Posts Tagged ‘Kansas City Museum’
Nick’s Picks | KC’s Pursuit of World Cup Comes to Climax
This is a “make it or break it” week in Kansas City’s quest to host at least one or two games in the world’s most watched soccer tournament.
Read MoreBackers Continue Push for a Walt Disney Museum in Kansas City
Speeding up or down 31st Street at Forest Avenue, it’s easy to miss the wall-sized mural, “Thank You, Walt Disney.” That location was once the Laugh-O-Gram Studio, Disney’s first professional film studio and apartment, which lasted for only one year in 1923. However, in the past 20 years or so, an organization called “Thank You,…
Read More‘Who Lived in the Kansas City Museum?’
Did you know? The Corinthian Hall, a four-story mansion that was finished in 1910, is now the Kansas City Museum.
Read MoreThe Weekend Starts Today
This one’s tricky — it has to bridge a gap between the loose-limbed charm of Father’s Day and the balls-to-the-wall blowout known as the Fourth of July. Not to worry. There’s still plenty to do. It might start with a short road trip 40 miles west to Downtown Lawrence. There you can see what the…
Read MoreCelebrating, Bemoaning the passage of time
The Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall is celebrating its 75th anniversary tonight, and it’s a good thing that the celebration is happening during the evening: In the light of day, the museum is clearly in need of a facelift – possibly an estimated $36 million dollar facelift. Starting in 2005, the Kansas City Museum…
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