The North-East branch will close early at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, due to staff shortages.
Signature Event
Sunday, May 18, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
A now forgotten advertising slogan once proclaimed that Kansas City — proud of its “cowtown” heritage — was “where the steak is born.”...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 27, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
The 1876 raid by the James-Younger gang on Northfield, Minnesota, may be the most famous bank robbery in history.
Recognizing what was happening, c...
Signature Event
Sunday, April 6, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
On a cold day in December 1890, near a creek called Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry opened fir...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 17, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
In the late 1940s and 1950s, Kansas City native Tommy Campbell won 50 professional fights and became the world’s No. 2 lightweight. B...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 10, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with Tom Bass, portrayed by veteran actor Wa...
Signature Event
Sunday, September 15, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
Though far from the fashion center of New York, Kansas City once boasted a large, vibrant garment manufacturing industry. During its heyday in the ear...
Signature Event
Sunday, September 8, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
Built in 1942 in Johnson County, Kansas, the Sunflower Ordnance Works quickly became the world’s largest producer of rocket propellant, an essentia...
Signature Event
Sunday, August 18, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
William Quantrill’s August 21, 1863 Confederate raid on Lawrence, Kansas, left nearly 200 men and boys dead and the city in flames. Film expert...
Signature Event
Sunday, July 21, 2013
2:00pm
In Person
Arguments may ensue on the merits of individual barbecue joints, but no one disputes the extent that the “culture” of B-B-Q has helped define every...
Signature Event
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with William Clarke Quantrill, portrayed by...