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Title: Music Hall Prepped For its Next 70 Years
Description: A $13.4 million renovation of the Music Hall is about to begin with completion in February, 2007. The Music Hall opened in 1935 with its art deco fixtures and styling. With the renovation the stage will be 15 feet deeper and much infrastructure will get modernized. "The theater's 2,400 seats will be replaced with slightly wider chairs and then realigned for better audience sight lines." The city will use the old seats elsewhere including the City Council's meeting chambers. Renovation design is being done by Helix Architecture + Design, Kansas City and Holzman Moss Architecture, New York.
Date: 2006-07-28
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Music Hall
Description: View from the stage of the empty Music Hall at Municipal Auditorium.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Music Hall
Description: View from stage into empty seats of Music Hall.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Music Hall
Description: View of Orchestra Promenade in Music Hall through decorative grillwork over a vent.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Music Hall
Description: View from stage of audience of unidentified children in Music Hall.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Music Hall
Description: View from empty seats toward stage in Music Hall.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Auditorium
Description: Unidentified men and women entering Music Hall, at night.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Auditorium
Description: View looking southeast of the entrance to Municipal Auditorium located along 13th Street between Wyandotte and Central streets. Cars parked along 13th Street can be seen. A sign for the Municipal Auditorium Music Hall is also in view. The Kansas City Power and Light Building can be seen in the background.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: SC166 Municipal Auditorium Collection Finding Aid
Description: This collection contains 35 black and white 8 x 10 photographs from a photo album by the Harkins Commercial Photo Company in Kansas City. The images are of interior and exterior views of the Municipal Auditorium taken around the time it was built in 1934-1935.
Date: 1934/1935
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Music Hall, Orchestra Promenade Lobby
Description: View of Orchestra Promenade Lobby at the Music Hall. Lounge area on lower level is visible, with mezzanine level featuring murals and sculptures above.
Date: 1936~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Municipal Auditorium, Music Hall
Description: Postcard of The Music Hall in Municipal Auditorium.
Date: 1936~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Music Hall
Description: Interior view of an unidentified audience in the Music Hall of Municipal Auditorium.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City's Dream of a Temple of Music
Description: Illustration and article about the planned music hall (later built as part of Municipal Auditorium in the 1930s), showing designs "by Courtlandt Van Brunt, architect associated with A. H. Buckley."
Date: 1923-08-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Bartle Hall Chief Takes an Unconventional Approach
Description: The executive director of Kansas City's Convention and Entertainment Center is 51-year-old Oscar McGaskey. He oversees Bartle Hall, Municipal Auditorium Arena and the Music Hall. McGaskey had previously been at the Dallas Convention Center for 10 years. Article details his impact on his current position.
Date: 2005-12-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: A New Sound for Downtown
Description: Article about the restoration of three local live-entertainment theaters, the Music Hall (in Municipal Auditorium), Folly Theater (Downtown), and Midland Theater (at the Crown Center shopping mall), partly for improvements on sound quality.
Date: 1981-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Music Hall, Orchestra Promenade
Description: View of Orchestra Promenade at the Music Hall with view of murals and chandelier overlooking lower lobby.
Date: 1936~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Anita Bryant - Hatemonger Descends on Kansas City
Description: Article recounts a July 13, 1977, visit to Kansas City by Anita Bryant, then touring the country to support the repeal of municipal gay rights ordinances. Details of Bryant's visit and activities associated with a convention of the Christian Booksellers Association and taping of the 700 Club television program are provided. A protest of local gay rights supporters organized by the Christopher Street Association is summarized.
Date: 2015-10
Object Type: Newspaper