The Westport and Bluford branches will be closed Wednesday, June 12 for staff training.
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Wednesday, June 14, 2023
On Saturday, June 17, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., stop by the parking lot of the Kansas City Public Library’s...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Quindaro only lasted for six years—but one hundred sixty years later, it still fascinates people for its links to the Underground Railroad....
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Friday, March 4, 2022
Jack Johnson was one of the most famous people in the world in February 1912, having pummeled Jim Jeffries 19 months earlier in the “Fight of the Cent...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
The Veterans Writing Workshop is designed to help veterans, active military, and their family members develop writing and narrative skills that can em...
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Wednesday, July 24, 2019
The Veterans Writing Workshop is designed to help veterans, active military, and their family members develop writing and narrative s...
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Monday, November 12, 2018
The Library is currently migrating its large collection of digital historic images to a new software platform. An unfortunate consequence of our da...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Five years ago, the Kansas City Public Library and its archival partners announced the launch of the website Civil War on the Western Border: The Miss...
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Monday, July 16, 2018
The Veterans Writing Workshop is designed to help veterans, active military, and their family members develop writing and narrative skills that can em...