Past Exhibits
During the month of June
Farmhouses Before the Great Flood of 1993
Life in the Chamois and Morrison River Bottoms
A display of pictures and stories from the book by Susan Sundermeyer
The sixteen-mile strip of Missouri River bottom land from above Chamois, Missouri,
to below Morrison, Missouri, was once populated with many farmhouses that sheltered the
families living the American Dream of Farming. Now, only a few are left.
The Mighty Missouri has had her way. Sharing the stories, pictures and histories of these
families and their homes, FARMHOUSES is a recollection and a collection of the many who lived
the dream, fought the river, and survived to tell about it. More than 100 Missouri River Bottom folks--
both past and present--have contributed to this work. Work was hard, shared, most times successful,
sometimes not.
Mapping Missouri
Maps from the Collection of the Missouri State Archives
Features more than 100 examples of cartography from the Archives' colection, many of which have never been
shown before. Drawing from such diverse examples as the land survey maps made by Antoine Soulard from 1796-1806 and computer generated census maps made in the year 2000, this exhibit explores the history of cartographyic images of Missouri and the role they have played in our everyday world.
Featured at the Cultural Heritage Center March through June 2015.
