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Mission
The Missouri Historical Society seeks to deepen the understanding of past
choices, present circumstances, and future possibilities; strengthen the bonds
of the community; and facilitate solutions to common problems.
Overview
The Missouri Historical Society has been active in the St. Louis community
since 1866. Founding members organized the historical society "for the purpose
of saving from oblivion the early history of the city and state."
Today, the Missouri Historical Society operates the Missouri History Museum in
Forest Park and the Library and Research Center at 225 South Skinker Blvd.
Admission to the museum and library are free to the public. There is a fee for
special museum exhibitions, but weekly free admission times are available. The
Missouri History Museum, at Lindell and DeBaliviere, is a short walk from the
Forest Park Metro Link station.
The Missouri Historical Society offers programs and outreach services,
including traveling exhibitions, tours, theatrical and musical presentations,
programs for school classes and youth groups, family festivals, special
events, workshops, and lectures. Permanent exhibitions currently on view
include Seeking St. Louis, an exciting, state-of-the-art, interactive,
two-gallery exhibition which tells the history of the region from earliest
times to the present, and a full schedule of changing special exhibitions.
For more information, please visit the Exhibitions
section of our Web site.
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