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Shelves of archival boxes and books
Explore the archives by searching our data-base of guides to the collections, known as finding aids.
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Museum Web Archive

Screenshot of old Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art web page.
Travel back in time via the Wayback Machine to see what was happening at the museum from May 2017 to last month.
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Online Exhibition

Opening screen of Online Exhibition. Ready for Art: The 1933 Opening of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
This exhibition, hosted on Google Art and Culture, details how the museum came to be and features archival materials related to its opening in December 1933.
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Online Exhibition

Opening screen of Online Exhibition. Titled Generations of Women in The Early History of The Nelson-Atkins
Learn about the role of women in the early history of the museum through their photographs, letters, and diaries.
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Digital Publications

Front covers of two digitized publications Wiliam Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and High Ideals and Aspirations
A select collection of digitized museum publications, available on the Internet Archive.
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