Leila’s Hair Museum

The only museum of its kind in the world. Leila’s Hair Museum is devoted to a Victorian art form that died out in the early 1900s. Display includes 160 plus hair “wreaths” plus over 2,000 handcrafted pieces of jewelry made partially or entirely out of human hair.

Getting There & Details

Admission
$3 adults, $1.50 srs & children
Hours
8-4:30 mon-Sat,
Address
815 W. 23rd Street
Phone
816-252-4247
Map
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