Central Library will not have the following services available on Saturday, October 12, due to the Heartland Book Fest: tech services, public computers and printing, and microfilm.
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This 1930s school desk was the heart and hearth of early American childhood education. The finished wooden chair is supported by a wrought cast iron b...
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What is a unique piece of wood from behind transforms into a cozy chair on which a bear rests reading a book. Deep gouges into the wood surface imitat...
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This print is a nearly exact reproduction of a map of Kansas City's Country Club district produced in 1930 by Oklahoma native Earl Wilson Allen. It wa...
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One of the seminal leaders of the 20th century was Missouri born and raised. Harry S.Truman grew up in Independence, Missouri, and during World War I...
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Likely intended for secretariat or collegiate use, this writing desk joins two working spaces with organizational caddies and a built-in brass lamp in...
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This 19th-century dining table would have been used in elite settings, likely for large gatherings and dinner parties. Already a sprawling 84 inches i...
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Hickory Chair Company released a James River Plantation Collection line inspired by the 18th-century antiques found in homes along the Virginia James...
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The original Kansas City Public Library building was constructed under Greenwood's direction and he was committed to making its services available to...
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The Yamaha piano is legendary for being the most recorded piano in recording history. Attributed to an acclaimed keyboard action, this piano responds...
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Known for his American Gothic painting, Grant Wood was a proponent of regionalism in the arts and developed an aesthetic for rural midwestern life in...