About 50 students from Skills USA visited the Museum today. They are in Kansas City for the National Leadership and Skills Conference. The students are competing in a photography contest and the chosen site was the Nelson-Atkins. The SkillsUSA Championships is the national-level competition for public high school and college/postsecondary technical students enrolled in trade, technical, and skilled service profession instructional programs including allied health occupations. The students were allowed two hours to photograph both inside and outside of the Museum. After the two hours, the students were treated to a visit to the Museum's featured exhibition of American phogotraphy, Developing Greatness: The Origins of American Photography, 1839-1885. We wish them luck and hope they enjoyed their visit to the Nelson-Atkins!