museums/galleries

When the Spencer Museum of Art, at the University of Kansas, spent $4 million to redesign its fourth floor, curators were deliberate in their selection of more diverse artwork. Then, they asked a poet to chime in.

The reimagining of the Spencer's 48,000-object collection is designed to make the space more accessible, inclusive and welcoming.

Want to discover something new in our region? Here are some of Kansas City's best-kept secrets, recommended by residents like you.

A hidden gem of Kansas City's historic Roanoke neighborhood, the Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio takes you back in time to the place Benton lived, worked and died.

Medicine’s Hall of Fame & Museum in Shawnee, Kansas, is closed, and its thousands of items are up for auction.

More than three decades after Congress enacted the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, the University of Kansas announced that it still has American Indian ancestral remains, funerary and other sacred objects in its museum collections.

Kansas City is known for a lot of things, from barbecue to jazz. Here are some of our region's lesser-known points of hometown pride.

"Canaan" will be showing on Sept. 16 at the Kansas City Kansas Community College Performance Center and Sept. 17 and 18 at the White Theatre at The J.

The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum is slated to open in 2023. It honors the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared in 1937 on a doomed voyage around the world. But she’s still a big presence in her hometown of Atchison, Kansas, where a new museum dedicated to her is opening next year. Plus, the Kansas City man who's been designing and altering fur coats for over 40 years.

The Kansas City Council rezoned the baseball legend's home this week so the 112-year-old property can be repurposed for events, office space and a museum.

The endowment will support arts research integration at the University of Kansas. The interdisciplinary approach brings together artists, researchers, students and the public to tackle pressing issues.