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.

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The John Wornall House Museum

4.6

Based on 140 reviews

Laura Sprague

3 months ago

Nguyen Dao

5 months ago

No.nickname

7 months ago

I love museums like this, with the house all set up similar to what it would've been. Very interesting to learn about. . .the only issue were the stairs inside (a bit steep) but there's nothing they could do about that

Denise Armor

11 months ago

Very informative.

Neal Thurman

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Diana Staresinic-Deane

3 years ago

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

3 years ago

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

Odalys Sage

3 years ago

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

Jeffery Pralle

3 years ago

History, so worth it.

richard mooney jr

3 years ago

Great looks great everybody should go

Abi Olson

4 years ago

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

4 years ago

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

8 years ago

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!