News - Linda Hall Library

The Library will be CLOSED on Monday, January 20, 2025, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Monday, January 13, 2025

Open today 4 PM - 11 PM

Monday, January 13, 2025

Open today 4 PM - 11 PM

In The News

Nelson-Atkins Musemum of Art and Linda Hall Library Present All-New Multi-Cultural, Multi-Faith Advancement of Astronomy Exhibition

"Mapping the Heavens" explores connections between scholars, scientists, historians, and artists.

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Events

Black Butchers, Big Berthas, and Bombardments: Technology and the Making of the Great War

Presented in person at the Linda Hall Library in association with the National WWI Museum and Memorial.

JAN 30, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Hedgehog

Linda Hall Library Hedgehog Number 69, 2024

See the most recent issue of the Linda Hall Library Hedgehog.

Hedgehog

Gardens of Knowledge

Cultivating Science and Information in Early Modern Horticulture Books

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Wing of a European Roller (Corracias garrulus), by Albrecht Dürer, 1500-1512 Albertina, Vienna.

In The News: Jan 10

From Frescoes to Field Guides: A Journey Through the History of Bird Illustration

In The News: Jan 10

From Frescoes to Field Guides: A Journey Through the History of Bird Illustration

The autobiography of Robert Hutchings Goddard, father of the Space Age : early years to 1927

In The News: Jan 10

A Small Meteorite Lands at the Library

Shephard Media’s magazine Unmanned Vehicles helped construct a world market for military drone technology in the 1980s and 1990s. The publication exists today as Uncrewed Vehicles.

In The News: Jan 10

Drone Wars: Tracing the Growth of a Worldwide Market for Military Drone Technology

In The News: Jan 3

From Frescoes to Field Guides: A Journey Through the History of Bird Illustration

In The News: Nov 20

From Frescoes to Field Guides: A Journey Through the History of Bird Illustration

In The News: Nov 20

Gardens of Knowledge: Cultivating Science and Information in Early Modern Horticulture Books

In The News: Nov 20

Drone Wars: Tracing the Growth of a Worldwide Market for Military Drone Technology

In The News: Nov 12

New Acquisition: Sailing Ships and Lightning in Gold

Events

STEM Futures Showcase

Students in grades 9-12 will visit real workplaces connected to STEM and gain hands-on, real-world experience from industry professionals.

AUG 1, 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Fellowships

Fellowship Information Session

Learn about the different types of research support available to historians of science and humanities scholars during the 2025-26 academic year.

DEC 17, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Frontispiece from the Firmamentum Sobiescianum

In The News: Nov 12

Mapping the Heavens

“View from Point Sublime, Looking East,” chromolithograph after drawing by William Henry Holmes, in Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District, by Clarence Dutton, Atlas, pl. XV, 1882.

In The News: Nov 8

Perspectives on the Grand Canyon: Willian Henry Holmes

In The News: Nov 1

Linda Hall Library Offers Free Digital Scans to Former Fellows

In The News: Oct 2

Annual Art Display and Online Auction Benefitting KC STEAM Programs Held at Linda Hall Library for Third Consecutive Year

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

In The News: Sept 18

Green Reads: Cobalt Red

Mary Ward Sketches With the Microscope - 1 of 14 of the handcolored lithographed plates in the book

In The News: Aug 28

New Acquisition: Sketches With the Microscope

In The News: July 19

Linda Hall Library Names Anne Dema as Chair of the Board of Trustees

In The News: July 16

Linda Hall Library Hedgehog Number 69, 2024

Linda Hall Library and Nelson-Atkins receive NEH grant award

In The News: July 9

Nelson-Atkins and Linda Hall Library Awarded Climate Planning Grant, Ongoing Initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities

A woman programs and operates the FLAC, or Florida Automatic Computer, in A Survey of Domestic Electronic Digital Computing Systems, by Martin H. Weik, 1955, p. 48.

In The News: June 28

New Acquisition: A Survey of Domestic Electronic Digital Computing Systems, 1955

In The News: June 21

Linda Hall Library Announces 2024-25 Fellowships

Photo of Scott Perich, Linda Hall Library Vice President of Exhibitions and Project Management

In The News: May 15

Scott Perich Named New Vice President of Exhibitions and Project Management

Handwritten astrological computations, in two different pens or hands, on a slip of paper inserted into the Library copy of Tractatus astrologicus, by Luca Gaurico, 1552 (Linda Hall Library)]

In The News: May 1

New Acquisition: Tractatus Astrologicus

In The News: Apr 19

Linda Hall Library Arboretum Receives PGASLA Kessler Legacy Award

Titlepage, fine paper issue, Venice edition, Sidereus Nuncius cropped

In The News: Apr 4

Three Bright Galilean Stars: Three Copies of Sidereus Nuncius in Kansas City

Joannes Regiomontanus, In laudem operis Calendarij. Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 1485. Leaf B5r.

In The News: Apr 3

A Visual History of Eclipses

Linda Hall Library Manager of Strategic Partnerships, Kaylee Peile, interviewing Women in STEM advocate Libby Allman for a YouTube series.

In The News: Mar 22

Kaylee Peile, Director of Development, Selected for Centurions Leadership Program

Linda Hall Library team accepting 2023 STEM Outreach Partner of the Year award from UMKC

In The News: Mar 21

Linda Hall Library Receives UMKC Vanguard Award

In The News: Mar 8

New Acquisition: Liber Ignis

Museum Tessinianum Linnaeus portrait cropped

In The News: Jan 24

New Acquisition: Museum Tessinianum

Fellowships

Fellowship Information Session

Learn about the different types of research support available to historians of science and humanities scholars during the 2024-25 academic year.

DEC 8, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Program

Dolor Sit

MONDAY - FRIDAY, 10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Nelson-Atkins Musemum of Art and Linda Hall Library Present All-New Multi-Cultural, Multi-Faith Advancement of Astronomy Exhibition

Black Butchers, Big Berthas, and Bombardments: Technology and the Making of the Great War

Linda Hall Library Hedgehog Number 69, 2024

Gardens of Knowledge

From Frescoes to Field Guides: A Journey Through the History of Bird Illustration

From Frescoes to Field Guides: A Journey Through the History of Bird Illustration

A Small Meteorite Lands at the Library

Drone Wars: Tracing the Growth of a Worldwide Market for Military Drone Technology

Green Reads: Sustainability for the Forgotten

Happy Holidays from the Linda Hall Library

The World's Fabric

From Frescoes to Field Guides: A Journey Through the History of Bird Illustration

From Frescoes to Field Guides: A Journey Through the History of Bird Illustration

Gardens of Knowledge: Cultivating Science and Information in Early Modern Horticulture Books

Drone Wars: Tracing the Growth of a Worldwide Market for Military Drone Technology

New Acquisition: Sailing Ships and Lightning in Gold

STEM Futures Showcase

Fellowship Information Session

Mapping the Heavens

Perspectives on the Grand Canyon: Willian Henry Holmes

Linda Hall Library Offers Free Digital Scans to Former Fellows

Annual Art Display and Online Auction Benefitting KC STEAM Programs Held at Linda Hall Library for Third Consecutive Year

Green Reads: Cobalt Red

New Acquisition: Sketches With the Microscope

Linda Hall Library Names Anne Dema as Chair of the Board of Trustees

Linda Hall Library Hedgehog Number 69, 2024

Nelson-Atkins and Linda Hall Library Awarded Climate Planning Grant, Ongoing Initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities

New Acquisition: A Survey of Domestic Electronic Digital Computing Systems, 1955

Linda Hall Library Announces 2024-25 Fellowships

Scott Perich Named New Vice President of Exhibitions and Project Management

New Acquisition: Tractatus Astrologicus

Linda Hall Library Arboretum Receives PGASLA Kessler Legacy Award

Three Bright Galilean Stars: Three Copies of Sidereus Nuncius in Kansas City

A Visual History of Eclipses

Kaylee Peile, Director of Development, Selected for Centurions Leadership Program

Linda Hall Library Receives UMKC Vanguard Award

New Acquisition: Liber Ignis

New Acquisition: Museum Tessinianum

Fellowship Information Session

Dolor Sit

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