Jesse James Birthplace — Attraction in Missouri

Firget what they tokd you in school, come see it first hand yourself! You won't be disappointed.

Before entering the house itself, you are treated (and inspired) by a movie detailing the James Farm, including the life stories of Jesse, Frank, Z, etc. This makes the walk thru of the museum and house much more enthralling. In the museum you get to see their clothes, their saddles, and yes... even their guns.

Finally, you are given a tour of the farm house itself. In the many times I have visited (I am avid about tsking friends and relatives there) I have never had anything but the absolute kindest and very knowledgeable tour guides. They are the absolute best guides of any place I've ever gone and will go out of their way to answer your questions. They have the patience of saints and hearts of gold.

This place is an absolute MUST for the starting point of your Jesse & Frank James day trip! Start HERE, then head to the church outside Holt MO where the James boy's father preached, go to the battlefield at Lone Jack MO, the house in St Joe where Jesse was "murdered" (by the one who shall not be named), the jail at Liberty MO where Frank stayed, then finally come back to Kearney MO to pay your respects at the cemetery. There are other places to see regionally as well connected to the James gang, but this is your starting point.

Don't just read a textbook, come re-live the lives of a famous American Family.

Cost for the museum and house tour are a bargain for what you take away. Make sure you pick up recipe cards from Z at the...

We stopped in here during the afternoon on, 7/24/24, and were in the last tour group of the day. Admission was $9.00, per person. Cheap, despite what another reviewer said. All of the staff were super cool. The galleries in the main building are really neat, with so many things to look at. Walking around the house was really neat, too. For those who are complaining about not being able to go inside and look around, you need to talk to the County who actually runs this place. The decision was made to limit access to the outside only because people were stealing items from inside the home, and our guide explained this. What would you do if folks were lifting your stuff? A few people were upset in their reviews about how the James brothers are portrayed. Well, it's a matter of perspective and how well you actually know your history. I'm not talking about this modern day, revisionist nonsense, that's popped up in the last 25 years, either. The gift shop was great, too. We bought a bunch of stuff when we were in there. Major props to the staff. To the big spenders at Clay County, you could break loose with a few bucks and get some chains to go across the doors (like at the slave cabin and outhouse), so that people can take better pictures and get a better...

I am a big fan of outlaw history, so I had to go check this out, it was a long drive, the old house is cool, there are some things to see, the old graveside with the story was great, but the family doesn't own this or have any attachments, it is owned by the county, there is a stupid video about the land way before jesse was born, talking about slavery, jesse nor frank never owned any slaves, nor did his broke mom, who sold grave rocks to stay alive, yet there is a fake slave cabin out back, just ridiculous political nonsense, if I wanted that I would have driven to Seattle, not kansas city metro, if you want an indoctrination go watch the video, if not skip the entire inside, take some pictures by the graveside, go afew miles down the road, check out actual grave, and then go see the bank museum, you can't go inside the house since 2019, not really much to see anymore, had someone ho 25 years ago, I thought I was going to see same thing, not...