Tagged: Kansas City Museum

KC Currents
10:05 am
Mon August 20, 2012

Archive Collects KC's Gay And Lesbian History

Credit Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America
Map of gay-friendly businesses in KC.

Back in 1966, Drew Schaeffer started a small group in Kansas City called the Phoenix society. 

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Historic Gardens
2:12 pm
Mon June 11, 2012

PHOTOS: Replanting A 1910 Garden At The Kansas City Museum

The Kansas City Museum is in its third phase of a major restoration of Corinthian Hall, the old Northeast mansion that houses its collection. And the renovation doesn’t stop at just bricks and mortar.  A recent project aims to recreate the Georgian garden plantings that surrounded the mansion.

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Kansas City History
2:45 pm
Mon May 21, 2012

Reconsidering The Legacy Of KC's Champion Cakewalker

Credit Kansas City Museum
The Portrait of Joseph "Doc" Brown was painted in 1896 by Millard C. Haywood. Poet Glenn North says he originally saw the image as troubling, but came to see the beauty in it.

Every month, the staff of the Kansas City Museum asks a local expert in some field to talk about a piece from the museum's collection for its Community Curator program.

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