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Kristie C. Wolferman tells the story of how the Nelson-Atkins came to be by re-creating the fascinating combination of people, events, and circumstances that culminated in this temple of art in the Midwest. This revised and expanded edition take the history up to the present and includes 100 color and black and white photographs.

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This fascinating story is a must-read for anyone interested in Midwestern cities and how art can transform them. Kristie Wolferman has created a page-turner about art and international culture orchestrated by numerous Kansas City personalities that will surprise and excite you at every turn. Lively and well-researched, this book will not only inspire you to visit the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art but will also urge you to learn its amazing social history, with art front and center. -- Susan Earle, PhD, curator of European & American Art, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas Lavishly illustrated. --Kansas City Star

This fascinating story is a must-read for anyone interested in Midwestern cities and how art can transform them. Kristie Wolferman has created a page-turner about art and international culture orchestrated by numerous Kansas City personalities that will surprise and excite you at every turn. Lively and well-researched, this book will not only inspire you to visit the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art but will also urge you to learn its amazing social history, with art front and center. -- Susan Earle, PhD, curator of European & American Art, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas Kristie Wolferman's The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A History provides an engaging and richly illustrated account of the rise of one of America's most treasured art museums. Her account celebrates the power of people, tracing the personalities and partnerships that led to the Museum's founding and later helped it flourish. Museums aren't just collections of objects, however beautiful or significant. They're first and foremost collections of people, sharing both a common vision and an uncommon commitment. Wolferman's history celebrates the people behind the scenes who bring museum galleries to life, and by their efforts bring a world of art to Kansas City. -- Alex Barker, Director of the Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri

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Kristie C. Wolferman is author of The Osage in Missouri; The Indomitable Mary Easton Sibley: Pioneer of Women’s Education in Missouri; and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: Culture Comes to Kansas City, all three published by the University of Missouri Press. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri, and Pinehurst, North Carolina.

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