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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 story of one of the world’s most important crop plants, maize (Zea mays), which is used by billions of people every day, for food, for […]
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 Park Central Library Branch, Springfield, MO. This exhibition series is supported by a Missouri Humanities Council Major Grant. This exhibition and presentation series features […]
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 Art Gallery located in the Center for Missouri Studies, 605 Elm St., Columbia. A public reception featuring the exhibit’s curator Joan Stack and photographer Noppadol […]
SHOUT! The Mod Musical takes audiences back to the music, style and freedom of the 1960s.
Immerse yourself in the history of Ste. Genevieve architecture and observe how homes from the 1790s through the 1930s were refashioned for today’s living. On Saturday, March 15, 2025, from 10:00 until 3:00, a variety of homes will be open for you to observe how historic homes can be updated for modern living while keeping […]
On Saturday, March 15, 2025, at 1:00 pm, the Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group will host its annual Women’s History Month Program. The 2025 theme, African Americans and Labor, provides a wide lens for examining the many aspects of Black labor including compensated labor in factories as well as organized labor’s role in […]
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