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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Irish and Irish-American community, culture, history, and heritage in the greater Kansas City area and region Kansas City Museum: Northeast: Multiple: History, natural history, art Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art: Southmoreland: Art: Works created after the 1913 Armory Show to works by present-day artists Missouri Quilt Museum North Quilting ...
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 ...
Loose Park, the third largest park in Kansas City, includes Rose Garden and Civil War markers from the Battle of Westport. Swope Park, a 1,805-acre city park. [3] Shoal Creek Living History Museum, 20 authentic buildings from the 1800s; events, tours, and historical reenactments, in 1,000-acre Hodge Park.
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.)
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 ...