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Office Closings

The Columbia research center, art gallery, and bookstore will closed at noon on Friday, November 21.   The Cape Girardeau, Kansas City, Rolla, and Springfield research centers will be closed.  

The State Historical Society of Missouri is among 20 organizations partnering with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Google Arts & Culture to celebrate the centennial of Route 66 with a collection of 130 stories of the Mother Road’s past, present, and future. America’s

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The public is invited to an open house reception on Thursday, October 30, 4-6 p.m. at the SHSMO Center for Missouri Studies in Columbia in honor of Gary Kremer on his retirement. Gary has served as executive director at the State Historical Society of Missouri for over 21 years

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Mark your calendars for the 7th Annual Holiday Open House at the State Historical Society of Missouri and the Richard Bookstore inside the Center for Missouri Studies in Columbia. The event will be held Saturday, December 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Browse festive, handcrafted gifts from Missouri

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SHSMO’s Rolla Research Center and Missouri S&T Curtis Laws Wilson Library are sponsoring four events (virtual and in person) and an exhibition at the library on the Missouri S&T campus in October to celebrate American Archives Month. An exhibition highlighting the 75th anniversary of

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