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Asphalt to Archives Telling the Missouri Route 66 Story - Alberta’s Hotel: Hospitality and Belonging on Route 66
Register Now for Virtual Talk May 14
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The Creek Rocks
Join us for a live performance by acclaimed Ozark folk artists Cindy Woolf and Mark Bilyeu at…
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Get Your Route 66 Kicks at the Barter Boat in Springfield
Trade an item, receive an item May 1!
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Shannondale's Brotherhood Economics
History on Elm May 12 at Noon
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America at 250: A View from the United Kingdom
May 12, 5 p.m. Tiger Hotel. In person and Online
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W[A]RN and TRANSFORMED: Uniforms as Stories of U.S. Exhibition
Stories and experiences woven within the fibers of American military uniforms now on display at…
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Through the Windshield: Missouri’s Route 66 Exhibition
Located in the Wenneker Gallery at SHSMO Center for Missouri Studies
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Continuum...100 Years of African American ART in Missouri
through May 15 at Ellis Library Colonnade on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus.
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Office Closings
The Springfield Research Centers will be closed April 30-May 1.
Free Webinar Series Asphalt to Archives: Telling the Missouri Route 66 Story
April 6, 2026
Join us, beginning this Thursday, as we tell the stories of people and places in Missouri that helped make Route 66 into a national icon. On the second Thursday of every month at 11am the State Historical Society of Missouri will be talking Route 66 in Missouri in this virtual program. Host
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State Historical Society of Missouri Hosts New Exhibition Honoring Veterans
March 31, 2026
A new exhibition at the State Historical Society of Missouri highlights stories and experiences of veterans, woven within the fibers of the American military uniform. The free exhibition on display at the William Guitar Little Missouri Gallery of Art also invites the public to write their wishes
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Smooth Sailing at the 2026 Missouri Conference
March 20, 2026
Thanks to all who joined us for Missouri Conference on History held at Old Stoneybook Inn in Camdenton! It was a great opportunity for the 175 registrants to network and hear from scholars who are doing research in the field of Missouri history. Congratulations to the award winners whose work
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This Place of Promise by Gary Kremer Awarded National Great Reads from Great Places
March 9, 2026
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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