Textiles conservator Holly Messinger displayed a deteriorated button from a men’s frock coat she was preserving at the Arabia ...

Jump in the bean-themed ball pit, solve a pork puzzle and pose with a championship mustard belt at the new Museum of BBQ ...

After six years of hard work, Jonathan Bender’s dream of opening the Museum of BBQ in Kansas City is coming to fruition.

Overnight thunderstorms left parts of the metro with downed trees and power outages, and there is another chance for storms ...

Libraries in Kansas City, Missouri and outside the city are worried about losing programing with proposed federal cuts.

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From the American Royals’ World Series of BBQ to the Great Lenexa BBQ Battle, and now, to the “world’s first museum dedicated to barbecue,” Kansas City is the king of great ...

FRANK MORRIS, BYLINE: The Museum of BBQ is in a mall. You walk through the gift shop to reach an eight-foot-tall industrial-looking door with gauges, big handle. Jonathan Bender is the founder.

KANSAS CITY IS KNOWN FOR ITS LEGENDARY BARBECUE, AND NOW YOU’LL BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE IT IN A WHOLE NEW WAY. THE GROUND CENTER WILL SOON BE HOME TO THE WORLD’S FIRST BARBECUE MUSEUM.

The Museum of BBQ, the world's first museum dedicated to barbecue, is opening in Kansas City, Missouri on April 12. The museum features exhibits on the history and culture of barbecue from different ...