Kansas City Automotive Museum

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Re: Kansas City Automotive Museum

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Kansas City Automotive Museum planning huge expansion
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Right now, the museum only has room for around 30 cars in its 10,000 sq. ft. space. There's so much history jammed into the small space, it takes a keen eye to catch it all. Only the most observant visitors would be able to spot the Kansas City Automotive Hall of Fame, which is almost hidden by a Ford Model T built in KC.

Over the weekend, museum leaders announced plans to build their own space, that could octuple the room they have now.

"We hope to expand from 10,000 sq. ft. to somewhere around 60 to 80,000 sq ft," said Fernandez. "Space has always been an issue."

Fernandez says she's not sure exactly where that new museum could be, but they are targeting three areas: in downtown between 18th and Vine and the Crossroads, the West Bottoms or Village West in KCK.
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https://www.kmbc.com/article/kansas-cit ... n/27204079
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Would be cool to have in East Crossroads
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FangKC wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2019 3:55 pm Kansas City Automotive Museum planning huge expansion
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Right now, the museum only has room for around 30 cars in its 10,000 sq. ft. space. There's so much history jammed into the small space, it takes a keen eye to catch it all. Only the most observant visitors would be able to spot the Kansas City Automotive Hall of Fame, which is almost hidden by a Ford Model T built in KC.

Over the weekend, museum leaders announced plans to build their own space, that could octuple the room they have now.

"We hope to expand from 10,000 sq. ft. to somewhere around 60 to 80,000 sq ft," said Fernandez. "Space has always been an issue."

Fernandez says she's not sure exactly where that new museum could be, but they are targeting three areas: in downtown between 18th and Vine and the Crossroads, the West Bottoms or Village West in KCK.
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https://www.kmbc.com/article/kansas-cit ... n/27204079
Translation "We hope KCMO will give us a new space for free, if they won't we know Kansas will."
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Seems nothing came of this, as they’re still relegated to a business park area off Strang line, but this seems to be an easy one that should be moved downtown or at least downtown adjacent. Is it a lack of funding to move it that keeps it where it is, or a lack of desire by leadership?
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I’ve heard funding but someone else likely knows more than me.

Could be a neat activation on the less visited side of Penn Valley Park. That location where they store some of their vehicles is walkable from the future streetcar stop
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http://kansascityautomuseum.com/wp-cont ... 91fe5b.pdf

Seems like they selected the Penn Valley site and were projecting a 2024-25 opening a couple years ago but considering it seems like they don't have a capital campaign for it or any renderings, not sure if they've made any progress beyond what's in this pdf.
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