Wornall/Majors House Museums

Name

Wornall/Majors House Museums

Legal name

Wornall Majors House Museums

Website

https://wornallmajors.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Historical House Museums

NAICS

Historical Sites (71212), Museums (712110), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAJACAC

Historic Sites, Heritage Landmarks & Archaeological Sites

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Attractions & Landmarks (Observation Decks, Monuments, Scenic Sites)

SECONDARYTHAMAAAJ

Historic & Heritage Homes

Travel & Hospitality/Vacation Rentals & Short-Term Stays/Whole-Home Vacation Rentals

SECONDARYTHAJAAAC

Museum & Landmark Guided Tours (Skip-the-line/Docent-led)

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Guided Tours (City, Cultural & Historical)

SECONDARYTHAJAAAB

Cultural Heritage & Historic District Tours

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Guided Tours (City, Cultural & Historical)

Keywords

• Historic house museums
• Museum guided tours
• Educational field trips
• Historic event venues
• Historical preservation

Headquarters

HQ city

Kansas City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Museum Admission: Ticket sales for self-guided and guided tours of John Wornall House and Alexander Majors House
2. Event Space Rental: Rental revenue from Wornall Grounds outdoor venue and Majors Barn indoor venue for weddings, corporate events, and private gatherings
3. Field Trip Programs: Educational field trip programs for school groups with customizable experiences
4. Special Events and Tours: Walking tours, paranormal investigations, ghost tours, Drink Your History tasting series, and Drop-in History programs
5. Donations and Fundraising: Individual donations, capital campaign contributions, legacy society planned gifts, and corporate sponsorships
6. Artifact Donations: Accepts donated historic artifacts related to the Wornall/Majors families or nineteenth century history

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Wornall/Majors House Museums operates two National Register of Historic Places properties in Kansas City—the 1858 John Wornall House and the 1856 Alexander Majors House—offering self-guided and guided museum tours, K-12 field trip programs, walking tours, paranormal investigations, public programs (Drop-In History, Drink Your History), and two event venue rentals (Majors Barn and Wornall Grounds). The organization interprets 19th-century frontier, Civil War, and enslavement history in Jackson County, Missouri.

Product overview

Wornall/Majors House Museums operates as a dual-site historical museum organization preserving two mid-19th century Kansas City landmarks: the John Wornall House (1858) and Alexander Majors House (1856). The core offering consists of self-guided and guided museum tours at both properties, covering Civil War history, westward expansion, and enslavement in Jackson County. Educational programs include field trips for students, walking tours of surrounding neighborhoods, and public events like Drop-In History and Drink Your History tasting series. The organization also operates two event venues: the outdoor Wornall Grounds and the Majors Barn (a 2,592 sq ft rustic event space accommodating up to 150 guests). Specialty offerings include paranormal investigations at the Alexander Majors House and a Jackson County slavery records research database. The museum derives revenue from admission fees, event rentals, and charitable donations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• John Wornall House Museum Tours Self-guided and guided tours of the 1858 Greek Revival historic house that served as a Civil War field hospital during the Battle of Westport. Tours cover 19th-century Kansas City life, the Wornall family, and enslavement in Jackson County. Wed-Sun 10am-12pm and 1pm-4pm; guided tours Sat 1pm and 2pm.
• Alexander Majors House Museum Tours Tours of the 1856 Greek Revival house built by frontier freighter Alexander Majors, co-founder of the Pony Express and Russell, Majors & Waddell shipping company. Covers westward expansion, freighting history, and slavery in Jackson County. May-October Sat-Sun 1pm-5pm; November-April by appointment.
• Field Trips

Quantifiable outcome

• Since 2015, public tour admission at the Majors House rose 149%
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Freedom's Frontier National Heritage AreacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Partnership with federally-funded nonprofit and National Park Service affiliate dedicated to building awareness of the struggle for freedom along the Missouri-Kansas border. Collaborated on America 250 and translated materials exhibits.
• Kansas City Monuments CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Partnership in conjunction with Mellon Foundation for funding America 250 programming celebrating diversity of the United States and Kansas City's role as FIFA World Cup host city.
• Missouri Humanities CouncilcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFunding partner for America 250 Drop-In History series of six free events exploring Missouri's role in U.S. history.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• National WWI Museum and Memorial: Kansas City-based cultural institution focused on WWI history, the nation's official WWI museum. Comparable as a KC-area history museum competing for the same tourist, school group, and donor audiences, though it operates at significantly larger scale.
• Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum: Kansas City-area presidential library and museum interpreting 20th-century history. Comparable as a regional historic site museum offering tours, educational programming, and special events to similar KC-area audiences.
• Arabia Steamboat Museum: Kansas City museum focused on a recovered 19th-century steamboat and frontier-era artifacts. Comparable as a KC-based history museum with similar operating model (admissions, events, school programs) and overlapping frontier-history subject matter.
• Negro Leagues Baseball Museum: Kansas City museum focused on Negro Leagues baseball history, co-located with the American Jazz Museum. Comparable as a KC-area history museum with similar educational programming and donor-driven revenue model.

Broad incumbents

• Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: Major Kansas City art museum. Comparable as a regional 501(c)(3) cultural institution competing for KC tourist visits, school field trips, and major donor support, though focused on art rather than history.
• Old Sturbridge Village: Massachusetts living history museum with a large collection of preserved 19th-century buildings. Comparable as a multi-property historic site museum offering tours, school programs, and special events, though at materially larger scale than WMHM.

Direct peers

• Historic Deerfield: Historic house museum operating multiple preserved 18th-19th century homes in a New England village setting with educational programming. Comparable as a multi-property historic house museum operator with similar admissions, tour, school program, and donor funding model.
• Pennsbury Manor: Pennsylvania historic site museum reconstructing William Penn's 17th-century estate. Comparable as a small-team historic site operator offering guided tours, school programs, and special events around a single preserved colonial property.
• Historic Bethabara: Historic Moravian settlement site in North Carolina with preserved 18th-century buildings offering tours and educational programming. Comparable as a small nonprofit operating multiple historic structures with similar admissions and field trip revenue streams.
• Conner Prairie: Indiana living history museum operating multiple preserved historic sites and interactive experiences. Comparable as a multi-property history museum operator with strong educational programming and event venue rental revenue.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/wornallmajors
• Instagraminstagram.com/wmhmkc
• TikToktiktok.com/wornallmajors
• Xx.com/wornallmajors

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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