This museum is constructed from reclaimed and recycled materials. Expect the unexpected. An eclectic mixture of children’s playground, funhouse, surrealistic pavilion and architectural marvel made using unique and found objects. Housed in the 600,000 square-foot former International Shoe Company. City Museum offers the World Aquarium; the above-ground MonstroCity; the ten and five-story spiral slides of the shoe shafts; enchanted caves; the everyday circus; and Cabin Inn the City, where friends gather on the brick patio.
This 105-acre outdoor sculpture park holds a collection of more than 70 contemporary sculptures by artists of international acclaim. Indoor galleries present exhibitions of contemporary sculpture as well as drawing, painting, ceramics, glass and other media. Many or these works represent current and unique approaches to art in a natural environment. Closed Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote her beloved Little House books while living at Rocky Ridge Farm, near Mansfield. There are two homes to tour: the farmhouse, which Laura and Almanzo built upon moving to Missouri in 1894; and the Rock House, which their daughter Rose had built for them in 1928. The museum contains artifacts including Pa's fiddle, handwritten manuscripts of some Little House books, keepsakes of the Ingalls and Wilder families, and many other items familiar to readers. Open March 1-Nov. 15.
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 People from all over the world have made Missouri their home, and our history and culture are richer because of it.
Celebrate this fact at the Festival of Nations in St. Louis Aug. 28−29. This festival in Tower Grove Park is a terrific outing for the entire family. Enjoy global food, dance performances, an international market, and other activities. The International Institute, a not-for-profit organization that helps new immigrants, hosts this two-day celebration.
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 Cape Girardeau resident Craig Thomas displays his vibrant fine art (along with the works of others) at the Black Door Gallery. Thomas is known for his remarkable street paintings, which sidewalks into larger-than-life works of art.
If Thomas' work whets your appetite for large-scale outdoor art, you'll definitely want to check out the Murals of Chillicothe. The town's history comes alive via 17 murals, painted by Chillicothe resident Kelly William Poling. The murals depict everything from the ...
 Indians roamed Missouri long before Europeans arrived in the new world. There were no pigs or sheep or cattle or horses, and no guns . . . all of those things were brought by the invading Europeans. Missouri Indians, mainly the Illinois, Missouria and Osage, were nomadic, moving from area to area with the crops and the availability of game.
The state of Missouri and the Missouri River took their names from the Missouria tribe. In the language of the Illinois Indians, Missouria means ...
The Pony Express mail service began on April 3, 1860, at 7:15 p.m., when a lone rider departed on horseback from the gates of Pikes Peak Stables in St. Joseph, Missouri, headed west. He carried a pouch containing official papers, 49 letters, five private telegrams, and copies of the St. Joseph Gazette.
The Pony Express was a risky venture, proposed by Messrs. Russell, Majors and Waddell, partners of the Leavenworth & Pike's Peak Express Company. The railroads ended at St. Joseph ...
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