Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society Museum
Most museum exhibits are chronological by decade from 1805-2020. Each exhibit tells of the important change, additions and personalities during that decade. Other exhibits are of larger physical items such as tools, household items, quilts, dolls, arrowheads and more.
One exhibit tells of Jesse Howard and the origin of Sign Painter Road. The Civil War and WWI-Vietnam exhibits show the service of local residents to the country. The Civil War exhibit includes a diorama of the Battle of Moore’s Mill and items excavated from the mass grave following that battle. Our children’s area continues to expand with puzzle pieces to create quilt blocks, a vintage shoe store horse and an area where they can sift through sand to find artifacts.
Book and Gift Shop
Our book shop has a variety of historical and contemporary books on Missouri and Callaway County. Many are written and signed by local authors.
The gift shop contains Callaway County items such as pitchers, ceramic mugs and insulated cups. We also have a variety of postcards, note cards and caches.
New programming
We’re launching Triple L (Life Long Learning) classes. A few will be offered for children such as “How Animals Build Houses,” grandparent/grandchildren classes and native plants. However, most classes will be aimed at adults. We will have different classes each spring and fall with a variety of times and venues and a selection of titles and topics.
Images of Museum Exhibits
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