Nelson Atkins Museum of Art

User Reviews of Nelson Atkins Museum of Art

Yelp.com Review - by David A.

5.0 of 5 stars. FREE! A world class art museum that is FREE! It's HUGE. They have beautiful grounds with sculptures all over. It makes us want to come there and picnic sometime. Most of their artwork is PRISTINE! You...
yelp.com - user review - 08/29/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Susan N.

5.0 of 5 stars. The art or architecture? I'm not sure which one is more outstanding.Things that are great:There's a little of everything for everyone in terms of artwork.Modern art is very hit or miss. The new wing...
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Mopsie B.

5.0 of 5 stars. This was my second trip to KC but only my first to the museums. I agree with all of the favorable reviews on this site. As a Chicago native, I obviously have a bias towards the Art Institute. But, I...
yelp.com - user review - 08/19/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jamie Q.

5.0 of 5 stars. For my first trip to KC, I decided that this would be my first stop. It did not disappoint. Who would have thunk it? A world class museum right in the heart of KC! Brilliant!The real star of this...
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Robert M.

5.0 of 5 stars. I can not say enough about this fine gallery. I roamed the halls here as a child for hours on end and spent many hours smoking pot out by the Volker Fountain in the late 60s (statue has run, right?)....
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Rachel P.

5.0 of 5 stars. I don't think a lot of KC natives realize how amazing this museum is. The Asian art collection is one of the best in the country and I love the courtyard and sculptures. The museum and it's...
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by A N.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is my favorite museum. I have been going there for many years and I am always impressed. This is a must see in Kansas city. Eating in the indoor courtyard is a true treat. For all the people...
yelp.com - user review - 06/20/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jeraldo M.

5.0 of 5 stars. I'll give it five stars for the area. I grew up next door and have been there dozens of times. This is a fantastic gallery. It is weak as far as modern art goes. It is very, very strong in...
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jaron S.

5.0 of 5 stars. I visited Nelson-Atkins pretty soon after moving here and talk about the wonderful impression it gave me. KC truly has a gem with this museum. I was in a state of awe walking in and out of rooms and...
yelp.com - user review - 05/21/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Erica J.

5.0 of 5 stars. This museum is absolutely gorgeous and filled with amazing amount of art. You could easily spend a day here wandering from gallery to gallery. The sculpture garden has a large amount of Henry Moore...
yelp.com - user review - 05/21/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by tom k.

5.0 of 5 stars. Spend a day. A true jewel for the Midwest and the metropolitan area. Location is somewhat isolated from urban amenities, but is within a few blocks from the Country Club Plaza and has many city bus...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Andrea B.

5.0 of 5 stars. I sure wish I would have had more time. I get so little free time when I travel for work and with this museum I could have hung out in for hours. The collections were amazing ranging from...
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Helen G.

5.0 of 5 stars. I love the Nelson! The staff are full of wisdom and a willingness to show you the ropes. And the grounds are just as beautiful as the works on the inside. I come here for inspiration...
yelp.com - user review - 02/28/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Carrie H.

5.0 of 5 stars. I can't believe it took me 6 months to make it here, but this place really impressed me. really, i just wanted somewhere to walk outdoors on this gorgeous day and remembered the sculpture garden at...
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Adam O.

5.0 of 5 stars. I have been to the Nelson before, ages ago, but I had never been to the Bloch building.I was blown away. It wasn't just the art that was housed inside, but the building itself that really caught my...
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Amanda R.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is *the* place to take out-of-towners. The Nelson easily rates as one of the best art museums in the region, and their collection of Chinese scroll paintings is regarded as one of the best in...
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Sean O.

5.0 of 5 stars. This has always been ones of the finest art galleries in the whole country. It is easily up there with the National Gallery in DC (one of my other favorite galleries). It was always a great place...
yelp.com - user review - 12/09/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Elizabeth R.

5.0 of 5 stars. As a kid growing up in the metro, the Nelson was for school field trips and Girl Scout outings. Now that I'm making my own plans, this is a perpetual hit! The free admission - I know, can you believe...
yelp.com - user review - 12/02/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Kelsey C.

5.0 of 5 stars. This museum is beautiful, from the art (of course), the building and outside sculptures, and even the store and restaurants inside. The museum store is always fun to look at because it has local...
yelp.com - user review - 11/03/2008
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yup

its pretty awsome i go there every summer!
openlist - user review - 10/08/2008

Yelp.com Review - by Liz T.

5.0 of 5 stars. I absolutely love this place. I keep on saying to everyone that this place is the only thing keeping me alive in KC and seriously that statement has been true thus far.The collection is impressive to...
yelp.com - user review - 09/05/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Gregor G.

5.0 of 5 stars. I grew up going to the Nelson with great frequency, but hadn't been back for several years. Driving by today and seeing those familiar giant shuttlecocks on the lawn had me demanding an afternoon at...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Michael L.

5.0 of 5 stars. A classic museum and for some reason a surprise to me to find such a nice collection of art. A great building and grounds. The folks of Kansas City are Lucky to have such a place. My only complaint is...
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Justin E.

5.0 of 5 stars. My wife and I are big fans of all kinds of art, and we love visiting this museum whenever we have the chance.The collection that is here is very good, crossing many eras. They also recently added new...
yelp.com - user review - 08/02/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Andrea C.

5.0 of 5 stars. The Nelson has a great collection, and I love visiting each summer I'm in town. The shuttlecocks are strange and wonderful, and the buildings themselves are beautiful.In some corners lie guestbooks...
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Adam C.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is the museum that other museums want to be when they grow up.Seriously, if you're into classical type stuff, then this is it. Now me, I can take or leave modern art... preferably leave it. So...
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Heather K.

5.0 of 5 stars. There's nothing better than waking up in the early afternoon after a long night of brutally rough drunkeness and deciding to go to the art museum. I was hungover, supremely sore, and still sleepy when...
yelp.com - user review - 04/01/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Erin M.

5.0 of 5 stars. Growing up I was into art and took tons of art classes (nerd). One of my favorite past-times was going with my mom on Saturday afternoons for free admission to the Nelson.This place is amazing. I...
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Kristen S.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is one of my favorite places in the city, and it is FREE for goodness sake!!! So,we explore often -sometimes for short visits, sometimes longer. It seems there is always something new to...
yelp.com - user review - 02/27/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Chad H.

4.0 of 5 stars. On par with the better art-museums across the country, the new Bloch wing makes the Nelson Atkins a must visit. Beautiful balance between contemporary and ancient with the two parts of their campus....
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Rhett H.

5.0 of 5 stars. God bless this museum. The worst part about it, is that the people who don't live nearby cannot soak up the great things this place has to offer more often.When I first moved to the midtown area, I...
yelp.com - user review - 02/01/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Lyn P.

4.0 of 5 stars. There is something for everyone here. The older building houses what you would expect in an art museum. The Bloch building is its hipper side where you can find the modern and contemporary art and any...
yelp.com - user review - 11/11/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Scott D.

5.0 of 5 stars. The Nelson-Atkins is Great! How anyone could give it less than five stars is beyond me. A selection of Impressionist paintings, Asian, African, middle Eastern art, middle-ages religious paintings,...
yelp.com - user review - 11/04/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Johnny J.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is the only real artsy fartsy place to go in Kansas City, at least where you aren't expected to fork over lots of money and know lots of "artistes." For the region, the selection is superb. This...
yelp.com - user review - 11/01/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Rachel H.

5.0 of 5 stars. I live a block behind this place and its the crown jewel of Kansas City... I love this place. If you want to go to a museum, eat at a cafe, walk your dog, play foot ball, walk around a huge sculpture...
yelp.com - user review - 10/23/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Shawn H.

5.0 of 5 stars. I love the Nelson-Atkins. I've been a member for awhile. Excellent Gallery the collection is second only to Chicago art institute in the Midwest. Don't compare this to the Louvre or the Met. They...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by ruth l.

5.0 of 5 stars. Actually, the Nelson-Atkins is considered to have a world-class collection. Which, incidentally, none of the museums in LA really do (I should know, I work at one of them). It of course does not...
yelp.com - user review - 06/05/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by megan t.

4.0 of 5 stars. In protest to this Jonathan S., I believe the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art to be much better than i expected an art museum of Kansas City to be. Of course in comparison to larger cities like L.A.,...
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2006
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If you see a huge shuttlecock on the lawn, you'll know you're at the right place. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City isn't ...
gusto.com - user review - 04/26/2006
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Great Time

This art museum is wonderful. The outside landscape just makes you want to turn off the road and jump right into the building. For the average person who might not appreciate art like others, the mu...
judysbook.com - user review - 04/17/2006
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Nelson Atkins Museum of Art

The Nelson Atkins is a great place to go for an afternoon of cultural and intellectual stimulation. While it's not the top art museum in the country, it houses an impressive array of both paintings an...
judysbook.com - user review - 02/28/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Michael W.

4.0 of 5 stars. The Nelson is a great place to look at art, with something for virtually everyone. Their collection ranges from classical antiquities to modern art, and if you're interested in Asian and Indian art,...
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2006
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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is a great art museum in the downtown area of Kansas City. I don't really no anything about art, but I do know that they have a great collection of all sorts of differe...
judysbook.com - user review - 09/27/2005
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Great Date

If your crazy about the girl, who happens to be at least somewhat intelligent, this is a superb place for a date. You'll get in beautiful works of art, and have enough time to laugh at a few, and get ...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/23/2005
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Art Museum

Kansas City is pretty big on Art. The Nelson is neat because they have different kinds of art, from old to modern. Under almost each piece of art, you can find a story about the work. If you never ...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/18/2005
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Art

Nelson atkins museum of art is obviously located in the art district of kansas city. Even if you don't go into the museum, the area is just beautiful. It has many older homes that are so nice, and the...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/14/2005
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Small but a big deal

This museum is full of Asian, European, and American Art. They also house some unique sculptures both inside and outside the museum. The ones outside you can not miss it is a site to see for your own ...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/07/2005
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The best!

This is the best museum in the midwest, and one of the top ten in the country. The Nelson Atkins museum of fine art always has something you didn't see before, and such beautiful works. The exhibits a...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/02/2005
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Nelson Atkins Museum of Art

The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art is nothing compared to any big museum in New York or Chicago. There really aren't any big name paintings because KC isn't a big market for art. I would definitely not...
judysbook.com - user review - 07/27/2005
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Art Museum in Kansas City

This is a great museum in Kansas City, by the plaza. The building itself is just as cool as the stuff inside. It's really old and it seems like an old church or something from Europe. They have fam...
judysbook.com - user review - 07/14/2005
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Nelson Atkins Boring Museum of Art

The Nelson is a art museum in Kansas City, MO. I haven't been there in a couple years, but if it is anything like it was then, then your aren't missing out on anything. It was not much fun, and they d...
judysbook.com - user review - 07/10/2005
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Construction

The new parking garage makes visiting the museum a breeze, no more parking on the city streets, it's convenient, safe and well gaurded. With the addition of new buildings and permanent sculptures this makes...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/11/2003
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simply the best!

Simply the best museum in the middle of the nation! They had a wonderful Egyptian exhibit that I was able to attend this past summer. Their permanent Egyptian and ancient culture exhibits are astounding.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/22/2002
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Awesome

the Nelson is great! Now that it is FREE even better!
citysearch.com - user review - 08/24/2002
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One of the country's top museums

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is one of the top art museums in the country. It is fabulous and has an excellent collection of art.
citysearch.com - user review - 08/08/2002
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GREAT PLACE!

The Nelson-Atkins is a great place for visitors or for people around the city. The museum is HUGE and the grounds are beutiful. There are new exhibits all of the time and wonderful artifacts from all time...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/08/2002
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Ever Changing

I have been visiting the Nelson Art Gallery for 64 years and continue to do so occasionaly. My children and grandchildren visit from around the world and insist that they make a trip to the Gallery on each...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/07/2002
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Art galore

Awesome exhibits. Usually free admission. Must stop by Rozelle Court and have a piece of their world famous chocolate cake. Amazing works of art and very helpful staff.
citysearch.com - user review - 07/26/2002
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My favorite art museum.

Very classy art museum with lots of different attractions - beautiful architecture, great restaurant to dine in the palazzo. My best friend studies art here. It's free on Saturdays!
citysearch.com - user review - 07/26/2002
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