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Whether you’re moving to Kansas City, or just visiting during a semester, here are some helpful links:
Moving/travel:
CollegePads: https://offcampushousing.umkc.edu/ – off-campus housing options
Frommer’s: http://www.frommers.com/destinations/kansas-city#sthash.gXMMOG8k.dpbs
VisitKC travel guide: http://www.visitkc.com/index.aspx
Moving guide: http://www.mymove.com/guide/moving-to-kansas-city.html
The Kansas City area:
Chamber of Commerce: https://www.kcchamber.com/
City government: http://kcmo.gov/
Downtown Council: http://www.downtownkc.org/
Arts/Culture:
Black archives: http://www.blackarchives.org/
Country Club Plaza: http://countryclubplaza.com/
Crossroads Arts District: http://kccrossroads.org/
Gay and Lesbian Archives of Mid-America: http://library.umkc.edu/spec-col/glama/index.htm
Guadalupe Centers: http://www.guadalupecenters.org/
Jazz District: http://www.18thandvinedistrict.org/
Kansas City River Market: http://www.kcrivermarket.com/
Kansas City Star newspaper: http://www.kansascity.com/
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts: https://www.kauffmancenter.org/
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art: https://www.kemperart.org/
Marr Sound Archives: http://library.umkc.edu/marr
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum: http://www.nlbm.com/
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art: http://nelson-atkins.org/