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American Jazz Museum, Kansas City

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The American Jazz Museum is a jazz museum in the historic 18th and Vine district of Kansas City, Missouri. The museum preserves the history of American jazz music, with exhibits on Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and others. Nested within the museum is a fully functioning jazz club, The Blue Room, which holds live performances multiple nights a week.
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  • By johannasheehy
    Staff is super friendly and this well put together museum is really worth the time. Great gift shop. I learned so much about this truly American music and the creative people who left such a rich... 
    Staff is super friendly and this well put together museum is really worth the time. Great gift shop. I learned so much about this truly American music and the creative people who left such a rich...  more »
  • By Alyda M
    Great combo tickets for the Jazz museum and the Museum of Negro League baseball. A lot of interactive pieces along the historic timeline of jazz in America. Also, a nice performance by Preston... 
    Great combo tickets for the Jazz museum and the Museum of Negro League baseball. A lot of interactive pieces along the historic timeline of jazz in America. Also, a nice performance by Preston...  more »
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  • By Alex Demas
    I enjoyed this museum-it had a lot of good information, and it was interesting to learn the role Kansas City played in the development of jazz. I only knew New Orleans, New York and Chicago. My only complaint is that there doesn’t seem to be any organization to the museum. Exhibits seem to be randomly placed.
  • By Ms Carey
    This was a fun experience. There is a lot of listening stations, a replica of an old school jazz room, very fun experience. Wasn't too familiar with jazz so I can't say I knew everything there but I definitely learned a lot !
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