American Jazz Museum

Click the button in our profile to become a member today and follow us on social media for updates on programming, live music, and more! About: The American Jazz Museum celebrates and exhibits the experience of jazz as an original American art form through performance, exhibition, education and research at one of the countrys jazz crossroads 18th and Vine. The museum explores the history, expression and performance of jazz throughout the entire United States, highlighting the story of jazz in Kansas City, one of the four major centers of the art form in the country. Exhibits showcase the impact and expression of jazz on and through many aspects of American History and culture, particularly African-American history and culture, from film to literature, the fine arts, dance, and pop culture. With its roots in African American culture, jazz is infused in the DNA of America. Since its birth in the early 20th century, jazz history has been analogous to our everyday lives. It has bee...