Our full-day tour will include multiple venues in the six-block area. These being:
- American Jazz Museum - Celebrates and exhibits the experience of jazz as an original American art form through performance, exhibition, education, and research.
- Negro Leagues Baseball Museum - Explore the multimedia exhibits celebrating baseball’s storied past. One of Ken Burns/PBS resources for their Baseball documentary.
- Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey – Hear about their mission of making dance accessible to all, and see a brief solo performance.
- Black Archives of Mid-America – View a reconstruction of a Missouri slave quarters and see items from their permanent collection.
- Mutual Musicians Foundation – Where Count Basie, Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie played. Enjoy a box lunch and listen to a live jazz performance.
Our tour will conclude at the Brookside townhome of longtime art collectors Sharon and John Hoffman. Their outstanding collection of contemporary black artists includes: Nick Cave, Mickalene Thomas, Hank Willis Thomas, Titus Kaphar, Lynette Pain Boakye, et al. The Hoffmans have gifted works to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, including Kehinde Wiley’s Saint Adrian currently on view.
As this is a walking tour, please dress comfortably.
FRIDAY, September 16, 2022
FULL DAY: 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
COST: $100
MAXIMUM PARTICIPANTS: 40
Bus transportation is provided to and from the hotel.
18th & Vine, Photo credit: Notley Hawkins
American Jazz Museum, Photo credit: Jenny Wheat
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Photo credit: Jason Dailey
