A trip in the fall with the St. Joseph Museums will feature mummies and mobsters. 

According to Kathy Reno with the St. Joseph Museums, the Mummies and Mobsters tour leaves from St. Joseph at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 14th, and the first stop is at Union Station to see Mummies of the World: The Exhibition. 

“I learned about this, believe it or not, from FOX TV, NBC, NPR, everybody was saying Mummies of the World will give you a sense of curiosity and wonder because it’s the largest exhibition of real mummies and related artifacts that’s ever been assembled and it covers every region of the world – Europe, South America, ancient Egypt,” Reno said. “It’ll give us insight into past cultures, civilizations, not only just show us the past, but how we’ve evolved and what our future might look like.” 

After seeing the exhibit, the group will depart from Union Station on the Kansas City Gangster Tour. Reno said someone mentioned the tour to her and she found out that it’s one of the top rated tours in Kansas City.

“Johnny Holiday comes on your motor coach and you start at Union Station because that’s where the bullet holes from the infamous 1933 Kansas City Massacre can still be seen,” Reno said. “For 90 minutes he’ll be on our motor coach. He’ll share his stories about ‘Boss Tom’ Pendergast and the points of interests – where were the speakeasies, where’d they operate, where did the mobsters live and work, where were the major turf wars, where did people go to relax and socialize and those kinds of things.”

Following the Kansas City Gangster Tour, the group will have dinner at Garozzo’s Ristorante, an award winning Italian Restaurant in the City Market.

The tour leaves the St. Joseph Museums at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 14th, and will return around 10:30 that evening. The trip is $160 for non-museum members and $140 for museum members.

For more information, or to make a reservation, contact the St. Joseph Museums at (816) 232-8471 or click here.