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The Nelson-Atkins Museum

The Nelson-Atkins Museum

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art arose from the instincts and ambitions of two private individuals who shared the dream of providing a public art museum for Kansas City and the surrounding region.
Location
Kansas City, United States
Founded in
1933

Permanent events

Shiva Nataraja, Indian, Tamil Nadu, 13th century, Chola period (ca. 890-1279). Bronze, 34 1/4 x 27 1/2 x 13 inches. Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust, 34-7. Gallery 228.
South & Southeast Asian Art
Permanent event
Wood with traces of paint and crystal inlays, 26 3/8 x 34 inches. Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust, 77-51.
Japanese Art
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Commemorative Head of an Oba, Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, 16th century. Brass, height: 9 1/8 inches. Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the generosity of Donald J. and Adele C. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Robert Sutherland, and an anonymous donor; The Nelson Gallery Foundation; and the exchange of a Trust property, 87-7.
African Art
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Oil on 22 canvases, 9 feet 7 inches x 10 feet 4 inches. Purchase: acquired through the generosity of the William T. Kemper Foundation—Commerce Bank, Trustee, 2000.19.A-V. This work is copyrighted. Contact Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Contemporary Art
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Frederic Edwin Church, American (1826-1900). Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, 1870. Oil on canvas, 54 1/4 x 84 3/8 inches. Gift of the Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation, F77-40/1.
American Art
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Albumen print, Image: 12 5/8 x 16 inches. Gift of the Hall Family Foundation in honor of the 75th anniversary of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2007.17.22.
Photography
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ABS (Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene), 31 1/2 × 23 5/8 × 25 9/16 inches. Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through exchange of the gift of Robert Q. Sutherland and other Trust properties, 2014.22. © Joris Laarman.
Architecture, Design & Decorative Arts
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Inner Coffin of Meret-it-es, Egyptian, Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 30th Dynasty to early Ptolemaic Dynasty, ca. 380-250 B.C.E Wood, pigment, gesso, and gilding, A (top): 6 feet 3 1/2 inches x 33 1/2 inches x 15 inches, B (bottom): 7 feet 3 inches x 32 1/2 inches x 8 1/2 inches. Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust (by exchange), 2007.12.2.A,B.
Ancient Art
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Edgar Degas, French (1834-1917). Rehearsal of the Ballet, ca.1876. Gouache and pastel over monotype on paper, 21 3/4 x 26 3/4 inches. Purchase: the Kenneth A. and Helen F. Spencer Foundation Acquisition Fund, F73-30.
European Art
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Oil on canvas, 5 feet 1/4 inches x 6 feet 3/8 inches. Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the exchange of a gift of the Friends of Art, 90-10. This work is copyrighted. Consult copyright information for permission to reproduce.
Modern Art
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Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration, h x diam: 21 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches. Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust, 40-45/1,2.
Chinese Art
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Aluminum, fiberglass-reinforced plastic, paint, h x diam: 19 feet 2 9/16 inches x 15 feet 11 7/8 inches. Purchase: acquired through the generosity of the Sosland Family, F94-1/1-4. Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park. This work is copyrighted. Consult copyright information for permission to reproduce.
Donald J. Hall. Sculpture Park
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Basket, Chumash, ca. 1820. Juncus rush and sumac, h x diam: 5 1/2 x 20 3/4 inches. Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust, 31-125/127.
American Indian
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Past events

Alphonse Mucha, Job (detail), 1896. Courtesy of Nelson-Atkins Museum © 2025 Mucha Trust
Timeless Mucha: the magic of line
18 Apr — 30 Aug 2026
Untitled, Teotihuacan, Mexico, Basin of Mexico, Teotihuacan, 200–250 C.E. Courtesy of The Nelson-Atkins Museum
Painted worlds: color and culture in mesoamerican art
1 Nov 2025 — 8 Feb 2026
Vito Acconci, Stills from Blindfolded catching piece, 1970. Courtesy of The Nelson-Atkins Museum
More is more, reinventing photography beyond the frame
2 Aug 2025 — 18 Jan 2026
A sage advises Khusraw when to attack from the series The Khamsa of Nizami, Perisan, late 15th century. Courtesy of the Nelson-Atkins Museum
Mapping the heavens (...)
14 Dec 2025 — 11 Jan 2026
A sage advises Khusraw when to attack, Perisan, late 15th century. Courtesy of The Nelson-Atkins Museum
Mapping the heavens
14 Dec 2024 — 11 Jan 2026
Wilhelm Kuhnert, Zebras, no date. Courtesy of the Nelson-Atkins Museum
Survival of the fittest
22 May — 24 Aug 2025
Katsushika Hokusai, View of Togetsu bridge at Arashiyama in Yamashiro, ca. 1834. Courtesy of The Nelson-Atkins Museum
Hokusai, masterpieces (...)
21 Sep 2024 — 1 Feb 2025
Andy Goldsworthy. Courtesy of The Nelson-Atkins Museum
Andy Goldsworthy
5 Mar — 30 Nov 2019
30 Americans. Courtesy of The Nelson-Atkins Museum
30 Americans
1 Jun — 25 Aug 2019
Anthony Hernandez. Courtesy of The Nelson-Atkins Museum
Anthony Hernandez
19 Apr — 18 Aug 2019
(RE)CLAIM. Courtesy of The Nelson-Atkins Museum
(RE)CLAIM
14 Dec 2018 — 16 Jun 2019

The Nelson-Atkins Museum

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Oak St, 4525
Kansas City MO 64111 United States
+1 816 751 1278
nelson-atkins.org
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