The second floor exhibition galleries map-out Kansas City history. Beginning with the Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area Gallery, the early history of the surrounding areas in both Kansas and Missouri are covered. An overview of Native American tribes that lived in the area, and their subsequent removal as European settlers displaced them, serves as a foundation for the room. Highlighting the importance of the two rivers that Kansas City is situated near, the exhibit covers the Native Americans and settlers that were drawn to the prosperity of the area. Transportation, relocation, and involvement in the Civil War also serve as highlights within the exhibit, providing patrons with understanding of the early 1800s through the 1870s in the Kansas City area.

Though it houses condominiums today, the 1902 facade and entryway of the Lawrence Light Guard Armory remain. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the building was financed by General Samuel Crocker Lawrence, son of the Light Guard's namesake, first captain of the company, Civil War general, and first mayor of Medford. The Lawrence Light Guard served in the Civil War, the Spanish American War, and both World Wars.

Boston Light is a lighthouse located on Little Brewster Island, a rocky outer island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. It is an important navigation aid for traffic to and from the Port of Boston. The original lighthouse was built on the site back in 1716, and it was the first lighthouse to be built in what is now the United States. The current lighthouse build in 1783, is the second oldest lighthouse in the USA that is still in operation, after Sandy Hook Lighthouse in New Jersey. It is also one of the only five remaining Coast Guard-manned lighthouses in the United States.