palmerit Posted Monday at 06:04 PM #1 Posted Monday at 06:04 PM (edited) We stumbled on the Arabia Steamboat Museum in Kansas City this weekend. It’s currently in the City Market downtown but will have to close down and relocate in Nov 2026. I talked with the son of one of the guys who found it. They were originally on a treasure hunt and planned to sell whatever they found but instead taught themselves how to restore the artifacts. They said it’ll be another 15 years before they restore everything they found. They said if they can secure funding they hope to uncover the Malta, another of the hundreds on steamboats that sunk along the Missouri. The Arabia is from the settlement era from the 1850s and was filled with items destined for mercantile shops. The Malta is from the fur trapper era. There is on scratch build of the Arabia built by @Cathead I’ve posted just a few of the photos. After seeing a gift shop on ground level with Beanie babies and sadly not a single book on steamboats or the steamboat era, our expectations were low. But it was pretty cool. Outside the KC Lyric Opera, which was why we were in KC, there isn’t a ton to do (some great restaurants). If you’re in KC, make a trip to the Arabia. (And grab a sandwich at Pigwich). Edited Monday at 06:14 PM by palmerit dcicero 1 Current Builds: Sherbourne 1763 (Vanguard Models), Ranger 1864 (Vanguard Models), San Francisco Bay Scow Schooner (Midwest Products), Gunboat Philadelphia (Model Shipways) In the Queue: Oseberg (Ships of Pavel Nikiten), Zulu 1900 (Vanguard Models), Endurance (Occre), Syren US Brig 1803 (Model Shipways), Duchess of Kingston (Vanguard Models) Completed Builds: Lowell Grand Banks Dory (Model Shipways), 18th-Century Merchantman Half-Hull Planking Kit (NRG), Norwegian Pram (Model Shipways), Endurance (Lego), Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack (Model Shipways), Grand Banks Dory (Midwest Products)
palmerit Posted Monday at 06:10 PM Author #2 Posted Monday at 06:10 PM @Cathead also has posts on their research: Current Builds: Sherbourne 1763 (Vanguard Models), Ranger 1864 (Vanguard Models), San Francisco Bay Scow Schooner (Midwest Products), Gunboat Philadelphia (Model Shipways) In the Queue: Oseberg (Ships of Pavel Nikiten), Zulu 1900 (Vanguard Models), Endurance (Occre), Syren US Brig 1803 (Model Shipways), Duchess of Kingston (Vanguard Models) Completed Builds: Lowell Grand Banks Dory (Model Shipways), 18th-Century Merchantman Half-Hull Planking Kit (NRG), Norwegian Pram (Model Shipways), Endurance (Lego), Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack (Model Shipways), Grand Banks Dory (Midwest Products)
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