KC History

On Oct. 12, the Heartland Book Festival celebrates the written word – and continues a Library tradition. ...

Continuing with the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Kansas City Public Library, the Missouri Valley Special Collections highlights the car...

A gallery space near the entrance to 'Disney100: The Exhibition' at Union Station, which opened May 24, highlights items from the Library's Missouri V...

Since January, the Central Library's Stanley H. Durwood Vault has been screening daily movies....

Over a century after his birth and nearly 70 years after his death, jazz saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker remains one of Kansas City’s favorite so...