# Arabia Steamboat Museum: Agent-Direct Score C (68.8%)

Site: https://www.1856.com/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/1856.com
Scanned: 2026-11-13 (Provisional, with the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Arabia Steamboat Museum is partly visible to agents.
An AI assistant can open Arabia Steamboat Museum's website. It can read what Arabia Steamboat Museum offers. It finds a way to book or order directly on the site.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.1856.com/contact (on the business's own site)
- Menu: https://www.1856.com/hours-rates
- Phone: (816) 471-1856
- Address: 400 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64106
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap · Overture Maps: Mon–Sat 10:00–17:00; Sun 12:00–17:00
- Step-free access (OpenStreetMap)

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Arabia Steamboat Museum that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Breakout KC (360 m): https://directindex.org/r/breakoutkc.com
- Planet Comicon Kansas City (1.5 km): https://directindex.org/r/leapevent.tech
- Media Tech Museum (1.7 km): https://directindex.org/r/themediatechmuseum.com
- Car, SVU & VAN Rental Kansas City (1.8 km): https://directindex.org/r/carngo.com

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (TouristAttraction, Museum, TravelAgency or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Museum",
  "name": "Arabia Steamboat Museum",
  "url": "https://www.1856.com/",
  "telephone": "(816) 471-1856",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "400 Grand Boulevard",
    "postalCode": "64106",
    "addressLocality": "Kansas City",
    "addressRegion": "MO",
    "addressCountry": "US"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 39.1094408,
    "longitude": -94.5814477
  },
  "openingHours": "Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 12:00-17:00; PH off",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Monday",
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday",
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "17:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "12:00",
      "closes": "17:00"
    }
  ],
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://www.1856.com/contact",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
- **Tickets and prices is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Tickets on your own site.** Agents can buy tickets without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
16 of 92 in Kansas City tours, attractions and museums. Top 17% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 70% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 50% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | yes |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 60% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 40% | yes |

Nearest places in the index: Riverpoint Group (F, 328 m, https://directindex.org/r/riverpoint.com); Breakout KC (B, 356 m, https://directindex.org/r/breakoutkc.com); EGYPT FOR AMERICANS (C, 712 m, https://directindex.org/r/egyptforamericans.com); The Box Gallery (C, 825 m, https://directindex.org/r/theboxgallery.org); Kansas City Convention & Visitors Bureau (A, 1025 m, https://directindex.org/r/visitkc.com); PrideOne Travel and Cruises (C, 1072 m, https://directindex.org/r/prideonetravel.com); TWA Museum (C, 1084 m, https://directindex.org/r/twamuseum.org); Planet Comicon Kansas City (F, 1505 m, https://directindex.org/r/leapevent.tech); Media Tech Museum (B, 1701 m, https://directindex.org/r/themediatechmuseum.com); Car, SVU & VAN Rental Kansas City (D, 1847 m, https://directindex.org/r/carngo.com).

## What assistants answer
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Kansas City tours, attractions and museums and named 48 places. Arabia Steamboat Museum wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/kansas-city-tours/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Wix 52% (28% A or B, 52613 sites); This site 68.8%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/1856.com/agent-view

## Businesses like Arabia Steamboat Museum in Kansas City tours, attractions and museums

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Kansas City tours, attractions and museums | 92 | 51% | 16% | 68.8% |
| Sites built with Wix in Kansas City tours, attractions and museums | 2 | 63% | 0% | 68.8% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Kansas City tours, attractions and museums: Travel Agency Kansas City-vincent Vacations (A 92.5%, https://directindex.org/r/vincentvacations.com); The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/toyandminiaturemuseum.org); Science City (A 86.3%, https://directindex.org/r/unionstation.org); Kansas City Convention & Visitors Bureau (A 86.2%, https://directindex.org/r/visitkc.com); Breakout KC (B 77.5%, https://directindex.org/r/breakoutkc.com).

With the fix above (No structured data for the business), the score would be about 86.3%. That would be 3rd of 92 in Kansas City tours, attractions and museums, up from 16th.

## The direct record
What agents get for Arabia Steamboat Museum, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/1856.com
- Book: https://www.1856.com/contact (own site; could not verify: partial (2026-11-13))
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.1856.com/hours-rates (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 12:00-17:00; PH off (closed now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: (816) 471-1856
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/1856.com/book, https://directindex.org/go/1856.com/menu

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): yes
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no

Found one hop past the home page: menu page /hours-rates: booking link (own domain).

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 25 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 22 | 30 |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/1856.com
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: yes
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: yes
- Content Signals in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/content-signals/SKILL.md)
- Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/markdown-negotiation/SKILL.md)
- llms.txt: yes
- API catalog (RFC 9727): no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/api-catalog/SKILL.md)
- MCP server card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/mcp-server-card/SKILL.md)
- A2A agent card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/a2a-agent-card/SKILL.md)
- Agent Skills index: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/agent-skills/SKILL.md)
- OAuth or OIDC discovery: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-discovery/SKILL.md)
- OAuth protected resource metadata: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-protected-resource/SKILL.md)
- auth.md: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/auth-md/SKILL.md)
- Web Bot Auth key directory: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/web-bot-auth/SKILL.md)
- ARD capability manifest: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ard/SKILL.md)
- DNS-AID records: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/dns-aid/SKILL.md)
- WebMCP tools on the page: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/webmcp/SKILL.md)
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/1856.com/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/1856.com/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=1856.com&force=1