Jesse James Bank Museum - Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area

Get a tour of the bank where the nation’s first successful daylight peacetime bank robbery took place.

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Mon-Sat 10 am – 4 pm
Closed Sundays

Contact Information

103 N Water St
Liberty, MO 64068
Phone: 816-736-8510
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Location Type

Museum

Site Info

AC / Heating
Giftshop
Group Tours
Parking
Restrooms
Staffed
Water Fountain
Wheel Chair Accessible

On February 13, 1866, armed men came into this building and robbed this Liberty bank of $62,000, almost everything it had in assets. Upon escaping, they killed one innocent bystander and wounded another. While the robbers were never caught, the crime as attributed to the infamous James Gang. The bank was forced to close its doors.

The bank museum is meant to take the visitor back to the moment when the robbery occurred. The Seth Thomas wall clock is even set to the exact time of the heist.

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