Please email your question to ask@nelson-atkins.org. This is the best way to contact a curator. All correspondence received at this address will be routed to the appropriate member of the curatorial staff.
The Spencer Art Reference Library offers an extensive collection of art reference materials and is open during all Museum public hours. You can search the Library catalog by clicking on the following link: http://libraryonesearch.nelson-atkins.org/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=SARL
If you are unable to visit and you have questions about our Library, please email your question to ask@nelson-atkins.org.
We do occasionally consider unsolicited works if they fit within our collecting priorities. If you have artwork that you are interested in selling/loaning/donating, please send images and detailed information about the work to ask@nelson-atkins.org. Offers of this nature are reviewed on a quarterly basis. Due to the large number of offers we receive, we cannot guarantee a response to your inquiry unless there is a serious interest in pursuing the work for acquisition. We ask that you do not bring or send any original artwork to the Museum as we cannot be held responsible for its safekeeping or its return.
Please email your exhibition packet to ask@nelson-atkins.org. The information will then be reviewed by museum leadership and staff. If there is any interest in hosting your exhibition, you will be contacted.
We appreciate your interest in submitting your work. However, at this time we are unable to review any unsolicited offers of artists’ work for the collection or exhibitions.
We ask that you do not bring or send any original artwork to the Museum as we cannot be held responsible for its safekeeping or its return.
Unfortunately, Museum policy does not permit us to comment on the authenticity or value of works of art. However, we can supply you with the following list of suggested national appraisers.