About the museum
The story of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City opened in 1933, funded by the estates of the newspaper publisher William Rockhill Nelson and the teacher Mary Atkins.
Its collection is particularly strong in European painting and Asian art, and its lawn holds giant shuttlecocks by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.
The collection
The Nelson-Atkins holds more than 42,000 works. Its European paintings include Caravaggio's Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, Van Gogh's Olive Trees, Monet's Water Lilies triptych panel and works by Rembrandt and Poussin.
Its collection of Chinese art is among the finest in the West, and it is also known for its photography and its Henry Moore sculptures in the park.
At ArtLogia you can order 29 of its paintings as hand-painted reproductions, by 25 artists led by Vincent van Gogh, El Greco and Gustave Caillebotte.
- paintings to order
- 29
- artists
- 25
- art movements
- 12
- years covered
- 1100–1906
The building
The neoclassical Nelson-Atkins building of 1933 by Wight and Wight is joined to Steven Holl's Bloch Building of 2007, whose glass 'lenses' glow at night across the lawn.
Masterpieces to see
Planning a visit
General admission is free, and the sculpture park is open every day.
