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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is an art museum in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its encyclopedic collection of art from nearly every continent and culture, and especially for its extensive collection of Asian art . In 2007, Time magazine ranked the museum's new Bloch Building number one on its list of "The 10 Best (New and Upcoming ...
Coordinates. 39°2′47″N 94°35′7″W. / 39.04639°N 94.58528°W / 39.04639; -94.58528. Type. Art museum. Website. www .kemperart .org. Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art opened in 1994 in Kansas City, Missouri. With a $5 million annual budget and approximately 75,000 visitors each year, it is Missouri's first and largest ...
Each of the 10 pieces had a $14,000 budget, for a total cost of $140,000. Tim Mispagel’s “Paper Wasp Putting Game” sculpture is the only interactive piece of art at Shawnee Mission Park’s ...
Frommer's cited the Nerman Museum as a significant cultural attraction when they listed Kansas City as one of their top 10 world travel destinations for 2012.; In April 2006, Public Art Review magazine named JCCC one of the top 10 university/college campuses for public art in America, citing the outdoor sculpture and the paintings, ceramics, photography and works on paper installed throughout ...
A Community Improvement District is expected to raise another $59 million for the development by assessing an extra 2% sales tax in the area. The plan would also charge a $2 fee on museum tickets ...
The statue is not only a piece of art or even just a tribute to the first Black player in Major League Baseball, said Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. “That statue had become a symbol: a symbol of hope, a symbol of inspiration, of the core values that were part of Jackie’s legacy.
The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures, formerly known as the Kansas City Toy and Miniature Museum, [1] is located on the campus of the University of Missouri Kansas City. (Bequeathed to the University in the 1960s, the home was originally designed for physician Herbert Tureman in 1906 by noted architect John McKecknie and completed by 1911.)
Added to NRHP. November 21, 1980. The Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site is a state-owned property located at 3616 Belleview, Kansas City, Missouri, that preserves the house and studio of Missouri artist Thomas Hart Benton. The historic site was established in 1977 and is managed by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.