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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is the major art museum in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The museum was opened in 1933 after bequests from the estates of Kansas City Star publisher William Rockhill Nelson, schoolteacher Mary Atkins, and others. Today, the museum is most well-known for its collection of Asian art, especially that of China. The museum also has a large collection of ancient art, modern sculpture, and other representative works from Africa, The Americas, and Europe.
From 1954 through 2000, the Jewel Ball, Kansas City's debutante ball, took place every June in the main hall.
See also
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
External link
Official website (http://www.nelson-atkins.org)
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