Art and Other Treasures

Several Library locations showcase artwork that has been loaned, donated or collected over the years. Many of these pieces can be viewed in public areas. The entire collection of art and other treasures is currently being inventoried, cataloged, and posted on this site.

For more info please email us at art@kclibrary.org

Image Title Artist Object Typesort descending
Bird's Eye View of Kansas City Bird's Eye View of Kansas City Albert Ruger Print
Vue de New York Arrivée du Transatlantic 1820 Vue de New York Arrivee du Transatlantique 1820 Louis Le Breton Print
1907 Map 1907 Aerial Map of Kansas City George Lawrence Print
Lady with a Parasol Lady with a Parasol Claude Monet Print
American Architect & Building News-Nov. 10, 1900-U.S. Post Office, KCK American Architect & Building News-Nov. 10, 1900-U.S. Post Office, KCK Heliotype Print Co.-Boston Print
Spring Storm Spring Storm Thomas Hart Benton Print
Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Map of Jackson County, MO Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Map of Jackson County, Mo W.E. McCourt Print
Ebb and Flow #1 Ebb and Flow #1 Laura Berman Print
1837 Map of Western & Northern Frontier 1837 Map of Western and Northern Frontier W. Hood Print
Sanctuary Sanctuary Malcolm Thompson Print
Dr. William Stone Woods Dr. William Stone Woods Strauss - KC Print
Russian Map of Kansas City Russian Map of Kansas City Unknown Print
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox Babe Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox Cecil C. Carstensen Sculpture
Bear Reading Book Bear Reading Book Unknown Sculpture
Lewis and Clark Discovery Lewis and Clark Discovery Eugene L. Daub Sculpture
KCPL Commemorative Plate KCPL Commemorative Plate Irma Starr Sculpture
Abstract Sculpture Two Abstract Sculpture Two Cecil C. Carstensen Sculpture
Globemaster Globe Globemaster Globe Globemaster Sculpture
Bronze Sculpture of Ilus Davis, front view full-length Bronze Sculpture of Ilus W. Davis Unknown Sculpture
Abstract Sculpture Abstract Sculpture Cecil C. Carstensen Sculpture

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