Abstract
Although the evacuation of art from large museums and private collections in Europe and America during World War II has been well documented, the wartime protection of art by museums in the American Midwest is not yet fully understood. Dozens of museums and private collections on the East and West Coasts sent their art inland for safekeeping from air raids. This essay considers one of these museums, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, as a case study for why midwestern museums were important to the safeguarding of art during the war, how they were suited to the task, and what collections they protected.
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