Park Information
We anticipate that the studio will be closed for a brief period this fall due to a roofing and painting project. Only the main house will be open during the project. Modified tours of the house will be offered for free and will follow our regular tour schedule. We appreciate your patience.
For specific closure dates, please call the historic site office at 816-931-5722. For a complete list of closures and advisories at Missouri state parks and historic sites, please visit our Park and Site Status Map.
Thomas Hart Benton's life is present in both his home and his paintings, and both are preserved at Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site. A trip to the home and studio of the renowned painter, sculptor, lecturer and writer offers a glimpse into how the talented Benton lived and worked. Benton converted half of the carriage house into his art studio, which remains as he left it. Visitors can still see coffee cans full of paintbrushes, numerous paints, and a stretched canvas waiting to be transformed into another of his masterpieces. Thomas Hart Benton died in his studio in 1975.
