KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - “All stories—even great ones—must come to an end."

A fixture in Kansas City’s River Market is moving on after more than three decades. The Steamboat Arabia Museum announced on Thursday that it will close its doors in November 2026.

“We hope to have a new home for the Arabia collection, but nothing is guaranteed—except for this final year," the museum’s website stated.

Accompanied by a video, the museum stated that the lease on the River Market location will expire in 2026.

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In September 1856 , the Arabia, full of cargo and supplies for more than a dozen towns, hit a tree snag on the Missouri River six miles west of Kansas City and sank.

The steamboat sat underground for longer than 130 years, and whe

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