By BETHANY SHERROW Assistant News Editor (KANSAS CITY, Mo., digitalBURG) — In July 1839, African captives aboard the Spanish vessel Amistad overtook Spanish slave traders who had illegally abducted them and steered… Read more »
Tag: Nelson-Atkins
KC museum lauds ties to real Monuments Men
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City employed several of the people portrayed in the new movie, “The Monuments Men,” which tells how they… Read more »
Nelson-Atkins hosts civil rights exhibit
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A new exhibit at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City will highlight the role of artists and musicians played in the civil rights… Read more »
Maya Lin sculpture headed to KC’s Nelson-Atkins
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is preparing to install a Missouri River sculpture by architectural designer Maya Lin. The museum says in a release… Read more »
Nelson-Atkins Museum receives Picasso photos
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City has received 161 photos from acclaimed photographer David Douglas Duncan, including 159 of artist Pablo Picasso. Duncan,… Read more »