Kansas City History

A person crosses a downtown street in Kansas City.

Documenting the Pandemic for Posterity

Johnson County Museum has launched an initiative to gather detailed descriptions of daily life to document the age of coronavirus.

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A postcard aerial view of Fairyland Park.

curiousKC: Winning Access to Fairyland Park

Kansas City’s Fairyland Park was a focus of civil rights activists before voters approved a public accommodations ordinance in 1964.

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David Wallace

Truman Family Secrets

A new book recounts the suicide that shadowed the family of Harry Truman.

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Missouri River channel

Taming the Mighty Mo

Port KC President and CEO Jon Stephens provides a brief curiousKC history of the channeling of the Missouri River.

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Rashida Phillips in The Blue Room

Getting to Know Rashida Phillips, KC Jazz Museum’s New Director

Meet American Jazz Museum’s new director, Rashida Phillips.

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