Winner of three 2004 Tony Awards, 'Wicked' is based on the Gregory Maguire novel, 'Wicked: The Life and Times of The Wicked Witch of the West.' It takes place in the Land of Oz and tells the story of...

This exhibit looks at the influence Asian goods have had on American ceramic art since the middle of the 19th century.

NAMA takes a closer look at the details of life's natural forms in this collection of prints and drawings from the 19th and 20th centuries.

This exhibit explores the history of the American railroad via personal histories, vintage rail cars and unique artifacts.

Ranging from the 17th to the 19th centuries, the miniatures in this exhibition hold a portrait of a person whether in the context of a personal relationship or as admiration for a public figure. The...

Hourly guided tours take visitors through the house, where they experience the daily life of a prosperous, pre-Civil War family. Visitors may also wander through the Museum's historically accurate...

Elegant Victorian Christmas will honor yuletides past with profusions of garlands, ribbons, fruit and flowers.

Celebrate the season with our annual holiday cabaret revue of traditional and popular music, featuring Amy Coady, Elaine Fox, Cary Mock and pianst/emcee J. Kent Barnhart.

The Ingalls family -- Laura, Ma, Pa, Mary and Carrie -- sells their house, leaves the Big Woods of Wisconsin and heads west to Indian Territory near Independence, Kansas. Gorgeous new scenery! A...

Stephen, a 25-year-old hotshot press secretary, has built a career that men twice his age envy. During a tight presidential primary, however, the backroom scheming of more seasoned operatives and a...

This photo exhibit features over 100 images of jazz greats including Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Goodman as they traveled the world on behalf of the U.S...

Since photography's inception in 1839, children have been popular subjects for the camera. We look to pictures of children as collective memories of childhood itself -- a phase of life to which we can...

At the beginning of the 20th century a conflict erupted in Europe that rapidly escalated into a war of unprecedented destruction and bloodshed. About 65 million soldiers fought, and over 9 million of...

These works, gathered together from the permanent collection, shaped the post-war aesthetic of the 20th century.

Gary Cooper was the only person that Alvin York trusted to portray his story from the Great War. York insisted that if Cooper was not part of the movie, he would not authorize the film. Cooper's 1941...

The permanent gallery of the Museum explores the musical legacies of seminal jazz legends, cultural ambassadors and American icons Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Kansas City's...

This exhibit features a special collection of over 25 different pictures, photographs and images depicting the life of Jesus Christ.

The Center has a permanent exhibit area which features interactive exhibits on site geology, local flora and fauna of the early 19th century, Hopewell Indians, Osage Indians, Lewis and Clark, Fort...

This iconic art family has been creating paintings for over 100 years. They have influenced American painting from their homes in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and Maine.

This exhibit features Italian, French and Spanish textiles that were influenced by Middle Eastern trade and aesthetics.

'Without Place--Without Time--Without Body' evokes a mythical mountain landscape of infinite proportions. Laib's title suggests a spiritual realm unfettered by limitations of place, time and body. The...

This exhibition explores the idea of reciprocity between artists and their community. Culled from the Kemper Museum's permanent collection, the included works are by area artists and subtly reveal how...

Inspired by French philosopher Gaston Bachelard's book La poetique de l'espace (The Poetics of Space) (1958), this exhibition features photographs from the Kemper Museum's permanent collection that...

The 7 artists in this exhibit created works based on the idea of the transition point between natural and manufactured things. These images aren't meant to be of perfect cohabitation with nature, but...

This postdigital painter uses formalist strategies and materials to create visually seductive abstractions.