John Wornall House Museum

Come see this Civil War-Era Home

What makes it fun

The Wornall House, built in 1858, is one of the few Civil War-era homes still standing in Kansas City. During the Battle of Westport, it served as a field hospital. The Wornall Museum is built to look like it did in 1858 and contains numerous objects that belonged to the Wornall family in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The mansion also houses Civil War and Battle of Westport antiquities.

Google Reviews

The John Wornall House Museum

4.6

Based on 127 reviews

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Diana Staresinic-Deane

15:40 07 Oct 23

A fascinating house museum that tackles the complex stories of slavery, the Battle of Westport, and the influential Wornall family. Our house interpreter was incredibly knowledgeable and had a knack for giving is space to explore while also showing up exactly when we had a question. Today, it's hard to imagine that this house once stood in a large farm field! The overall experience made us want to delve into local history even more.

Chrysocolla Quartz

13:54 03 Oct 23

Beautiful historic home. Guide was helpful! Definitely haunted, and a cool place to check out if you enjoy history or just beautiful oldHomes!

Odalys Sage

23:43 30 Sep 23

Very educational and interesting. Our first time to Kansas City and it helped update us on the history timeline.

Jeffery Pralle

16:56 29 Sep 23

History, so worth it.

richard mooney jr

19:50 12 Aug 23

Great looks great everybody should go

Abi Olson

21:48 08 Sep 22

Loved this tour! I actually did it with my family back in 2017 and I remember the feeling that came over me when I was walking around listening to the stories and looking over the old items. I came across this photo from the tour again today and realized I never reviewed it. I actually reached out to the tour guides after we finished ours because I wanted to know more about the mirror itself and it’s previous location and owner. I was smiling when this photo was taken but when I checked my photos afterwards it showed this shadowed figure and a light orb off to the side with my face distorted as well as something shaded over my hand that was holding my phone. Whether you’re into paranormal findings or history this tour is a must see.

P G

04:42 30 Jul 22

Great place to go to learn more local Civil War history! We were the first ones there and enjoyed the whole house to ourselves on our self-guided tour. We probably should’ve chosen the guided tour (and highly recommend that since there is SO much information), but we still learned a lot about the Wornall family. We spent about 1hr 20min there total, but it honestly didn’t even feel that long at all! Highly recommend!

Sarah Herzberger

00:40 10 Oct 18

I am part of a team called Central paranormal researchers. We did a paranormal investigation at the John worrall house. We loved everything about this house. The details and the old items were so amazing!