museums/galleries

Kansas City's crown-jewel museum launched in October a global competition to find an architectural firm for a $160 million expansion that would transform its Midtown campus. This week, museum visitors had a chance to hear from the finalists.

From saintly relics to haunted dolls, Kansas City's long history makes for a vast offering of haunted or just downright sinister sites.

Local Pig chef Alex Pope and food writer Jonathan Bender are planning the world's first Museum of BBQ inside the Crown Center Shops. It plans to tour visitors around the barbecue regions of America, including Kansas City

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art aims to respond to growing community needs and increasingly diverse visitors with its next major expansion. It has launched an international competition to find a designer for the project.

The Kansas City art museum issued a challenge to architecture firms to design “a museum for all.” With its third evolution, museum leaders hope to respond to growing community needs and increasingly diverse visitors. They estimate a construction budget of $160 million to $170 million, to be funded by private donations.

There’s a whole lot of history packed into the little town of Weston, Missouri. Just a 45-minute drive north of Kansas City, it's an ideal destination for weekend getaways, whether you like to hike and bike, dine and drink, or enjoy local festivals.

Kansas City had one of the largest garment districts in the nation, and the industry was the second-largest employer in the metro. An institution that tells the story of the downtown Garment District will close this month.

TIME Magazine's annual list of 100 must-visit places around the world includes two locations in the Midwest, both of which opened in Kansas City this year.

The river city of St. Joe, one of the largest cities in northwest Missouri, celebrates its 19th century roots, a vibrant arts scene, industry, and connection with nature.

After 18 months of renovations, the historic Westport home will serve again as a center for stories from the old western frontier. 'We need to tell the story of enslavement and the Native American tribes that were affected by the settlement,' one historian says.

The legendary aviator born in Atchison, Kansas, vanished over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 while on a quest to become the first woman to fly around the world. Up To Date speaks with leading Earhart explorers about the recent high-profile search for her Lockheed Electra 10-E.

Around the Kansas City region, living history museums like Missouri Town and Shawnee Town reveal how people lived in earlier eras, with collections of historic buildings, demonstrations of period crafts, and stories of the people who lived there.