The Missouri Humanities Board of Directors recently announced two books to represent Missouri as the 2026 Great Reads from Great Places, including This Place of Promise: A Historian's Perspective on 200 Years of Missouri History by Gary R. Kremer, SHSMO executive director
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Telling the Missouri Route 66 StoryJoin us for History on Elm March 10 at Noon!
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America at 250: A View from JapanMarch 13 at 5 p.m. Tiger Hotel in Columbia
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Missouri Historical Review Author Series: The Missouri Scenic Rivers System and the Origins of the Property Rights MovementBrooks Blevins lecture March 17 at 1 p.m. at Center for Missouri Studies
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Fake Canadians: Black Imagination and the Union Cause in MissouriJoin us for the African American Experience in Missouri Lecture March 18, 5 p.m.
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Through the Windshield: Missouri’s Route 66 ExhibitionLocated in the Wenneker Gallery at SHSMO Center for Missouri Studies
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Asphalt to Archives: Telling the Missouri Route 66 Story - Television and the Mother RoadRegister for free webinar April 9 at 11 a.m.
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Continuum...100 Years of African American ART in Missourithrough May 15 at Ellis Library Colonnade on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus.
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The State Historical Society of Missouri is hitting the pavement this year to commemorate 100 years since Route 66 began with a telegram sent from the Colonial Hotel Springfield, Mo., accepting the number "66" for the soon-to-be famous highway. We look back on this national icon to understand
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Ozark Vitality, the State Historical Society of Missouri, and Opportunity 1888 Foundation announce the world premiere of Soaring Together: A Tuskegee Airmen Story, a new short film inspired by the true story of World War II Tuskegee Airmen James
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Happy New Year! The State Historical Society of Missouri is offering a variety of talks, publications, music, and programs, both online and in person, as the nation celebrates the semiquincentennial of the U.S. Declaration of Independence throughout 2026.