Kansas City, Missouri

===Libraries and archives===
* [[Linda Hall Library]] − internationally recognized independent library of science, engineering and technology, housing over one million volumes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lindahall.org/about/our-story/|title=Linda Hall Library: Our Story|website=lindahall.org|access-date=February 6, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Mid-Continent Public Library]] − largest public library system in Missouri, and among the largest collections in America<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mymcpl.org/library-information|title=Library Information – Mid-Continent Public Library|website=mymcpl.org|access-date=February 6, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Kansas City Public Library]] − oldest library system in Kansas City<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kclibrary.org/library-history|title=Library History – Kansas City Public Library|website=kclibrary.org|access-date=February 6, 2024}}</ref>
* [[University of Missouri-Kansas City|University of Missouri-Kansas City Libraries]] − four collections: Leon E. Bloch Law Library and Miller Nichols Library, both on Volker Campus; and Health Sciences Library and Dental Library, both on Hospital Hill in Kansas City
* [[Rockhurst University]] Greenlease Library
* The [[Black Archives of Mid-America]] − research center of the African American experience in the central Midwest
* [[National Archives and Records Administration]] (NARA), Central Plains Region − one of 18 national records facilities, holding millions of archival records and microfilms for Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska in a new facility adjacent to Union Station, which was opened to the general public in 2008