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 Artistsort descending Object Type
1907 Map 1907 Aerial Map of Kansas City George Lawrence Print
Union Station Architectural Drawing Union Station Architectural Drawing Jarvis Hunt Print
1946 City Plan Commission Map of Downtown Area Kansas City Planning Commission Print
1946 City Plan Commission Map of Residential Areas Kansas City Planning Commission Print
1946 City Plan Commission Map of Future Land Use and Population Density Kansas City Planning Commission Print
1946 City Plan Commission Map of Business and Industry Kansas City Planning Commission Print
1946 City Plan Commission Map of Public Schools Kansas City Planning Commission Print
Haitian Caryatids Haitian Caryatids Adolf Dehn Print
Sliding Carriage Eastman Kodak Company Camera Sliding Carriage Eastman Kodak Company Camera Eastman Kodak Company Other
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox Babe Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox Cecil C. Carstensen Sculpture
Abstract Sculpture Two Abstract Sculpture Two Cecil C. Carstensen Sculpture
Abstract Sculpture Abstract Sculpture Cecil C. Carstensen Sculpture
Wooden Sculpture of Figure Wooden Sculpture of Figure Cecil C. Carstensen Sculpture
What the Dinosaurs Did at School Refe and Susan Tuma Photograph
The Outwin Poster (i) The Outwin Poster (i) Amy Sherald Poster
Outwin Poster (ii) The Outwin Poster (ii) Amy Sherald Poster
The City Market Sesquicentennial Celebration The City Market Sesquicentennial Celebration Kansas City Public Library Poster
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
Steinway piano, closed Steinway Steinway Furniture
Stromberg Carlson Radio Stromberg Carlson Radio Stromberg-Carlson Furniture

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