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1. A KC Museum Revamp A KC Museum Revamp December 20, 2007 The Kansas City Museum will close on January 7, 2008, and not reopen until 2010 or later. The museum, known as Corinthian Hall, and the carriage house will get new windows and doors and be cleared of lead...
2. Conference Rooms=Exhibit Rooms?/! Conference Rooms=Exhibit Rooms?/! February/13/2002 The city architect's department sponsored proposed restoration for Corinthian Hall with International Architects Atelier, Inc. drawing the plans.. Tom Bean is City Architect and is quoted in the article....
3. History Comes Alive History Comes Alive February 1977 Description of historical exhibits at the museum at 3128 Gladstone Avenue.
4. Invited By the Long Family Invited By the Long Family May/29/2002 A new exhibit entitled "An American Palace on Gladstone" is now open until the end of the year at the Kansas City Museum. It features in first-person accounts, the house and lifestyle of the Long Family....
5. Kansas City Museum Kansas City Museum N.d. Interior view of children and exhibits including a Buddha figure.
6. Kansas City Museum Kansas City Museum N.d. Interior view of American Indian exhibit items being evaluated at the Kansas City Museum.
7. Kansas City Museum Kansas City Museum October//1959 Photo and article about the history and exhibits of the Kansas City Museum, founded in 1939 and opened to the public in 1940 at the former R. A. Long mansion.
8. Kansas City Museum Display Kansas City Museum Display N.d. Interior view of exhibit featuring a stuffed buffalo and other animals at the Kansas City Museum.
9. Kansas City Museum Receives Planning Funds Kansas City Museum Receives Planning Funds June/6/2001 Photo and article about the plans for "a full-scale renovation of Corinthian Hall," the structure (formerly the 1910 R. A. Long mansion) housing the Kansas City Museum on Gladstone Boulevard, "particularly...
10. Museum Attendance Booming Museum Attendance Booming March 7, 2007 Article gives an update on the success of new programs and other things which have boosted the attendance at the Kansas City Museum over the past year. Historic House/Museum Director Christopher Leitch...
11. New Exhibit at Museum New Exhibit at Museum May/15/2002 A new exhibit will open May 17, 2002, entitled "Corinthian Hall: An Amrican Palace on Gladstone." The history of the home will be highlighted as well as the history of R. A. Long, the owner and builder...
12. New Photo Exhibit Opens at KC Museum New Photo Exhibit Opens at KC Museum September 21, 2005 Married to Adventure: Photographs from the Travels of Martin and Osa Johnson is an exhibit to view at the Kansas City Museum. The Johnsons were from Chanute, Kansas and traveled the world, especially to...
13. Poor Little Museum. ..Has Kansas City Thumbed Its Nose at You? Poor Little Museum. ..Has Kansas City Thumbed Its Nose at You? November//1969 Article about the dilapidated condition of the museum building and exhibits due to lack of funding.
14. Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Ribbon Cutting Ceremony October 19, 2005 Captioned photograph showing Claude Page, grandson of Lorraine Shields Page, cutting ribbon to open an exhibit in his grandmother's name at the Kansas City Museum. She was a museum founder who started...
15. Soprano Star From the 19th Century Soprano Star From the 19th Century September 13, 2006 Description of an exhibit at the Kansas City Museum entitled "Alice Nielson [Nielsen]: Heartland Diva" which opens September 17, 2006 with a live opera recital. Nielsen was an international opera star...
16. Task Force Says Tax Task Force Says Tax May 11, 2005 The Union Station task force report which came out in May hints at moving some Kansas City Museum exhibits to Union Station and moving toward a history focus. A musuem director for Union Station would...
17. The Kansas City Museum The Kansas City Museum 1950 Description of the museum "housing interesting exhibits of natural history and regional history," first opened in 1940, accompanied by a planetarium.
18. Trouble Brings Loss of Status Trouble Brings Loss of Status September 1, 2007 The American Association of Museums has denied professional accreditation to Union Station citing "no track record of financial stability." Station officials acknowledge that the lack of accreditation...
19. Union Station Money Approved Union Station Money Approved September 9, 2004 The Bistate Commission voted 6-2 to give Union Station $1.3 million for rail and dinosaur exhibits and for the reopening of the planetarium.