The Crossroads Arts District is an historic neighborhood near downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA, centered at approximately 19th Street and Baltimore Avenue, between Downtown’s Central Business District and Crown Center. It is the city’s main art gallery district and center for the visual arts. Dozens of galleries are located in its renovated warehouses and industrial buildings. It is also home to numerous restaurants (including one operated by Lidia Bastianich), housewares shops, architects, designers, and other visual artists. As well, the district has several live music venues.
Numerous buildings in the neighborhood are on the National Register of Historic Places including the TWA Corporate Headquarters’ Building and the Western Auto Building.
Art galleries generally open new shows on the first Friday of each month from 6 to 9 pm. This has become one of the region’s most popular regular events as thousands of people flock to the Crossroads for gallery “open houses” amidst the Crossroads’s unique atmosphere.
There are over 60 galleries in the Crossroad’s district, making it one of the five largest arts districts in the US.
