FEATURED EVENTS

Storytelling programs in the History Clubhouse engage the Missouri History Museum’s youngest visitors and their families with historic objects and museum settings through both traditional and contemporary storybooks as well as hands-on crafts.

Join us each weekend in July for a celebration of all the Native cultures on the Colorado Plateau. Each weekend we will be hosting a different cohort of artists, demonstrators and performers who will be located across the museum. Come see artists at work, interpreting their lives and culture in both traditional and contemporary mediums. With dance performances happening each Saturday and live demonstrations happening all weekend, this is a fun-filled weekend for the entire family.

This is not a typical “bug” exhibit. This is a PEOPLE exhibit, with some really awesome art and really interesting arachnids. The Art & Science of Arachnids features 3 themed cubes which hold 100 live arachnids. The Science Cube discusses arachnids that are not spiders or scorpions, deadly spiders of North America, and arachnids in medicine. The Arts Cube illustrates the connection we have with arachnids in film, literature, and music. Various flip panels allow interaction with the guests. The Culture Cube highlights arachnid folklore and mythology, arachnid conservation, and arachnids as food. But the arachnophobes need not worry—you can enter without ever engaging with a live arachnid, but we bet you won’t want to miss them.