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Title: Museum, Neighbors at Odds Over Club
Description: Article examining the dispute between the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Rockhill Tennis Club. The museum owns the tennis club property and wants to relocate offices to the club and use the surrounding grounds to house part of its outdoor sculpture garden. "Residents of the surrounding Rockhill and Southmoreland neighborhoods are opposed to the office plan."
Date: 2008-04-02
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Nelson Gallery of Art Drawing
Description: Photograph of a drawing of the Nelson Gallery of Art.
Date: 1929-03-22
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p574
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 44th Street south to E. 47th Street and from Walnut Street east to Kenwood Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. At top of map, "Add'l Sheet, Oct. 1916."
Date: 1909/1950
Object Type: Map

Title: Nelson Art Gallery South Lawn
Description: Photograph, looking south from the south entrance of the Nelson Art Gallery, circa 1986. The view overlooks the Nelson's south lawn, across 47th Street, and across Theis Park and the Volker Memorial Fountain.
Date: 1986
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Western Gallery of Art
Description: Interior view of the Western Gallery of Art at the Nelson Art Gallery.
Date: 1933~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nelson Art Gallery
Description: Photograph looking east from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) of the west side of the Nelson Art Gallery, circa 1987. The Simpson House can be seen in the foreground of the image.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hilton Plaza Hotel and Southmoreland Neighborhood
Description: Photograph, looking east from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), of the Hilton Plaza Hotel at 1 East 45th Street circa 1987. To the east across Walnut Street, the All Souls Unitarian Church is pictured at the left edge of the image, and the Simpson House, at 4509 Walnut, and the Montreux apartments stand to the south. The Oak Hall and Sophian Plaza apartment buildings are also pictured at right, and the Nelson Art Gallery can be seen to the east.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Marriott and Hilton Plaza Hotels
Description: Photograph, looking east from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), of the Hilton Plaza Hotel at 1 East 45th Street and the Marriott Hotel at 4445 Main Street circa 1987. To the east across Walnut Street, the All Souls Unitarian Church is pictured behind the Marriott, and the Simpson House, at 4509 Walnut, and the Montreux apartments stand to the south. The Nelson Art Gallery is also pictured in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nelson Art Gallery Lobby
Description: Interior photograph of the Kirkwood Hall lobby of the Nelson Art Gallery, looking north, in the early 1980s. Architectural details, including marble columns and a coat of arms mounted above a ticket and information desk, can be seen in the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nelson Art Gallery
Description: Photograph of the 45th Street-facing entry of the Nelson Art Gallery in the early 1980s. A visitor parking can be seen in front of the building, with a low stone wall between the lot and 45th Street. The museum opened in 1933, and underwent a major redesign of its grounds in the late 1980s to create the Henry Moore Sculpture Garden, which was later expanded further and renamed the Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nelson Art Gallery Interior Detail
Description: Architectural detail photograph from an interior hallway in the Nelson Art Gallery in the early 1980s. The image captures curved marble walls, pendant light fixtures, a marble urn on a pedestal, and ornate images on domed ceilings.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: William Volker Memorial Fountain
Description: Photograph of the William Volker Memorial Fountain, looking north from the south end of Theis Park near the intersection of Oak Street and Volker Boulevard, in the early 1980s. The fountain, dedicated in 1958, was moved further south toward Volker in the 1990s as part of a redesign of Brush Creek and Theis Park. The Nelson Art Gallery building, at 4425 Oak Street, can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nelson Art Gallery
Description: Photograph of the front facade and driveway of the Nelson Art Gallery, looking south from 45th Street, in the early 1980s. A replica of Rodin's sculpture "The Thinker" stands in the median garden.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nelson Art Gallery
Description: Photograph of the Nelson Art Gallery, at 4525 Oak Street, looking north from Theis Park across 47th Street circa 1987.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nelson Gallery of Art from the University of Kansas City
Description: An autochrome photograph of the Nelson Gallery of Art (now known as the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art) as seen from the University of Kansas City (University of Missouri - Kansas City).
Date: 1933-10-01
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nelson Gallery of Art
Description: A color glass plate positive photograph of the Nelson Galley of Art (now known as the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art), taken from the south.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nelson Gallery of Art
Description: A colorized glass plate postive photograph of the Nelson Gallery of Art (now known as the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art), taken from the southeast.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nelson Gallery of Art
Description: An autochrome photograph of the Nelson Gallery of Art (now known as the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art), taken from the southeast.
Date: 1933-05-18
Object Type: Photograph

Title: "Else Paulson" Roses at the Nelson Gallery of Art
Description: An autochrome photograph of "Else Paulson" roses blooming in September at the Nelson Gallery of Art (now known as the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art).
Date: 1934-09-24
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nelson Gallery of Art
Description: An autochrome photograph of the Nelson Gallery of Art (now known as the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art), taken from the southwest as the first flowers appear on the new grounds.
Date: 1933-04-11
Object Type: Photograph

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