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Holiday Closings
  • Center for Missouri Studies, Columbia - Closed Noon, December 24 to January 1.  
  • Richard Bookstore (inside Center for Missouri Studies) - Closed December 24 to January 1. 
  • Cape Girardeau Research Center - Closed December 23 to January 1.
  • Kansas City Research Center - Closed, Noon, December 24 to January 1. 
  • Rolla Research Center - Closed, Noon, December 24 to January 1. 
  • Saint Louis Research Center - Closed, Noon, December 24 to January 1.  
  • Springfield Research Center - - Closed December 21 to January 4.

The State Historical Society of Missouri will host its 6th Annual Holiday Open House Saturday, Dec. 7, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Center for Missouri Studies, 605 Elm St., Columbia. Visit 17 booths featuring gift items created by local and regional artisans while strolling through the

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The State Historical Society is offering several live webinars in December. On December 5 at 1 p.m., Bill Eddleman continues his Basic Genealogy series with “Combining Traditional and Archival Resources to Tell a Life Story: Michael S. Eddlemon.” This presentation documents how “beyond the

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This year marks 50 years since historian Gary Kremer, executive director of the State Historical Society of Missouri, published his first essay on the African American experience in Missouri. Kremer will discuss some of his most important findings over the course of a half century of

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Internationally acclaimed artist and Missouri native Bryan Haynes will be the featured speaker for History on Elm, Tuesday, Nov. 12, noon, at the State Historical Society of Missouri Center for Missouri Studies, 605 Elm Street, Columbia.