The Money Museum

Great to have a visit in this money museum. Uncle Sam does the money well. Mainly this museum is Federal Reserve of Kansas City. Tip - don't forget to grab the free money bag before you exit the museum. Those are shredded error printing money. It used to worth 83 dollars before it shredded. The entrance needs to go through the high security check. After that you can visit the museum section with collections of coins from Harry Truman. Some gold coin looks good. The museum also has a gold bar for you to lift. Then you can snap a few pictures with your pic in the $100 bill. Don't forget to visit the vault. This one of the few reserve save the gold here. It was great to see the robot delivered the money to the vault. The museum also has the old note you can see. The visit only need 45 minutes with detail or fun photo.

Super cool and free museum with a lot of insight into our nation's currency. To start, you'll be required to go through security which is a metal detector with armed security guards. After that, you're in the museum! There's a wall full of coins showing what was minted as far back as President Washington. You can try to lift a solid gold bar, watch cash processing in the back, and design your own currency! It's a good place to browse for an hour or two.

We decided to stop here during our random trip to Kansas City back in December, and it was a very fun and pleasant time. First off, it was warm inside the building, which was very nice after having walked up from Union Station to visit the museum. Upon entry, you are required to go through a metal detector and have your bags inspected, but it was easier than airport security. The museum itself is not very large, and you can easily get through it in 20-45 minutes depending on how much you want to read and how much time you want to spend here. During our visit, a very unique origami exhibit was on display featuring very cool origami balls and geometric shapes made out of different US currencies.Butcher highlight of the museum is no doubt the impressive collection of coins on the wall detailing how money has changed and evolved since 1776! Coins that were manufactured during each presidential term, from Washington to Grover Cleveland to Nixon, were all there for us to see. It is a unique piece of American history to behold. There is also a viewing area for you to learn and see the process of US dollar bills being recycled. It's a small museum but its coin collection is extremely impressive and hey, it's free! Can't be that!

I had visited the Chicago federal reserve money museum before and I wonder what's the difference in Kansas City one . the interactive video photo booth were very interesting. There's a 27 pound gold bar in display . The theater showing a film to explain the monetary policy and the function of federal reserve. It was very educational . It was amusing to see robots shipping around the bags of cash. This was a very fun and educational experience. At the end of tour, we got the chances to grab a bag of free money as souvenir. How nice!

Brought my mom for a free museum stop since we had an hour to kill. Prepare yourself for airport style security to enter the building, but it's quick and easy. Super interactive for little ones and tons of informational stops along the way. The gold bar was neat and the view of the vault was worth a stop. Super interesting to see the coin collection and learn about the history of money!

I homeschool my two older boys, and decided to check this place out while visiting KC since it was a free activity! It was pretty educational. Most things were over my 7yr olds head, but my 12yr old could understand most! They really enjoyed seeing some of the older coins and creating their own money designs, as well as the vault, and watching all the money being shredded. Definitely recommend checking this place out in general, but especially if you homeschool as it's a good way to get both history and economics regardless of child's grade/age!

**Covid Times** - Wear a damn mask. Highlights/Tips :+The museum itself is located on the main floor of the Kanas City Federal Reserve building. Since this is a Federal building, rules and regulations must be followed accordingly (i.e you must wear a mask due to federal mandate and go through TSA like security, so don't forget a government issued id).+ Monday - Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Follows the Federal/ Bank Holidays, so verify that they are open on the day you wish to visit+ Free Parking if you are driving+ Tickets are free; however, make sure to reserve you time slot ticket prior to arriving, as you might find that they are all gone for that time slot/day+The Vault Store and Quarter Machine are permanently closed. Guided Tours are temporarily suspended.+ You can pick up a free shred bag of money on your way out that is supposedly work about $83 + On display, you will find a replacement of Truman's coin collection due to his being stolen after his death.+ There are a bunch of interactive ( a few were not working) displays to cover basic 101 money things like inflation, savings, a balance budget, etc.+ In the back, you can view workers working to either shred or repackage money. I feel bad for them as they are on full display. + There is a theater that shows a film of about 15-20 minutes long that gives a quick history of the federal banking system as well as how/why there is one located in Kansas CityOverall a quick 30 minute - 1 hour way to spend an hour that won't cost you any money.

First of all, it's FREE! Needs to be stated before reading any further. It's only the bottom floor and has some cool reading boards, but nothing really spectacular. I did like the explanation of how the American banking system works-that really was educational. Best part was taking my picture in the dollar bill:)

Not to be confused with The Muddy Museum, which just has a bunch of people mud wrestling and is, well, much sexier than money. Although I guess for girls like Barbie and I, money should be the biggest turn on? It might be for her, less so for me.But if money does turn you on, then this museum will be the best lover you ever had.A very interesting museum in Kansas City, inthat it seems to be nothing like any other Museum that I have been to lately. I'm not fascinated by money but this is very eye opening and lots of surprising facts and cool things you'll see in here. And it won't cost... lol... too much money.Kansas City is full of really interesting stuff and you would never expect some of the things you'll find around here. Amazing buildings and great food and surprises... and this is just another example of that.

This was amazing! I loved the whole tour . It was very interesting to see all the money and get the history behind how it works. The movie was very educational. Staff is really friendly and I got to take my little bag that shredded money when I left