Exhibitions

The success of Bruce R. Watkins Drive is just as complicated as its tortured construction. More than 35 years since construction began, this exhibition reflects on the good and the bad in the road’s winding legacy.

The Flood of 1951 was the worst natural disaster in Kansas City’s history. Seventy-five years later, this exhibition looks back at its impact on the region, commemorating those who lost loved ones and property, the first responders, social service providers, citizen volunteers who helped in rescue and relief efforts...

Are you free to act as you wish? Or are you free from something acting on you? For the Library's 250 & Counting series capstone exhibition, we asked people to respond to these questions by mail! How far have we come? How far do we still need to go? What freedoms do you treasure most? Is freedom really free?