Arabia Steamboat Museum

"This cargo steamboat, laden with 220 tons of merchandise destined for settlers out west, sank in the Missouri River in 1856, where it remained preserved in cold mud until it was excavated in the 1980s." Full review

"Year-round, tourists and locals enjoy the Steamboat Arabia Museum, which houses goods—from French perfume to buttons to coffeepots—salvaged from the Arabia's muddy grave." Full review

"Displays 200 tons of salvaged 'treasure' from a riverboat that sank in 1856." Full review

"The cargo-Wedgwood china, brandied cherries, tobacco, cognac, doorknobs, pickles, boots, guns, clothing and other pioneer needs-is now on display as a living time capsule. " Full review

"The Arabia Steamboat Museum is a maritime historian's dream." Full review

"Museum located in City Market displays the contents of the steamboat Arabia, which sank in the Missouri River in 1856 with its 200-ton cargo and was excavated in 1989." Full review

"Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River. " Full review

"The side-wheel steamer Arabia was constructed in 1853 for powering through the muddy Missouri River waters with up to 200 tons of supplies in tow. But later, it snagged a felled tree..." Full review