Nelson-Atkins Museum

Everybody has driven by and saw the beautiful lawn with the huge shuttlecocks that look as though they just landed, but have you dared to enter one of the great treasures of Kansas City, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art? The Nelson-Atkins holds the largest selection of publicly viewable art for the citizens of Northeast Kansas. The museum houses many rare and exquisite paintings, sculptures, and photographs. But beyond all of this the Nelson continues to give back through the Ford Learning Center creating new young artists and developing educational traveling trunks for area teachers and their efforts don’t end there. Altogether an amazing place and one that I would recommend for any teacher looking for a place to integrate art and history.