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Over 50 years dedicated to helping Missourians explore the people, places, and ideas that shape our society.
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Our Cultural Heritage Services program supports museums, historical societies, and other heritage organizations across the state through workshops and one-on-one coaching.
Missouri Humanities strives to implement and support initiatives that highlight Native stories and voices.
Join us as we celebrate Missouri History Day filmmakers and screen several short documentaries produced by one of our Missouri History Day alumni and professional artist Brian Hawkins of Kansas City, along with Rohan Deshpande, who is a current History Day student from St. Louis. Hawkins, who is an award-winning animator and filmmaker, will have […]
Join us at the Field House Museum to celebrate a true St. Louis original—the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Weatherbird—as it turns 125! Stop by for a free slice of birthday cake during this community cake-cutting celebration honoring the beloved cartoon character that has been commenting on the weather (and life in St. Louis) since 1900. While […]
Bring the whole family to Free Days at the Museum. Occurring on every second Sunday of the month, Free Days provide greater access to The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures’ vast and awe-inspiring collections for visitors near and far. All attendees can explore the Museum at no charge.
Stories of Resilience – An Asian American Legacy is a companion to the national traveling exhibit, Resilience—A Sansei Sense of Legacy, sponsored by the St. Louis Japanese American Citizens League at the STL Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum. As part of their year-long storytelling festival funded by the Missouri Humanities, Cambio Center is supporting this event […]
Gregory Wolk, author of a new work of nonfiction published by the Missouri Historical Society Press, describes the eventful 100 days in 1861 that western explorer John C. Fremont commanded the Western Department of the US Army from headquarters in St. Louis. An in-depth discussion of important military campaigns of the period is coupled with […]
When historians visit the archive, they often find weird, surprising, and fun material that they rarely get to share with others…but that ends here! This event shares the stories of a selection of images and objects from various St. Louis archives that reveal an unknown side of St. Louis history. The presentation is fun, upbeat, […]
An overview of candy history and the celebrated confectioners who made created and sold candy in Missouri.
Join the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum for Civil Rights Night: The Impact of Racial Laws from Jim Crow and the Holocaust featuring historian Dr. Dan J. Puckett, Professor of History at Troy University and Chair of the Alabama Holocaust Commission. Dr. Puckett will explore racial laws in both American history and the Holocaust. […]
Come learn about the love story of Ulysses and Julia on February 14th. Park Guide Sky Castilleja will present and discuss their courtship and young relationship. The program is free. Call 314-842-1867 ext. 230 for reservations.
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, NSDAR, the American Battlefield Trust, the Jane Randolph Jefferson Chapter, NSDAR, The Missouri State Archives, the Christopher Casey Chapter, SAR, and the Cole County America 250th Committee have partnered to bring a free, nationwide traveling exhibition, "The American Revolution Experience," to Jefferson City from February 17 - March […]
What are the differences between a daguerreotype, an ambrotype, and a tintype? Park Historian and Curator Nick Sacco will explore a variety of historic photos from both the park’s collection and his own. He will explain the technology of photography and how it evolved during the19th century and how photographic technology combined with the subject […]
In the decades before the Civil War, Missouri’s unique position as a slave state bordering free states made it a flashpoint for escape attempts. Join us on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at 1:00 pm when Dr. Charles Hotle explores the dramatic “slave stampedes,” large, coordinated efforts by enslaved people to flee across the Mississippi River […]
