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The Missouri State Museum is Missouri's showpiece museum. It was founded in 1919 and is located in Jefferson City, Missouri, inside the state capitol on the ground floor of the building. [1] The museum's mission is to explore Missouri's history and resources to discover connections that inspire the present and enrich the future.
Missouri State Penitentiary: Jefferson City: Cole: Central: Prison: Museum located on the second floor of the Jefferson City Convention & Visitors Bureau, guided tours of the historic former prison Missouri Town 1855: Lee's Summit: Jackson: Northwest: Living: 30-acre antebellum open-air museum shows 19th-century life Missouri Veterinary Medical ...
The Griot Museum of Black History: St. Louis Place: African-American: Life-size wax figures, art, artifacts and memorabilia to interpret the stories of important African Americans with a regional connection; formerly the Black World History Museum HealthWorks! Kids' Museum St. Louis: Forest Park: Children's: website: Inside the Economy Museum ...
Statue of Thomas Jefferson, South Entrance. The exterior of the Missouri State Capitol is notable for its architectural features: the Baroque dome, loosely modeled after St. Peter’s basilica in Rome, rising 238 feet (73 m) above ground level, topped by sculptor Sherry Fry’s bronze statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture; the eight 48-foot (15 m) columns on the south portico; the ...
Missouri State Capitol; Missouri State Museum; The Money Museum; Moore House (Charleston, Missouri) Mound City station; N. National Museum of Toys and Miniatures;
Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, United States: Coordinates: Area: 1.27 acres (0.51 ha) [1] Elevation: 535 ft (163 m) [2] Established: 1976 [3] Governing body: Missouri Department of Natural Resources: Website: Jefferson Landing State Historic Site
Missouri Mines State Historic Site occupies Federal Mill No. 3 in Park Hills, Missouri, United States, which processed the lead and zinc ore that was mined in the immediate area for many decades. The site's old power building features a geological and mining history museum and interpretive center focusing on the state's historic Old Lead Belt .
Arrow Rock State Historic Site is an open-air museum encompassing bluffs along the Missouri River and a portion of the village of Arrow Rock, Missouri.The park is part of the Arrow Rock Historic District, a National Historic Landmark, and commemorates the history of the area as a key stop on the Santa Fe Trail.