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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 […]
Immerse your senses with the sights, sounds, and aromatic smells of authentic German food, music, and activities. Hosted each weekend in October, the festival features events focused on German Heritage. […]
A series of six exhibitions and presentations, curated and implemented by Dr. Billie Follensbee, Museum Studies Program Coordinator, exploring the history and culture of the Ozarks October 2024-September 2025 at […]
The State Historical Society of Missouri invites the public to visit a new exhibition, Wild Missouri – the ART of Conservation, open now through March 29, 2025, at the SHSMO […]
Join The Griot Museum of Black History to celebrate Sister Cities St. Louis Missouri and Saint-Louis, Senegal with the intercultural exhibition, Terang’Art II – A Celebration of Art and Hospitality. […]
Geospatially Rediscovering The Trail Of Tears In Missouri What role did early Missourians play in the Cherokee removal story? Is it a derisive story of racism, indifference, and greed? With […]
Join Missouri Humanities for a FREE virtual event on Thursday, October 24, at 6:30 pm Central Time, celebrating Missouri’s 2024 Great Reads from Great Places authors! Registration is required. Maria […]
Come explore Missouri's oldest cemetery where visitors that night experience the stories of early pioneers of Ste. Genevieve by lantern light. Although close to Halloween, the intent of the Spirit […]
The American Civil War was one of many conflicts over national unification, secession, and independence that took place around the world from the 1840s to the 1870s. Many of the […]
Join Webster Groves Presbyterian Church for a panel discussion among faith leaders about finding hope in these turbulent times at 7 pm on Wednesday, October 30 at Webster Groves Presbyterian […]
FREE: Reenactors, Displays, Historical Vehicles, Book Signings, Weapons As a subset of this event, Jim Baker, in cooperation with the Museum, the Cole County 250th Anniversary Committee, the Christopher Casey […]
This exhibit will be on display in the Freeman Health System Main Gallery. Spiva’s annual showcase of members’ work is celebrating 77 years! One of Spiva’s original exhibits, the work […]
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