays provided information on many. Some beautiful examples of furniture used in eariler days as well as a miniture town complete with a train engine inside the building. There was something for everyone and every age in the... more

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Patee House Museum Address

12th & Penn, Saint Joseph, MO 64503
Tel: 816-232-8206