The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

The Souvenir & Gift Shop in the museum

Can you believe the entrance into this art museum is FREE? Yupp, FREE ADMISSION!

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art ranks among the 10 largest museums in the United States. It opened in 1933. This beautiful neoclassical architecture sits beautifully on a 20 acre land in Kansas City. This gallery and museum were named respectively for a founder and editor of the Kansas City Evening Star, William Rockhill Nelson and for Mary McAfee Atkins. Both of them left bequests used to finance the building of this museum.

We spent a whole day at this beautiful museum. We had our lunch and tea at the elegant looking Rozelle Court. Food was of a good variety, tasty and cheap! We enjoyed the art, sculptures and galleries, and really learnt a lot.

Recycled liquor bottle caps!

The Thinker

We spent almost an hour in the sun, enjoying the grounds and neatly maintained lawn.

  

The mansions opposite the museum.

Across the grounds of this museum lie four 18-foot tall badminton shuttlecocks, 2 in front and 2 at the back.  From an aerial view, this scene is suppose to look like the remains of a giant's game of badminton, where the museum acts like a 'net' in this game.

 

Let's eat!

Rozelle Court

 

Salmon and beans with risotto

Key lime pie

 

Let's walk! There were 3 floors to cover in this museum.

Francesco Mosca, Atalanta and Meleager with the Calydonian Boar, 1564-1565.

 

Water Lilies by Claude Monet

Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, Crouching Flora, 1872.

Thomas Hart Benton, Persephone, 1938 - 1939.

A Yogini, 9th - 10th Century

Hindu Temple, Nayaka Period, 1565-1739.

Shiva Nataraja, The Lord of Dance, 13th Century. 

Guanyin of the Southern Sea, 11th-12th Century

Shoes designed by Christina Louboutin.

Eagle Feather Headdress, 1875.

Peanut butter pie

 

  

Inner Coffin of Meret-it-es, Egyptian. 380 - 250 BC.

Water Lilies by Claude Monet

The Greek Lion and I