EPIC Old School Kansas City House Rebuilt

A quick share on a new look at local history AND because the legacy of home ownership is quickly becoming the stuff of legend . . .

"The 1855 Harris-Kearney House Museum has been under wraps for the past 18 months undergoing extensive renovations. On July 21, the Westport Historical Society will hold a grand reopening of the museum, and Euston hopes the changes there will be deeper than wallpaper and paint.

"Like many regional institutions around the country, the staff at Kansas City’s oldest two-story brick house has been reevaluating the history presented at the museum."

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Harris-Kearney Museum to reopen after renovations to tell the 'full story' of Kansas City's founding

After 18 months of renovations, the historic Westport home will serve again as a center for stories from the old western frontier. 'We need to tell the story of enslavement and the Native American tribes that were affected by the settlement,' one historian says.