Current Exhibit

Now Open: Celebrating 50 Fabulous Years with America's Favorite Doll
Fashion diva, career girl, and friend, Barbie® defines girlhood like no other doll.  Celebrate her 50th birthday with a look back at her early years and learn how she became an international icon!


Nettie Wells Dollhouse: A Family at Play
Nettie Wells, a Kansas City girl growing up in the 19th century, learned many life lessons while playing with the dollhouse her father made for her. Like a telescope into the past the cards and books that Nettie made allow us to imagine her private narrative of play. 

Exhibit through 2012. See the 'Calendar' for special programming.

Upcoming Events and Programs

 1.12.2012 – Docent Training Classes - Ongoing

 2.11.2012 – Frozen Charlotte

 4.07.2012 – Nettie Wells Dollhouse: A Family at Play

 6.06.2012 – Adventures in Learning - Let's Explore Casting!

 6.13.2012 – Adventures in Learning - The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln

 6.20.2012 – Adventures in Learning - Marble Madness

 6.24.2012 – Artist-in-Residence

 6.27.2012 – Adventures in Learning - Mini Paintings

 7.11.2012 – Adventures in Learning - Fabulous French Miniatures

 7.18.2012 – Adventures in Learning - Nettie Wells Dollhouse

 7.25.2012 – Adventures in Learning - Fashion Dolls

 8.01.2012 – Adventures in Learning - German Toys

 8.08.2012 – Adventures in Learning - Surprise Program

 8.15.2012 – Adventures in Learning - Make Your Own Periscopes