News - Linda Hall Library

The Library will be CLOSED on Friday, June 19, 2026 in observance of Juneteenth.

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Open today 4 PM - 11 PM

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Open today 4 PM - 11 PM

The Linda Hall Unveils New Brand Identity, Inviting the Public to “Unleash Your Curiosity”

Tectonic Plate Collisions: Geological Train Wrecks

Plate tectonics revolutionized geology. Lecture covers collisions, diagrams, and how to spot past vs. present ones.

AUG 20, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

The Linda Hall: Science Library and Arboretum Announces 2026-2027 Fellowships

Beyond The Match: A Custom Publication to Shine Spotlight on KC's Thriving Arts Scene During FIFA World Cup 26 Kansas City

The Linda Hall: Science Library and Arboretum Announces 2026-2027 Fellowships

In The News: June 12

The Linda Hall: Science Library and Arboretum Announces 2026-2027 Fellowships

Beyond The Match: A Custom Publication to Shine Spotlight on KC's Thriving Arts Scene During FIFA World Cup 26 Kansas City

In The News: June 8

Beyond The Match: A Custom Publication to Shine Spotlight on KC's Thriving Arts Scene During FIFA World Cup 26 Kansas City

What Did We Think We Knew? On wonder, paradigm, and The Alchemy of Knowledge

In The News: Apr 21

What Did We Think We Knew? On wonder, paradigm, and The Alchemy of Knowledge

What Did We Think We Knew? On wonder, paradigm, and The Alchemy of Knowledge

In The News: Apr 21

What Did We Think We Knew? On wonder, paradigm, and The Alchemy of Knowledge

KCIC 2026

In The News: Apr 14

Kansas City Invention Convention Returns April 16 at Swinney Recreation Center

Alchemy of Knowledge

In The News: Mar 2

A new kind of exhibition explores how scientific discovery has disrupted our understanding of the world – and our place within it

Farming While Black

In The News: Feb 2

Green Reads: Farming While Black

Social Mobilisation for Climate Change

In The News: Jan 6

Green Reads: Social Mobilisation for Climate Change

Climate Change and Water Scarcity in the Middle East: A Transitional Approach by Mariëlle Snel, Nikolas Sorensen and Reed Power

In The News: Dec 1

Green Reads: Climate Change and Water Scarcity in the Middle East

Red Alert! Saving the Planet with Indigenous Knowledge by Daniel R. Wildcat

In The News: Nov 1

Green Reads: Red Alert! Saving the Planet with Indigenous Knowledge

Working-Class Environmentalism: An Agenda for a Just and Fair Transition to Sustainability by Karen Bell

In The News: Oct 1

Green Reads: Working-Class Environmentalism

Latinx Environmentalisms: Place, Justice, and the Decolonial edited by Sarah D. Wald, David J. Vazquez, Priscilla Solis Ybarra, and Sarah Jaquette Ray

In The News: Sept 1

Green Reads: Latinx Environmentalisms

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

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

Richard de Neufville Survey Collection

In The News: Aug 7

Linda Hall Library Announces Acquisition of the Richard de Neufville Surveying Collection

What if We Get it Right by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

In The News: Aug 1

Green Reads: What if We Get it Right

The Science of Climate Migration by Frank R. Spellman

In The News: July 1

Green Reads: The Science of Climate Migration

Photo of Library main entrance by Troy Thomas, Summit Studios

In The News: June 26

Linda Hall Library Announces 2025-26 Fellowships

Underflows: Queer Trans Ecologies and River Justice by Cleo Wölfle Hazard

In The News: June 2

Green Reads: Underflows: Queer Trans Ecologies and River Justice

Climate Change and Food Security in Asia Pacific by MD Saidul Islam and Edson Kieu

In The News: May 1

Green Reads: Climate Change and Food Security in Asia Pacific

H is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z by Elizabeth Kolbert

In The News: Apr 1

Green Reads: H is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z

View of Greenwich Observatory from the north. 1676 Etching

In The News: Mar 19

New Acquisition: John Flamsteed's Historia Coelestis

Global Burning: Rising Antidemocracy and the Climate Crisis

In The News: Feb 28

Green Reads: Global Burning: Rising Antidemocracy and the Climate Crisis

Map from the Himmelskarte, printed lithographically, which presents a stunning image of the night sky.

In The News: Feb 25

Honoring Elinor Eisemann, 1932-2025

Rhizoplaca species title

In The News: Feb 11

New Acquisition—Lichen: Rambles in the Colorado Front Range

The Intersectional Environmentalist

In The News: Jan 31

Green Reads: The Intersectional Environmentalist

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

In The News: Jan 23

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

Sustainability for the Forgotten

In The News: Jan 3

Green Reads: Sustainability for the Forgotten

The Forms of Water in Clouds & Rivers, Ice & Glaciers / by John Tyndall ... with Twenty-Five Illustrations Drawn and Engraved under the Direction of the Author. 6th ed. London: King, 1876. Print.

In The News: Dec 18

Happy Holidays from the Linda Hall Library

A Selection of Photographs of Stars, Star-Clusters and Nebulae, by Isaac Roberts, 1893

In The News: Dec 4

The World's Fabric

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

In The News: Nov 20

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

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: Nov 20

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

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

Dolor Sit

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