...or, to put it more accurately, the galleries. Art in the Age of Steam: Europe, America and the Railway, 1830-1960 comes to a close on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009. Kansas City is the only U.S. stop for this impressive exhibition, and it may be the last time some of these beautiful paintings will be on view this side of the Atlantic. It originated in England at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.
Age of Steam has garnered numerous accolades from art critics far and wide. However, I often find the most rewarding compliments come from our visitors. A fellow co-worker struck up a conversation with one gentleman who had come to see Age of Steam via Amtrak from Philadelphia. It was his first time in Kansas City and he called his arrival at Union State, stay at Crown Center and the exhibition “absolutely fantastic.”
He also met a couple who made their way to our fair city from San Antonio, TX after reading about Age of Steam in a train-related magazine. They, too, had never been to Kansas City and exclaimed, “We had no idea you had such a museum. We’re coming back tomorrow to see the rest.”
Visit soon and leave your own parting thoughts on the exhibition message board. Hurry though—it won’t be long before Age of Steam, like the locomotives it celebrates, is only a memory.