Kansas City Explored Study Tour

This study tour will focus on the culture of Kansas City as seen through its art, architecture, city planning, food, and investment in sports. Stephen Fox will lead us through the city’s downtown, landscape architect George Kessler’s greenway park and boulevard system, real estate developer J. C. Nichols’s Country Club District (models for Houston’s Hermann Park and River Oaks), and the Hall family’s utopian Crown Plaza. We will visit the Nelson-Atkins Museum, the World War I Memorial as well as several private art collections. Kansas City has an abundance of artist’s studios, and we plan to visit several of them.

We will enjoy the local barbeque as well as meals at chef-driven restaurants. Along the way we will hear from well-informed speakers, thoughtful collectors, and perhaps visit a few of Kansas City’s notable shops! Travelers will stay at Crossroads Hotel, a 2018 architectural transformation of the 1911 Pabst Brewing Depot with an appealing bar and restaurant, an art gallery, and an artist-in-residence program co-curated by Houston’s Hesse McGraw. Architectural historian Stephen Fox, our guide, has long wanted to take a group to Kansas City because of the city’s influence on Houston. Here is your chance to come along!

Reservations will be made on a first come-first served basis upon receipt of a $500 deposit, the online Reservation and Deposit Form, and the signed Release of Claims form. Airfare is not included in study tour registration. Suggested itineraries will be posted shortly.

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