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10:30am

Storytelling: Fun with Eric Carle

While it may be looking a little bleak outdoors, brighten up your day with Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other colorful books!

10:00am

Storytelling: Fun with Eric Carle

While it may be looking a little bleak outdoors, brighten up your day with Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other colorful books!
11:30am

Sticks and Stones

Identity, discrimination, and feeling comfortable in your own skin are the key themes of this play.
12:30pm

Raced: Racial Identity from the Civil War to Now

In a four-part class, Dr. Teresa Guess, University of Missouri--St. Louis, applies a critical perspective on racial identity formation in the U.S. from the Civil War era to present day. This...
1:00pm

Kirkwood Roots Talking Circles

Join us for facilitated discussions in which all participants are invited to reflect on what they've learned after visiting the Museum's Kirkwood Roots exhibit. Space is limited.
1:00pm

In Search of the Mastodon

Meet the Museum's very own mastodon in this family-friendly tale of an archaeologist's search for information about our Missouri's prehistoric mastodons.
2:00pm

The Black Rep's Resurrection 150

Presented by the Black Rep, this short play by Linda Kennedy illustrates the African American experience of the Civil war through songs of the...

1:00pm

Happy Birthday, Mr. Lincoln!

Celebrate the life of Abraham Lincoln on his 203rd birthday with Civil War-era music provided by Dave Para and Cathy Barton, hands-on activities, presentations by Lincoln impersonator Lonn...

12:00pm

Civil War Love Letters

Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, James E. Love enlisted as a sergeant and left St. Louis with his fellow Union soldiers on June 15, 1861. The following day, James sent the first of many...
3:00pm

I Shall Not Desert My Post: Elijah Lovejoy, Abolitionist Martyr

Known to many as the first martyr to the anti-slavery movement, Elijah Parish Lovejoy lived and worked in St. Louis fighting for the destruction of slavery. Hear of his passion for the anti-...
7:30pm

The "Biblical Blue" and "Royal Purple" of Masada

Professor Zvi C. Koren, director of the Edelstein Center for the Analysis of Ancient Artifacts, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Ramat Gan, Israel, discusses the latest discoveries...

11:30am

Sticks and Stones

Identity, discrimination, and feeling comfortable in your own skin are the key themes of this play.
12:30pm

Raced: Racial Identity from the Civil War to Now

In a four-part class, Dr. Teresa Guess, University of Missouri--St. Louis, applies a critical perspective on racial identity formation in the U.S. from the Civil War era to present day. This...
1:00pm

Kirkwood Roots Talking Circles

Join us for facilitated discussions in which all participants are invited to reflect on what they've learned after visiting the Museum's Kirkwood Roots exhibit. Space is limited.