New Date: For Love of Music: Napoleon & the String Quartet
New Date: For Love of Music: Napoleon & the String Quartet
Enjoy a selection of music favored by Napoleon.
Enjoy a selection of music favored by Napoleon.
Join UMKC Foreign Languages students in the Napoleon: Power and Splendor as they greet visitors in French and discuss the art and French literature.
Tony Jones, historian, author and broadcaster, and the Nerman Family President of KCAI, reveals the magic of the reclusive artist and designer, Archibald Knox.
Members (Family level & above) enroll Nov. 19-Dec. 2
See decorative serving ware in our Napoleon exhibition then design your own clay platter.
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Produced by Rodney Thompson and Stinson McClendon, I Remember 12th Street is a documentary film about Kansas City’s celebrated 12th Street.
Architect talk presented in partnership with Kansas State University where Fuensanta Nieto serves as the Victor L. Regnier Distinguished Visiting Chair in architecture.
For those with memory loss
Come experience the exquisite art of Japan as we explore objects from the temple, the home, and the great outdoors.
Examine how artists use their imaginations to create new worlds.
Corine Wegener, of the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative, will share her insights about the role of museums in the development of the WWII Monuments Men and the importance of provenance research today.
Teens! Buy a drink from Quay Coffee and enjoy an open conversation with a featured Kansas City artist and other teens. Donuts are on us!
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Hear more about Mary Atkins' travels, birthplace, and family--details that help round out the limited portrait we have of our museum benefactress.
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Girl Scouts enjoy sketching in the galleries as they explore various works of art and then create their own drawing.
Please join us for a discussion of the life and work of Ralston Crawford with exhibition curator Keith F. Davis and the artist’s son, Neelon Crawford.
An extraordinary documentary that reveals the Nazis’ complicated relationship with classical and modern art.
An extraordinary documentary that reveals the Nazis’ complicated relationship with classical and modern art.
Experience a journey through seven countries telling a story of greed and warfare that threatened the artistic heritage of Europe.
We invite participants into the museum an hour before we open to the public in order to provide a quiet and low-stimulating environment where you can enjoy hands on art activities and art in the galleries.
Experience a journey through seven countries telling a story of greed and warfare that threatened the artistic heritage of Europe.
Special performance of traditional and modern Balinese gamelan music and dance by Kansas City’s Gamelan Genta Kasturi ensemble.
Society of Fellows members learn from curators Stephanie Knappe and Keith F. Davis about what to consider when purchasing prints and photographs.
Join us as we explore answers to questions about identity using portraits from a variety of periods and places.
Follow the true story of one woman's fight to reclaim Gustav Klimt’s iconic painting of her aunt, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, stolen from her relatives by the Nazis in Vienna.
Teens-only event | Watch an art focused film and join in a round-table discussion with other teens and museum staff.
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Visit the galleries to see all sorts of dogs in painting and sculpture and create a teapot in clay representing everyone’s “best friend."
Young children explore art concepts by working with paint, collage and clay. Students should feel comfortable attending class without a parent or guardian.
Draw weekly from art in the galleries and develop your skills at looking closely and translating what you see onto the page in your own unique way.
Students experiment with a variety of art making processes as they investigate nature.
Students create paintings, drawings, clay forms and mixed-media art that has a connection to Ancient Egypt, Greece and China.
Students will sketch from art in galleries with graphite, charcoal, watercolor, tempera and more to explore the fundamentals of drawing and painting.
Join a guided meditation surrounded by Saya Woolfalk: Expedition to the ChimaCloud. Space is limited.
For those with memory loss
Join us for a discussion about coffee and tea services in the Folger’s Coffee Silver Collection.
It’s time for an evening field trip to the Nelson-Atkins!
Enjoy hands-on art projects, refreshments, and interactive stations throughout the museum. No pre-registration is required.
Join Sarah Biggerstaff from the museum’s curatorial division for an engaging gallery talk exploring the latest installation of the ChimaCloud.
Join Sarah Biggerstaff from the museum’s curatorial division for an engaging gallery talk exploring the latest installation of the ChimaCloud.