5 Best Museums in Kansas City to See Art, History and More | KCMOGO The Best 5 Museums in Kansas City, MO

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

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Considered one of America’s premier art institutions, the Nelson-Atkins museum of art, located near the Country Club Plaza, displays art pieces that date from medieval age till date. One cannot help but marvel at the Asian art collections, Native American pottery, Africa, Oceania and the Americas art display. No wonder it has continued to stay relevant all these years.
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Liberty Memorial

There is no doubt the Liberty museum and memorial, located in Crown Center, is a National treasure, the museum is arranged in such a way that it exhibits the World War as though the soldiers are there present narrating their own stories. The museum features replicas of theaters, propaganda posters, guns and trenches. That’s not all; the most interesting albeit emotional part is the glass bridge which displays 9,000 poppies symbolizing the 9 million lives lost in the war.
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The Kemper Museum

Always FREE, Kemper Museum presents a dozen exhibitions annually and boasts a growing Permanent Collection of modern and contemporary art. The museum’s popular Café Sebastienne serves innovative culinary creations daily, and the museum’s Shop offers one-of-a-kind artwork and gifts.
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Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (NMOCA) has one of the top internationally acclaimed collections of emerging and established artists today. Public Art Review magazine named JCCC as one of the top 10 university/college campuses for public art in America, citing the sculptures, paintings, ceramics, photography and works on paper installed throughout the campus. The museum presents many of the region's most important exhibitions of leading-edge contemporary art, as well as dynamic and diverse educational programming.
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Harry S. Truman Presidential Library

Experience the eventful and triumphant life of America’s 33rd president. Harry S. Truman’s story is richly and uniquely American. From humble beginnings, he rose to become the most powerful man in the world. For nearly eight years, he guided our nation and the world through perilous times, from the ending of World War II to the beginning of the Cold War.
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