Greetings, and Welcome to H.M.S. Beagle

H.M.S. Beagle: the Store

Since 2004, we have provided the tools that you need to explore and understand your world. H.M.S. Beagle stocks a wide variety of scientific and science-related goods, as well as select educational toys. Whatever your science interest, H.M.S. Beagle has a wealth of information available to you, and a knowledgable staff that can help to answer your questions.

At the retail store in Parkville, we carry telescopes and microscopes, chemistry sets and laboratory glassware, minerals and fossils, rocketry supplies, popular science and reference books, books for children, and much more.

In addition to our retail stocks, we also host a number of educational activities, including a regular Science Club meetings for students in kindgergarten through the eighth grade. We also host a number of events and workshops at the store, including October's Rocket Science Day, fossil leaf digs, monthly Star Parties (in season, April through October, weather permitting), and more!

H.M.S. Beagle Online Webstore Refit, October, 2011

We are pleased to announce that we are moving to a new webstore platform for our online store. Please visit it from the "Webstore" tab in the top menubar on this page. Customers of our former webstore and new users will be asked to register, and some features of the store have changed due to the change in platform, so please pay close attention. We thank you for your patience as we bring new categories of merchandise online as quickly as possible!

Finding the Beagle

H.M.S. Beagle is located in historic downtown Parkville, Missouri at 180 English Landing Drive. We're just fifteen minutes from downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Here are some quick route descriptions:

• Downtown Kansas City & North Kansas City: Highway 169 to Highway 9 North, or Highway 9 North
• The Northland (Smithville, Gladstone): Highway 152 West to Interstate 29 South, then Highway 45 West to Highway 9 South
• Northeast KC Metro (Liberty, Pleasant Valley, Kearney): Interstate 35 South to Interstate 29 North, then Interstate 635 South to Highway 9 North
• Northwest KC Metro (St. Joseph, Platte City): Interstate 29 South to Highway 45 West (Northwest 64th Street), then Highway 9 South
• Leavenworth & Weston: Highway 45 South to Highway 45 East, then Highway 9 South
• East KC Metro (Independence, Grain Valley): Interstate 70 West to Downtown Kansas City, then as above
• South Kansas City, Lee's Summit, Grandview: Highway 71 North to Downtown Kansas City, then as above
• Johnson and Wyandotte Counties: Interstate 35 to Interstate 635 North, then Highway 9 North

No matter where you are from, you can find something to intrigue and entertain you here!

New in Store

We strive to add new and interesting items to our inventory regularly. Here are some recent additions:

• New Magazine Titles: including Rocks & Minerals, Scientific American, Model Rocketry, Science Digest, Skeptic, and more!
• The popular Earth Ball is back!
• New stocks of replica animals, dinosaurs, and even extinct trees from Safari, Ltd.!
• The H.M.S. Beagle Master Chemistry Set is now available on an on-demand basis. Assembly time will be two to three weeks for this unrivalled item! See it on our webstore here!
• Posters back in stock! New posters received!

Website Updates

The H.M.S. Beagle website is undergoing further updates to make it more useful and a better experience for all. If you have questions or comments about the site, please email and let us know what other improvements you would like to see. Thank you for your support!

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