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The National Archives in Kansas City

address400 W. Pershing Rd.
 Kansas City, MO  64108
phone(816) 268-8037
hoursMon.-Sat. 8 am-5 pm
www.archives.gov/central-plains/kansas-city/

Upcoming Schedule   

It’s Big
History/Science,Museum,Mixed Media
This exhibition will feature big documents, big events, big personalities, and big ideas from the region’s history. Organized by the National Archives at Kansas City, 'It’s Big' features pieces of American history including: audio clips from the FBI’s surveillance of Kansas City mobsters; the original complaint from Brown v. Board of Education, the case that ended school segregation; documents and photos of famous personalities with a local connection, including Negro Leagues baseball player Roy Tyler and Kansas City founding father John Calvin McCoy; and many of the famous and infamous signatures found in the National Archives holdings, including Abraham Lincoln, Leon Trotsky, Sitting Bull, Thurgood Marshall and the Birdman of Alcatraz.

Information: (816) 268-8037
Free

Tue 11/10-Sat 11/14 at 9am-5pm
Tue 11/17-Sat 11/21 at 9am-5pm
Tue 11/24-Wed 11/25 at 9am-5pm
Fri 11/27-Sat 11/28 at 9am-5pm
Tue 12/1-Sat 12/5 at 9am-5pm
Tue 12/8-Sat 12/12 at 9am-5pm
Tue 12/15-Sat 12/19 at 9am-5pm
Tue 12/22-Thu 12/24 at 9am-5pm
Sat 12/26 at 9am-5pm
Tue 12/29-Thu 12/31 at 9am-5pm
Sat 1/2 at 9am-5pm
Tue 1/5-Sat 1/9 at 9am-5pm
Tue 1/12-Sat 1/16 at 9am-5pm
Tue 1/19-Sat 1/23 at 9am-5pm