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Neosho Arts Council is debuting their new Murals of Neosho Guide and Descriptive Audio Tour. Everyone can now visit the town’s murals in person or online while watching and listening […]
Kernels of Culture: Maize Around the World (May 3, 2024 – March 31, 2025) at the Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum at the Missouri Botanical Garden focuses on the complex […]
A Sense of Place: Architecture, Culture and History in the Arkansas Delta is an Alex Foundation proposed six-day two-week residential workshop. This proposed workshop will bring together 60, 6th-12th grade(s) […]
Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop for Teachers University of Missouri-Kansas City July 21 – July 26 or July 28 – August 2 During the 1920s and 1930s, […]
NEH-funded workshop "The St. Louis Blues: Music, Migration, and the Movement" The workshop is a week-long and comes with a stipend of $1300. Applications close on March 5. Must be […]
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 […]
An overview with personal recollections of Missouri's Fulton Flash, Helen Stephens, the 1936 Berlin Olympics double gold medalist and National Women's Hall of Fame inductee. She was a campaigner for […]
Have you ever wondered what the humanities are and why they matter? Curious about the origin of the Missouri Humanities Council? Join our Executive Director, Ashley Beard-Fosnow, for a Zoom […]
Missouri Humanities is hosting a FREE two-part summer writing opportunity for veterans, retired and active military, and military-connected family members on Saturday, July 20th & 27th from 9:00 am - […]
Legend has it that there is a man who travels with a suitcase that is filled with wonder and excitement! He calls himself the Imagination Peddler, and he is headed […]
Get crafty at The Griot Museum with Perennial for a hands-on arts workshop! Inspired by our ongoing hooked rugs exhibit, Lift Every Voice, we will be weaving coasters and placemats […]
Jefferson Landing State Historic Site is excited to invite you to its ninth season of live music on the Lohman Lawn. This year, we're introducing a "new to the Lohman" […]
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