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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 Titlesort ascending Artist Object Type
Yin and Yang Yin and Yang Gabriella Polony Mountain Sculpture
Yamaha Piano Yamaha Piano Yamaha Other
Woven Window Woven Window Rita Lynn Surprenant-Colbert Other
Wooden Sculpture of Figure Wooden Sculpture of Figure Cecil C. Carstensen Sculpture
Wizard of Oz Jar Wizard of Oz Jar Irma Starr Sculpture
White Matter Fibers: Inside the Brain White Matter Fibers: Inside the Brain The image is courtesy of the University of Southern California Laboratory of Neuro Imaging Other
What the Dinosaurs Did at School Refe and Susan Tuma Photograph
Westport Library Westport Library W. A. McBride Print
Well up to Time at the Turnpike Well Up to Time at the Turnpike George Wright Print
Waves Waves Gabriella Polony Mountain Sculpture
Warehouses for WJ Smith, Esq. KCMO Warehouses for W. J. Smith, Esq, KCMO Unknown Print
Walt Disney in Kansas City Walt Disney in Kansas City Phil Starke Print
Vue de New York Arrivée du Transatlantic 1820 Vue de New York Arrivee du Transatlantique 1820 Louis Le Breton Print
Ville d'Avray Ville d'Avray Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Print
Village de Montage Village de Montage Pierre Henry Print
Victorian Display Case Victorian Display Case Johnstone Jeanes & Co. Furniture
Victorian Centennial Clock Victorian Centennial Clock George A Jones Furniture
Victorian Cabinet Victorian Cabinet Unknown Furniture
Urban Floor Clock, III Urban Floor Clock III Howard Miller Company Furniture
Union Station's Holiday Express Union Station's Holiday Express Roy Inman Photograph

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