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Marr Sound Archives | Miller Nichols Library, 800 E 51st Street, KCMO 64110 (on the UMKC Campus) October 24 | Time:1:30-3:00pm Tour size limit: 20 Visit a treasure inside the Miller Nichols Library at the Marr Sound Archives, which contains over 400,000 audio and audiovisual recordings, which focus on the American experience as reflected in recorded sound. […]
Historic Westport & 1855 Harris-Kearney House Museum | 500 Westport Road, KCMO 64111 October 10 | Time: 1:30-3:00 pm Tour size limit: 15 We begin at Kelly’s, the oldest building in Kansas City, at the center of Westport where the city began on the Santa Fe Trail. Our guide is Marty Wiedenmann Jarvis, President of the […]
Shawnee Town 1929 | 11501 W 57th Street, Shawnee, KS 66203 October 3 | Time: 1:30–3:00 pm Tour size limit: 15 Step back into the 1920s and experience life in Shawnee, Kansas, a truck-farming town just outside Kansas City! Explore the town square businesses and historic farmstead – chickens included! A guided tour offers a deep-dive into […]
Englewood Arts Center | 10901 E Winner Road, Independence, MO 64052 September 26 | Time: 2:00–3:00 pm Tour size limit: 20 Englewood Arts is a non-profit, 501(c)(3), corporation creating opportunities for accessibility to arts and affordable housing in Independence, MO. The Englewood Arts Center was newly renovated to include accessible spaces for Glassblowing, Ceramics, Fibers, Woodworking, […]
KC Museum of Bar-B-Que | Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd, Suite 231, KCMO 64108 Tour size limit: 20 September 19 | Time: 2:00–3:00 pm Kansas City is famous for barbeque and now we have a new museum in Crown Center to celebrate and explore! You will learn about the history of this type of cooking and […]
Tuesday Afternoons – 1:30 – 3:30 pm 4747 Troost Ave, KCMO, Room 22B 5 different topics with 5 different presenters – take them all! Kansas City GEMS series brings variety to our quarterly lineup. It is often chosen by individuals new to SPARK who are looking to see what we are all about! Some presenters, […]
