Arabia Steamboat Museum

Arabia Steamboat Museum
EstablishedNovember 13, 1991 (1991-11-13)
LocationRiver Market, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Coordinates39°06′35″N 94°34′53″W / 39.109778°N 94.581485°W / 39.109778; -94.581485
TypeHistory museum
CollectionsCargo of steamboat that sank in 1856
Collection size200 tons
Website1856.com

The Arabia Steamboat Museum is a history museum in Kansas City, Missouri, housing artifacts salvaged from the Arabia, a steamboat that sank in the Missouri River in 1856. The 30,000-square-foot museum opened on November 13, 1991, in the Kansas City River Market. The museum is operated by the partners of River Salvage Inc., who excavated the Arabia, and claims to have the largest single collection of pre-Civil War artifacts in the world.