Skip to main content
Kansas City Public Library logo

Header Quick Tools

  • News
  • Locations & Hours
  • Catalog Login
  • Get a Library Card
KCPL logo stacked
  • Get to Know Us
    • The Basics
      • Library Cards
      • Borrowing Materials
      • Library Catalog
      • Meeting, Study, and Event Spaces
      • Technology Services
      • Freedom from Fines
      • Library FAQs
    • Locations
      • All Locations & Hours
      • Bluford
      • Central
      • North-East
      • Plaza
      • Ruiz
      • Southeast
      • Sugar Creek
      • Trails West
      • Waldo
      • Westport
      • Bookmobile
    • Stay Connected
      • Library News
      • Email Newsletters
      • Public Notices
      • Podcasts
      • Contact Us
    • About Us
      • Administration & Governance
      • Work at the Library
      • Library History
      • Policies & Procedures
      • Donate
      • Greenwood Society
      • Volunteer
      • About the Library
  • Books & Digital Collections
    • Reading Lists
      • New Titles
      • On Order Titles
      • Bestsellers
      • Award Winners
      • Reading Lists for Adults
      • Reading Lists for Kids & Teens
      • All Staff-Created Lists
    • eBooks, Audiobooks, & Streaming
      • eBooks
      • Digital Audiobooks
      • Magazines & Newspapers
      • Movies & TV
      • Music
      • Comics
      • For Kids
      • For Teens
    • Digital Resources
      • Business & Entrepreneurship
      • Directories & Statistics
      • Health & Well-Being
      • History & Genealogy
      • Homework Help For Kids
      • Homework Help For Teens
      • Digital Resources A-Z
    • Request It
      • Borrow from Another Library
      • Order a Scan/Photocopy
      • Shelf Help Reading Recommendations
      • Orchestral Performance Sets
      • Suggest a Purchase
  • Events & Activities
    • Signature Events
      • Upcoming Events
      • Event Archive
      • Exhibitions
    • Calendar
      • All Events & Activities
      • Calendar View
      • Book Groups
      • Movie Screenings
      • Online Programs
      • Adults
      • Kids
      • Teens
    • Event Series
      • Big Read
      • Summer Reading
      • AANHPI Heritage Month
      • Friday Night Family Fun
      • Making a Great City
    • On Demand
      • Dial-A-Story
      • Event Audio
      • Event Video
      • Podcasts
  • Services
    • Onsite Services
      • Library Cards
      • Meeting, Study, and Event Spaces
      • Passports
      • Free Notary
      • Seed Library
      • Technology Services
      • All Services
    • For Special Populations
      • For Educators
      • Refugee & Immigrant Services
      • Support for Life Challenges
      • Street Sheets
      • Technology Skills Training
      • Tech to Go Device Checkout
      • Community Tabling
      • Accessibility
    • We Come to You
      • Bookmobile
      • Books to Go
      • Community Appearance Request
      • KCLibrary by Mail
      • Lobby Stops
    • Request It
      • Get/Manage Library Card
      • Borrow from Another Library
      • Order a Scan/Photocopy
      • Reading Recommendations
      • Pay Fees
      • Orchestral Performance Sets
      • Suggest a Purchase
  • Lifelong Learning
    • Local History
      • Missouri Valley Special Collections
      • KC-1940
      • Civil War on the Western Border
      • The Pendergast Years
      • What's Your KCQ?
      • Digital History Projects
    • Personal Development
      • Technology Skills Training
      • Support for Life Challenges
      • Digital Learning Resources
      • Digital Resources A-Z
    • Our Specialties
      • Business & Entrepreneurship
      • Career & Higher Education
      • Civic Engagement
      • Health & Well-Being
      • Legal
      • Nonprofit
      • Personal Finance
    • Enrichment
      • Current Exhibitions
      • Art Collection
  • My Account
  • Search

Search the Library

Click to Search Site

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Art Collection
Cowtown Plaza

Cowtown Plaza

Artist:
Carol Hensley
Plaza
Sculpture
CowParade is an ongoing international public art exhibit that has featured the artistry of over 5,000 artists across 80 major world cities. Fiberglass...
Read More
Horse & Carriage

Horse & Carriage

Artist:
The Kansas City Repertory Theatre
Plaza
Sculpture
This particular miniature black rococo-style horse drawn coach driven by a coachman, was utilized by the Kansas City Repertory Theatre as a stage prop...
Read More
Miniature Library

Miniature Library

Artist:
Barbara Mulvihill
Plaza
Sculpture
Barbara Mulvihill, an information services librarian at Salina Public Library, designed and created Miniature Library, a diorama of a contemporary lib...
Read More
Bear Reading Book

Bear Reading Book

Artist:
Unknown
Plaza
Sculpture
What is a unique piece of wood from behind transforms into a cozy chair on which a bear rests reading a book. Deep gouges into the wood surface imitat...
Read More
Gandy Dancer

Gandy Dancer

Artist:
Ed Fraughton
Central Library
Sculpture
This depiction of an early railroad worker, then-called "gandy dancers", was created by the artist to honor Irish immigrant laborers who contributed s...
Read More
Commemorative Plate for then 9th & Locust Library

Commemorative Plate for then 9th & Locust Library

Artist:
Irma Starr
Central Library
Sculpture
Based in Kansas City, Irma Starr is a world-renowned potter who creates collectible works of art that are modeled after the 17th-century slipware styl...
Read More
Globemaster Globe

Globemaster Globe

Artist:
Globemaster
Central Library
Sculpture
This globe is simple in its structural elements but detailed in its cartographic ones. It is tilted on its original axis and held in a full swing arm...
Read More
Black Hole

Black Hole

Artist:
Gabriella Polony Mountain
Central Library
Sculpture
Gabriella Polony Mountain's work includes four major themes. The first three themes are clearly recognizable as the Cosmos, Nature, and Figural works...
Read More
Abstract Mother and Child

Abstract Mother and Child

Artist:
Gabriella Polony Mountain
Central Library
Sculpture
Gabriella Polony Mountain's work includes four major themes. The first three themes are clearly recognizable as the Cosmos, Nature, and Figural works...
Read More
Man Playing Harp

Man Playing Harp

Artist:
Gabriella Polony Mountain
Central Library
Sculpture
Gabriella Polony Mountain's work includes four major themes. The first three themes are clearly recognizable as the Cosmos, Nature, and Figural works...
Read More
  • Load More Results
Reset filters

Filters

Artist

  • Gabriella Polony Mountain (12)
  • Unknown (11)
  • Cecil C. Carstensen (4)
  • Irma Starr (3)
  • Eugene L. Daub (2)
  • Harold 'Tuck' Langland (2)
  • Alfred Coe (1)
  • Barbara Mulvihill (1)
  • Carol Hensley (1)
  • Daniel C. French (1)
  • Dick Harshaw (1)
  • Dominic Benhura (1)
  • Donald Lipski (1)
  • Ed Fraughton (1)
  • Globemaster (1)
  • Joan Wobst (1)
  • Joseph C. Dreyer (1)
  • Mova (1)
  • Muffet Triggs (1)
  • Richard J. Hinger (1)
  • The Kansas City Repertory Theatre (1)

Building

  • Central Library (40)
  • Plaza (8)
  • Annex (1)

Object Type

  • (-) Sculpture (49)
  • Photograph (180)
  • Print (140)
  • Furniture (42)
  • Poster (37)
  • Other (26)
  • Oil Painting (10)
  • Acrylic Painting (2)
  • Mixed Media (1)
  • Watercolor Painting (1)

Sidebar Tools

  • Manage Library Card
  • Events Calendar
  • Hours & Locations
  • My Account
KCPL logo
14 West 10th St
Kansas City, MO 64105
Phone: 816.701.3400
Fax: 816.701.3401
Facebook Logo Twitter Logo YouTube Logo Instagram Logo

Footer menu

  • My Account
  • Library Services
  • Locations
  • Library Catalog
  • Get a Library Card
  • Pay Fees
  • Contact

Footer Second

  • Statement on Race and Social Equity
  • Accessibility at the Library
  • Donate
  • Subscribe to our Newsletters
  • Work at the Library