Comments on: Nelson-Atkins cutbacks http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/10/nelson-atkins-cutbacks/ A Weblog for Kansas City, Missouri. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:10:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Dave Sanders http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/10/nelson-atkins-cutbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-193286 Dave Sanders Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:06:46 +0000 http://blogkc.com/?p=1877#comment-193286 I love the Museum and have been going there since I was a child. Im sorry to hear that they have fallen on hard times. (I have always liked the classic style of the original building and feel the new addition clashes with it.) I think I could have spent the money better.. it seems short sighted to not think that heating a barn that big would be affordable. Why can't our decision makers be more practical and less behind the curve! It's already built so it's too late to do anything about it. Now let see if the people that made the financial losses possible are smart enough think up a solution.. or are they just smart enough to spend money and pass along the cost of their mistakes. I love the Museum and have been going there since I was a child. Im sorry to hear that they have fallen on hard times. (I have always liked the classic style of the original building and feel the new addition clashes with it.) I think I could have spent the money better.. it seems short sighted to not think that heating a barn that big would be affordable. Why can’t our decision makers be more practical and less behind the curve! It’s already built so it’s too late to do anything about it. Now let see if the people that made the financial losses possible are smart enough think up a solution.. or are they just smart enough to spend money and pass along the cost of their mistakes.

]]> By: Bryan http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/10/nelson-atkins-cutbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-192357 Bryan Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:30:47 +0000 http://blogkc.com/?p=1877#comment-192357 What a shame. I live right by there - the building is beautiful and the lighting is great for talking walks at night. I hope the museum stays free - they need to find more ways to keep the place funded other than charging for admission. What a shame. I live right by there – the building is beautiful and the lighting is great for talking walks at night.

I hope the museum stays free – they need to find more ways to keep the place funded other than charging for admission.

]]> By: ChrisM70 http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/10/nelson-atkins-cutbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-192352 ChrisM70 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:24:36 +0000 http://blogkc.com/?p=1877#comment-192352 This is a shame. The Nelson-Atkins is a BEAUTIFUL museum and one of the few great civic treasures Kansas City can be proud of. Kansas City should be ashamed for not supporting it. With that said, I do think that building an expansion that only looks really great when it's lit up like a giant votive candle. This energy wasting idea was a bad choice in this green-thinking era we are entering. Perhaps they can figure out a way to cover the roof of the old building with solar panels to offset the costs? Either way, if you haven't been to the museum in awhile, it's worth your time. This is a shame. The Nelson-Atkins is a BEAUTIFUL museum and one of the few great civic treasures Kansas City can be proud of.

Kansas City should be ashamed for not supporting it.

With that said, I do think that building an expansion that only looks really great when it’s lit up like a giant votive candle. This energy wasting idea was a bad choice in this green-thinking era we are entering. Perhaps they can figure out a way to cover the roof of the old building with solar panels to offset the costs?

Either way, if you haven’t been to the museum in awhile, it’s worth your time.

]]> By: JulesK http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/10/nelson-atkins-cutbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-192349 JulesK Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:56:35 +0000 http://blogkc.com/?p=1877#comment-192349 I was just there this past weekend taking photos of the building as the sun went down. My father was in town from California and we couldn't wait to beeline over there and make some images together. It was a priveledge to be on the outside looking in as the sun went down and I have decided to go back again and see it from the inside out. Anyone wanting to view the first of the images I made this weekd can check them out on my flickr page at www.flickr.com/photos/heyjules I was just there this past weekend taking photos of the building as the sun went down. My father was in town from California and we couldn’t wait to beeline over there and make some images together. It was a priveledge to be on the outside looking in as the sun went down and I have decided to go back again and see it from the inside out.

Anyone wanting to view the first of the images I made this weekd can check them out on my flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/heyjules

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