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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, located in Kansas City, Missouri, was established in 1933 and is renowned for its extensive and diverse collection. The museum houses over 40,000 works of art, spanning various cultures and time periods. Highlights include its impressive collection of Asian art, European paintings, American art, photography, and contemporary works. The Nelson-Atkins museum is also famous for its iconic Shuttlecocks sculptures by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, which adorn the museum’s expansive lawn. The Nelson-Atkins offers a range of exhibitions, educational programs, and community events to engage visitors. Read more about Museums.

A white gallery booth corner displays several colorful figurative and abstract paintings, including a large central canvas of a rabbit-like figure under spotlights.

EXPO CHICAGO 2026: Local Enthusiasm and Strong Institutional Sales

Under new director Kate Sierzputowski, the fair opened with a tighter format and a sharper curatorial focus, driving early (and steady) sales across tiers.
By Elisa Carollo

The Best Gifts From Museum Shops

A treasure trove of artful delights.
By Merin Curotto
Orlando, Mennello Museum of American Art, Guide with Bo Bartlett Painting

Becoming a Museum Volunteer: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t

From greeting guests to leading tours, museum volunteers provide essential support across departments, both in public and behind the scenes.
By Daniel Grant
A polar bear stands on a rocky Arctic shoreline surrounded by several eider ducks and large stones, with the calm sea and a cloudy sky in the background.

One Fine Show: “Survival of the Fittest” at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

By Dan Duray
A close-up of one of Demery’s suspended black head wind chimes shows the silver chain passing through the crown and a circular metal ring, with wooden figurines and black metal chimes hanging below a wide collar-shaped ring.

How Artist Kevin Demery Is Reshaping Implicit Understandings in Kansas City

By Leia Genis

The Tug-of-War Over Art Museum Ticket Prices Continues

By Daniel Grant
A color woodblock print of a sad looking frog lamp with long brown hair

One Fine Show: ‘Hokusai, Waves of Inspiration’ at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

By Dan Duray
A collage of rings and brooches featuring paintings of eyes

One Fine Show: ‘Eternal Love and Loss’ at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

By Dan Duray
An impressionist painting of a body of water with overhanging trees; in the background in a building with a bridge over the water

Monet’s ‘Moulin De Limetz’ Will Lead Christie’s 20th Century Evening Sale in New York

By Christa Terry
A painting of beautiful flowers in front of a green background

One Fine Show: ‘Drip Splatter Wash’ at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

By Dan Duray

One Fine Show: ‘Landscapes’ at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

By Dan Duray
BALTIMORE, MD- NOVEMBER 12: "12 Portraits of Remington Residents", 2012, by Gaia is seen in the Contemporary Wing of the Baltimore Museum of Art on Monday November 12, 2012 in Baltimore, MD. The wing includes works by Andy Warhol among other artists. (

With Admission Fees, the Question Is: What Should a Museum Be?

By Daniel Grant
The first work from David Hockney's "Woldgate Woods" series.

What Van Goghs Recovered From the Mafia Say About the Value of Art…And More

By Guelda Voien
Hieronymus Bosch, The Temptation of St. Anthony, (ca. 1500-1510). (Photo: Radboud University website, ru.nl)

Hieronymus Bosch Found in Kansas City, Egyptian Cartoonist Arrested—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Man's Shirt (1865), Oglala Lakota (Teton Sioux) artists (Photo courtesy Buffalo Bill Center of the West/Metropolitan Museum of Art).

The Met to Open ‘Ambitious’ Plains Indian Art Exhibition Spanning 2,000 Years

By Brianna McGurran

Mellon Foundation Funds Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship at Five Museums

By Zoë Lescaze
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