List of museums in Missouri

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This list of museums in Missouri encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including non-profit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries.

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Museums

NameTown/CityCountyRegionTypeSummary
1827 Log Courthouse Independence Jackson NorthwestHistoric siteMercantile operation, home and gathering place for the early Mormon settlers in Independence [1]
1859 Jail, Marshal's Home & Museum IndependenceJacksonNorthwestPrisonOperated by the Jackson County Historical Society
Adair County Historical Society Museum Kirksville Adair NortheastLocal history website
Adamson Cabin Mt. Vernon Lawrence SouthwestHistoric house [2]
Agency Ford Museum Agency Buchanan NorthwestLocal historyLocated in the Agency Community Center and open by appointment [3]
Ancient Ozarks Natural History Museum Ridgedale, Missouri Taney SouthwestNatural History and Paleontology, and local history website Part of the Big Cedar Lodge resort
Air and Military Museum of the Ozarks Springfield Greene SouthwestAviation website
Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art Saint Joseph BuchananNorthwestArtCollections of 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st-century American art
Amoureux House Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve SoutheastHistoric houseLate 18th-century house
Andrew County Museum & Historical Society Savannah Andrew NorthwestLocal history website, includes collection of Navajo rugs and Kewpie dolls
Anheuser Estate Kimmswick Jefferson NortheastHistoric houseMansion and summer home of the Anheuser family [4]
Archery Hall of Fame and Museum SpringfieldGreeneSouthwestSportsLocated on the upper floor of Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, history of archery and bowhunting in America, includes Fred Bear memorabilia
Arrow Rock State Historic Site Arrow Rock Saline NorthwestOpen-airIncludes a museum of local history and the George Caleb Bingham House
Ashby-Hodge Gallery of American Art Fayette Howard NorthwestArt website, part of Central Methodist University, located on the first floor of Classic Hall, present 3 to 5 shows a year
Audrain County Historical Society Mexico Audrain NortheastMultiple website, complex includes Graceland Museum, a historic 1857 mansion, the American Saddlebred Horse Museum, the 1903 Country School and the Country Church
Augusta Historic Museum Augusta St. Charles NortheastLocal historyOperated in the August Sehrt House
Auto World Museum Fulton Callaway CentralAutomotive website, vintage and classic cars and memorabilia
Barton County Historical Society Museum Lamar Barton SouthwestLocal historyLocated in the basement of the Barton County Courthouse [5]
Bates County Museum Butler Bates SouthwestLocal history website, operated by the Bates County Historical Society, includes Victorian period rooms, displays on Osage culture, area settlers, Civil War, coal mining, railroads, author Robert Heinlein
Battle of Athens State Historic Site Revere Clark NortheastMilitaryCivil War
Battle of Lexington State Historic Site Lexington Lafayette NorthwestMilitaryCivil War
Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad Belton Cass NorthwestRailroadShort line passenger heritage railroad and museum, formerly the Kansas City Railroad Museum
Ben Ferrel Museum Platte City Platte NorthwestHistoric house website, Victorian period house, operated by the Platte County, Missouri Historical & Genealogical Society
Benton County Museum Warsaw Benton CentralLocal history website, operated by the Benton County Historical Society
Big River Train TownHannibalMarionNortheastRailroadModel train store and museum [6]
Bingham-Waggoner Estate IndependenceJacksonNorthwestHistoric house website, Victorian mansion once owned by artist George Caleb Bingham
Black Archives Museum Saint JosephBuchananNorthwestHistory website, area African American history
Bollinger County Museum of Natural History Marble Hill Bollinger SoutheastNatural history website, fossils, Native American artifacts, Lewis & Clark exhibit, Civil War history, Will Mayfield College history
Bollinger Mill State Historic Site Burfordville Cape Girardeau SoutheastMill1867 working mill
Bonebrake Center of Nature and History Salem Dent SouthwestMultiple website, 1880s Bonebrake-McMurtrey House, nature exhibits and programs, 12 acre nature reserve
Bonnell Museum Weston PlatteNorthwestLocal history19th-century period house and farm life [7]
Bonniebrook Gallery, Museum, and Homestead Walnut Shade Taney SouthwestBiographical website, home and museum of Rose O'Neill, creator of Kewpie dolls, operated by the Bonniebrook Historical Society
Bootheel Youth Museum, Malden, MO Malden Dunklin SoutheastChildren's website The mission of the Bootheel Youth Museum is to foster an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and an insatiable curiosity about life. Three decades have passed from the “why not” through the “we can” to the “we will” and now “we are”. Incorporated in August 1991, the Bootheel Youth Museum was established in Malden, Missouri by a group of dedicated civic leaders, schoolteachers, administrators, and interested citizens in the Southeast Missouri area. What began as a conversation between three local women, soon evolved to include more than 250 volunteers, over 25 area businesses who continue to enable the museum to meet its goal and mission. The museum has grown from its original 50 hands-on exhibits housed in 10,000 square foot exhibit hall to 25,000 square feet with over 250 hands on displays and activities which includes the themed areas BYM Children Village, This Island Mars: A Space Adventure, Missouri Nature, Shadow Room, Bubble Room. Making Tracks on the Lewis and Clark Trail, Nano technology exhibition and Punky’s Lab. Nearly 80,000 children have enjoyed a variety of educational enriching programs. The Bootheel Youth Museum has had over 500,000 visitors in its history. This is quite a feat considering Malden is a rural community with a population of 4,415.e
Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site Sedalia Pettis CentralHistoric house31-room, 12,000-square-foot lodge with various eccentric construction details
Branson Dinosaur Museum Branson TaneySouthwestNatural history website, life-size dinosaur figures, skeletons, fossils
Branson Military MuseumBransonTaneySouthwestMilitary website, weapons, historical artifacts from conflicts spanning the Civil War to present day, military uniforms, military toys and action figures
Burgess-How HouseKimmswickJeffersonNortheastHistoric house1840s period farmhouse, operated by the Kimmswick Historical Society [8]
Bushwacker Jail Museum Nevada Vernon SouthwestPrison website, operated by the Vernon County Historical Society; old jail and 1880s jailor's home
Bushwacker MuseumNevadaVernonSouthwestLocal history website, operated by the Vernon County Historical Society
CalabooseSpringfieldGreeneSouthwestPolice website, 1891 former jail housing a police museum
Calico Cupboard Toy Sewing Machine Museum Mountain View Howell SoutheastCommodityCollection of toy sewing machines [9] [10]
Camden County Museum Linn Creek Camden CentralLocal history website, operated by the Camden County Historical Society
Cameron Depot Museum Cameron Linn NorthwestRailroad website, operated by the Cameron Historical Society
Cape River Heritage Museum Cape Girardeau Cape GirardeauSoutheastLocal history website
Center of Creative Arts (COCA) University City St. LouisNortheastArt website, community visual and performing arts center
Centralia Historical Society Museum Centralia Boone CentralLocal history website
Chaffee Historical Society Museum Chaffee Scott SoutheastLocal history website
Champ Clark House Bowling Green Pike NortheastHistoric houseAlso known as Honeyshuck, home of Congressman Champ Clark
Chariton County Museum Salisbury Chariton NorthwestLocal history website, operated by the Chariton County Historical Society
Children's Peace Pavilion IndependenceJacksonNorthwestChildren'sDesigned to teach concepts of personal peace, social peace, international peace, and environmental peace to children ages 12 and under
Christian County Museum Ozark Christian SouthwestLocal history website, operated by the Christian County Historical Society
Clay County Historical Society Museum Liberty Clay NorthwestLocal historyIncludes pharmacy items, weapons, dolls, household items, arrowheads, historic doctor's office, period rooms, tools, agricultural equipment
Coal Miners Museum Novinger AdairNortheastMiningArea coal mining, includes simulated coal mine and blacksmith shop, antique farm tools [11]
Cole Camp Museum Cole Camp BentonCentralLocal history website
Cole County Historical Society Museum Jefferson City Cole CentralLocal history website, also Upschulte House, a historic house museum
Columbia College Galleries Columbia BooneCentralArt website, includes Greg Hardwick Gallery for 3-D and alternative media art, PaperInParticular for works on paper, Sidney Larson Gallery for professional work by nationally and internationally known artists and by outstanding Columbia College students
Commemorative Air Force Missouri Wing Museum St. Charles St. Charles NortheastAviation website, includes World War II aircraft and memorabilia, located at St. Charles County Smartt Airport
Community of Christ Museum IndependenceJacksonNorthwestReligiousPart of the Independence Temple, history of the Community of Christ
Concordia Area Museum Concordia LafayetteCentralLocal history [12]
Concordia Historical Institute Clayton St. Louis NortheastReligiousChanging exhibits of area and Lutheran religious history, located at Concordia Seminary [13]
Craft StudioColumbiaBooneCentralArt website, contemporary crafts, exhibits works by University of Missouri students, faculty and staff, as well as local and national artists
Crane's Museum & Shoppes Williamsburg CallawayCentralLocal history website, Americana and local history
Crawford County Historical Museum Cuba Crawford SoutheastLocal history website, operated by the Crawford County Historical Society
Crisp Museum Cape GirardeauCape GirardeauSoutheastMultiplePart of Southeast Missouri State University, archaeology, history and fine art; also known as Southeast Missouri Regional Museum
Current River Heritage Museum Doniphan Ripley SouthwestLocal history information, operated by the Ripley County Historical Society
Dade County Historical Society Museum Greenfield Dade SouthwestLocal history [14]
Dallas County Museum Buffalo Dallas CentralLocal history website, operated by the Dallas County Historical Society; located in Buffalo Head Prairie Historical Park
Daniel Boone Home & Heritage Center Defiance St. CharlesNortheastLivingOperated by Lindenwood University, life of Daniel Boone, simulated town consisting of over a dozen 19th century buildings
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art SedaliaPettisCentralArt website
DeKalb County Historical Society Museum Maysville DeKalb NorthwestLocal history website
Dent County MuseumSalemDentSouthwestLocal history [15]
Dexter Welcome Center Depot/Museum Dexter Stoddard SoutheastLocal history [16]
Deutschheim State Historic Site Hermann Gasconade NortheastOpen-airMid-19th-century German immigrant family life
Dillard Mill State Historic Site Davisville CrawfordSoutheastMillEarly 20th-century water-powered grist mill
Dillingham-Lewis Museum Blue Springs JacksonNorthwestLocal history website, operated by the Blue Springs Historical Society
Discovery Center of Springfield SpringfieldGreeneSouthwestScienceHands-on science exhibits
Doc's Museum Jamesport Daviess NorthwestAutomotive website, antique cars and tractors
Doling MuseumSpringfieldGreeneSouthwestAmusement website, history of Doling Park, a former amusement park
Douglas County Museum Ava Douglas SouthwestLocal history website, operated by the Douglas County (MO) Historical & Genealogical Society
Dunklin County Museum Kennett DunklinSoutheastLocal historyLocal history, open on Wednesdays
Ed Clark Museum of Missouri Geology Rolla Phelps SoutheastNatural history website, operated by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, minerals, rocks, fossils, mammoth tusks
Edna Cuddy Memorial House Bethany Harrison NorthwestHistoric houseOperated by the Harrison County Historical Society, late 19th-century period house [17]
Elgin Cottrell House Clarksville PikeNortheastHistoric house website, Victorian period house
Elizabeth Rozier Gallery Jefferson CityColeCentralArtLocated in the Union Hotel at Jefferson Landing State Historic Site
Ellsinore Pioneer Museum Ellsinore Carter SouthwestLocal history [18] [19]
Enns Entomology Museum ColumbiaBooneCentralNatural history website, insects, part of University of Missouri
Epps-Houts Museum Poplar Bluff Butler SoutheastArtArt from around the world including Africa, Korea, Saudi Arabia and Iran [20]
Excelsior Springs Museum Excelsior Springs ClayNorthwestLocal history website
Faust Village Chesterfield St. LouisNortheastOpen-air website, located in Faust Park, includes four homes and 16 structures spanning a period from 1840 to 1910
Fenton Historical Museum Fenton St. LouisNortheastLocal history website, operated by the Fenton Historical Society
Felix Vallé House State Historic Site Ste. GenevieveSte. GenevieveSoutheastHistoric House1830s Historic home and mercantile of Felix and Odile Vallé
First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site St. CharlesSt. CharlesNortheastHistorySite of state's first government in the early 19th century
Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center MuseumSpringfieldGreeneSouthwestReligious website, history of American Pentecostalism
Fort Davidson State Historic Site Pilot Knob Iron SoutheastMilitaryPark and museum, fort's old earthworks, two Confederate burial trenches and a visitor center about the Battle of Fort Davidson during the Civil War
Fort Osage National Historic Landmark Sibley JacksonNorthwestMilitary1812 fort
Foundry Art CentreSt. CharlesSt. CharlesNortheastArtInterdisciplinary art center with exhibitions [21]
Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park Kirkwood St. LouisNortheastHistoric house1950s house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright
Frisco Depot Museum Crocker PulaskiCentralRailroad [22]
Frenchtown Heritage MuseumSt. CharlesSt. CharlesNortheastLocal history website
Gallery 210BelleriveSt. LouisNortheastArt website, part of University of Missouri–St. Louis
Gasconade County Historical Society Museum Owensville GasconadeNortheastLocal history website
General Daniel Bissell House Bellefontaine Neighbors St. LouisNortheastHistoric house website, early 19th-century home of General Daniel Bissell
Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site Laclede LinnNortheastHistoric houseMid 19th-century boyhood home of General John J. Pershing
George Caleb Bingham GalleryColumbiaBooneCentralArt website, gallery of the University of Missouri Art Department
George Washington Carver National Monument Diamond Newton SouthwestBiographicalPark and 19th-century boyhood farm home of scientist George Washington Carver
Glenn House Cape GirardeauCape GirardeauSoutheastHistoric houseLate Victorian period house
Glore Psychiatric Museum Saint JosephBuchananNorthwestMedicalHistory of what was once known as the “State Lunatic Asylum No. 2”
Golden Missouri Pioneer Museum Golden Barry SouthwestHistory website, includes Early American Pattern glassware, Native American arrowheads and artifacts, minerals, and collections of pocket watches, baseball cards, Civil War and pioneer artifacts and tools
Granby Mining Museum Granby NewtonSouthwestMining [23]
Grand River Historical Society Museum Chillicothe Livingston NorthwestLocal history website
Grandview Depot Museum Grandview JacksonNorthwestRailroadOperated by the Grandview Historical Society [24]
Gray/Campbell FarmsteadSpringfieldGreeneSouthwestHistoric house website, mid 19th-century house, located in Nathanael Greene Park
Grundy County Museum Trenton Grundy NorthwestLocal history website
Hain House Boonville CooperCentralHistoric house website, operated by the Friends of Historic Boonville, 19th-century house owned by one family
Hannibal History Museum Hannibal Marion NortheastLocal history website, operated by the Hannibal History Museum Foundation
Harlin Museum West Plains HowellSouthwestMultiple website, art and local history
Harold Bell Wright Museum Pierce City Lawrence SouthwestLocal history website, author Harold Bell Wright and local history exhibits
Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site Lamar BartonSouthwestHistoric houseLate 19th-century period birthplace home of President Harry Truman
Harry S. Truman National Historic Site GrandviewJacksonNorthwestHistoric houseLate 19th-century Harry S. Truman Farm Home built by Harry Truman's maternal grandmother
Harry S. Truman National Historic Site IndependenceJacksonNorthwestHistoric houseHome of Harry S Truman from the 1919 until his death in 1972
Harry S Truman Office and Courtroom IndependenceJacksonNorthwestBiographicalOffice used by Harry S. Truman during his early political years, located in the Jackson County Courthouse
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum IndependenceJacksonNorthwestBiographicalPapers, books, and other historical materials relating to the 33rd President of the United States Harry S Truman
Harry S. Truman Regional Visitor Center Warsaw BentonCentralMultipleCultural and natural history of Truman Lake, environmental activities, the construction of Harry S. Truman Dam, the operation of the powerhouse, and the US Army Corps of Engineers
Haviland MuseumSt. CharlesSt. CharlesNortheastDecorative arts website, Haviland china collection
Hawken House Webster Groves St. LouisNortheastHistoric house website, operated by the Webster Groves Historical Society, Victorian Federal/Greek Revival style farmhouse
Henry County Museum Clinton Henry CentralOpen-air website
Hermann Fire Company MuseumHermannGasconadeNortheastFirefighting [25] [26]
Hickory County Museum Hermitage Hickory CentralLocal history website, operated by the Hickory County Historical Society in the John Siddles Williams House
Higgerson School Historic Site New Madrid New Madrid SoutheastSchool website, 19th-century one room school [27]
Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum Maryland Heights St. LouisNortheastAviationLocated at Creve Coeur Airport, mostly fabric-covered historic aircraft and biplanes from the inter-war years
Historic Bethel German Colony Bethel Shelby NortheastOpen-air [28]
Historic Hanley House Clayton St. LouisNortheastHistoric house website, Victorian period farmstead
Historical Society of Lee's Summit MuseumLee's SummitJacksonNorthwestLocal history website, housed in a former post office
History Museum on the Square SpringfieldGreeneSouthwestLocal history website
Hollywood Wax Museum Branson BransonTaneySouthwestMediaWax figures of celebrities including movie stars, television personalities and music icons
Holocaust Museum & Learning Center Creve CoeurSt. LouisNortheastHistory website
Hulston Mill ParkGreenfieldDadeSouthwestMill website, includes the historic Hulston Mill, operated by the Dade County Historical Society, and several log cabins
Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site New MadridNew MadridSoutheastHistoric houseMid-19th-century period mansion
Iron County Historical Society Museum Arcadia Iron SoutheastLocal history website
James Farm Kearney ClayNorthwestBiographical website, birthplace of Jesse James
J.C. Penney Museum Hamilton Caldwell NorthwestBiographical website, information, life of James Cash Penney, founder of J. C. Penney stores
Jefferson Barracks Museums Lemay St. LouisNortheastMilitaryTwo museums about the history of Jefferson Barracks Military Post
Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum Lemay St. LouisNortheastHistoryFeatures telephones, telephone-related equipment and memorabilia, located in Jefferson Barracks Historic Park [29] [30]
Jesse James Home Museum Saint JosephBuchananNorthwestBiographicalHouse where Jesse James was gunned down
Jefferson Landing State Historic Site Jefferson CityColeCentralTransportationExhibits on river transportation, site also includes Elizabeth Rozier Gallery
Jim's JourneyHannibalMarionNortheastAfrican American website, also known as the Huck Finn Freedom Center, life of the man who inspired Huck Finn's Jim, Hannibal's African American history and notable figures
John B Mahaffey Museum Complex Fort Leonard Wood Pulaski CentralMilitary website, includes US Army Chemical Corps Museum, US Army Engineer Museum, US Army Military Police Museum, Fort Leonard Wood Museum
John Colter Museum and Visitors Center New Haven Franklin NortheastLocal historyIncludes art exhibits featuring John Colter and the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Native American artifacts and Missouri River history [31]
Johnson County Historic Complex Warrensburg Johnson SouthwestOpen-air website, includes the Mary Miller Smiser Heritage Library & Museum, 1839 Johnson County Courthouse, a one-room school and an agriculture building; operated by the Johnson County Historical Society
Joplin Museum Complex Joplin Jasper SouthwestMultiple website, includes the Everett J. Ritchie Tri-State Mineral Museum, Dorothea B. Hoover Historical Museum, Empire District Electric Company Museum, the Joplin Sports Authority Sports Hall of Fame, and the National Historical Cookie Cutter Museum
Kemp Auto Museum ChesterfieldSt. LouisNortheastAutomotive website
Kimmswick Historical Society MuseumKimmswickJeffersonNortheastLocal history website
Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society Museum Fulton CallawayCentralLocal history website
La Maison de Guibourd Ste. GenevieveSte. GenevieveSoutheastHistoric HouseFrench-Colonial home and gardens of Jacques Jean Rene Guibourd built in 1806 shows life as it was in the early 19th century, operated by the Foundation for Restoration of Ste. Genevieve, Inc.
Laclede County Historical Society Museum Lebanon Laclede CentralLocal historyLocated in the former county jail [32]
Laumeier Sculpture Park Sunset Hills St. LouisNortheastArt105-acre (0.42 km2) open-air museum with over 70 sculptures
Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum Mansfield Wright SouthwestBiographicalHome of author Laura Ingalls Wilder from 1896 until her death in 1957
Lawrence County Historical Society MuseumMount VernonLawrenceSouthwestLocal history [2]
Leila's Hair Museum IndependenceJacksonNorthwestCommodityContains wreaths and jewelry containing, or made of, human hair dating before 1900
Lewis & Clark Boat House and Nature CenterSt. CharlesSt. CharlesNortheastHistory website, exhibits relating to the Lewis and Clark expedition, historic St. Charles, and the Missouri River ecosystem
Lewis County Historical Society Library & Museum Canton Lewis NortheastLocal history [33]
Lexington Historical Museum LexingtonLafayetteNorthwestLocal historyLocated in a mid-19th-century church building, exhibits include steamboats, coal mining, Osage Indians and the Wentworth Military Academy
Liberty Jail LibertyClayNorthwestJailFormer jail where Joseph Smith, Jr. and others were imprisoned from 1838 to 1839 during the Mormon War
Lincoln County Jail Museum Troy Lincoln NortheastPrisonOpen for events by the Lincoln Count Historical Society [34] [35]
Lone Jack Battlefield Museum Lone Jack JacksonNorthwestCivil War website, history of the Battle of Lone Jack and Missouri in the Civil War
Louis Bolduc House Ste. GenevieveSte. GenevieveSoutheastHistoric houseOperated by The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Missouri, French Colonial house
Louisiana Area Historical Museum Louisiana PikeNortheastLocal history [36]
Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum Altenburg Perry SoutheastLocal history website, operated by the Perry County Lutheran Historical Society, history and culture of the German Saxon immigration to East Perry County in the early 19th century
MAAPS Military Museum MaldenDunklinSoutheastMilitary website, located inside the Malden Regional Airport office building, history of Malden Army Airfield
Malden Historical MuseumMaldenDunklinSoutheastLocal history website
Maplewood ColumbiaBooneCentralHistoric houseOperated by the Boone County Historical Society, late 19th-century house
Margaret Harwell Art Museum Poplar BluffButlerSoutheastArt website
Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site Florida Monroe NortheastBiographicalTwo-room rented cabin where author Mark Twain was born
Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum Hannibal Marion NortheastBiographicalComplex includes author Mark Twain's 19th-century boyhood home and other historic houses
Marshall Welcome Center and Jim the Wonder Dog Museum Marshall SalineNorthwestLocal history website, history of Jim the Wonder Dog
Mastodon State Historic Site Imperial JeffersonNortheastArchaeologySite of Pleistocene ice age deposits and Clovis culture artifacts
May GalleryWebster GrovesSt. LouisNortheastArt website, part of Webster University
McClure Archives and University Museum WarrensburgJohnsonSouthwestMultipleIncludes Middle East, Guatemalan and Native American artifacts, seashells, WW II collections, history of the University of Central Missouri
McDonald County Historical Museum Pineville McDonald SouthwestLocal history website
Mid-Missouri Museum of Independent Telephone Pioneers Blackwater Cooper CentralTechnology [37]
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum St. LouisSt. LouisNortheastArtPart of Washington University in St. Louis, collections include 19th, 20th, and 21st-century European and American paintings, sculptures, prints, installations, and photographs
Miller County Museum Tuscumbia Miller CentralLocal history website
Mississippi County Historical Museum East Prairie Mississippi SoutheastLocal historyOpen during events and by appointment [38]
Missouri Children's MuseumColumbiaBooneCentralChildren's website
Missouri Civil War Museum LemaySt. LouisNortheastMilitaryState's role during the American Civil War
Missouri Farm Bureau Log HomeJefferson CityColeCentralHistoric house website, 1850s log home, displays about the state's agricultural heritage over the last 150 years
Missouri Governor's Mansion Jefferson CityColeCentralHistoric house1870s mansion
Missouri Mines State Historic Site Park Hills St. Francois SoutheastIndustryLead and zinc mining and geology
Missouri Sports Hall of Fame SpringfieldGreeneSouthwestSportsMemorabilia of Missouri athletes and interactive displays
Missouri State Capitol Jefferson CityColeCentralHistory
Missouri State Museum Jefferson CityColeCentralMultipleMissouri history, natural history, and cultural resources history
Missouri State Penitentiary Jefferson CityColeCentralPrisonMuseum located on the second floor of the Jefferson City Convention & Visitors Bureau, guided tours of the historic former prison
Missouri Town 1855 Lee's Summit JacksonNorthwestLiving30-acre antebellum open-air museum shows 19th-century life
Missouri Veterinary Medical Foundation MuseumJefferson CityColeCentralMedicalOperated by the Missouri Veterinary Medical Association [39]
Molly Brown Birthplace & MuseumHannibalMarionNortheastBiographical website, operated by the Hannibal History Museum Foundation, 19th-century birthplace home of activist Margaret Brown [40]
Monroe County Museum Paris MonroeNortheastLocal history website, operated by the Monroe County Historical Society, located in the Monroe County Courthouse
Montauk State Park SalemDentSouthwestMillTour of the 1896 Montauk Mill
Moore Home Charleston Mississippi SoutheastLocal history website, operated by the Mississippi County Historical Society, Victorian period home with local history displays
Morgan County Historical Society Museum Versailles Morgan CentralLocal history website, located in the Martin Hotel
Mormon Visitors Center IndependenceJacksonNorthwestReligiousExperiences of Mormon settlers in Missouri between 1831 and 1839, importance of families, messages from modern prophets and the Book of Mormon
Museum of Anthropology ColumbiaBooneCentralAnthropology website, part of University of Missouri
Museum of Art and Archaeology ColumbiaBooneCentralArtPart of the University of Missouri, also Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern art works and artifacts
Museum of Missouri Military HistoryJefferson CityColeCentralMilitary [41] [42]
Museum of the Dog Town and Country St. LouisNortheastArt website, collection of art devoted to the dog, operated by the American Kennel Club
Museum at the German SchoolHermannGasconadeNortheastLocal history website, operated by Historic Hermann
National Museum of Transportation Kirkwood St. LouisNortheastTransportationAntique cars, boats, a plane, locomotives and railroad equipment
Nathan Boone Homestead State Historic Site Ash Grove GreeneNortheastHistoric house1830s period home of Nathan Boone, son of Daniel Boone
National BB Gun MuseumBransonTaneySouthwestSports website, vintage BB guns, ads
National Churchill Museum Fulton Callaway CentralBiographicalLife and times of Sir Winston Churchill, part of Westminster College, formerly the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library
National Frontier Trails Museum IndependenceJacksonNorthwestHistory website, history of America's principle western trails
National Military Heritage Museum Saint JosephBuchananNorthwestMilitary website
National Silk Art Museum WestonPlatteNorthwestArt website, masterworks of French and English silk tapestries based on work by major artists from the 15th through the 20th century
New Madrid Historical Museum New MadridNew MadridSoutheastLocal history website
Newton County Historical Park Neosho NewtonSouthwestOpen-airIncludes Newton County Historical Society Museum, Newton County School No. 111 and Log Cabin [43]
Nicholas Beazley Aviation MuseumMarshallSalineNorthwestAviation website
Nodaway County Historical Society Museum Maryville Nodaway NorthwestLocal historyLocal history and culture
NRA National Sporting Arms Museum SpringfieldGreeneSouthwestSportsLocated on the upper floor of Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, history of hunting, over 1000 hunting rifles
Old Cooper County Jail & Hanging Barn Boonville CooperCentralJail website, operated by the Friends of Historic Boonville, 19th-century jail used until 1978
Old Stagecoach Stop Waynesville PulaskiCentralHistoric site website, 19th-century hotel with rooms restored for different periods from 1854 to the present
Owens-Rogers MuseumIndependenceJacksonNorthwestHistoric Landmark website, Home of Lela Rogers and birthplace of actress/dancer Ginger Rogers, historic landmark property
Ozark Natural & Cultural Resource CenterSalemDentSouthwestMultiple website, local history, culture, industry, natural resources, art
Patee House Saint JosephBuchananNorthwestMultipleUnited States history, transportation vehicles, recreated streets of Old St. Joseph in the 1860s-1880s, Western art
Phelps County MuseumRollaPhelpsSoutheastLocal history website, operated by the Phelps County Historical Society, includes the 1838 Dillon Log House, the 1860 Limestone Block Jail, and the 1861 Courthouse
Pioneer Heritage HomesteadDoniphanRipleySouthwestOpen-air website, 1865 log cabin museum, log barn and a blacksmith shop
Pioneer Spring CabinIndependenceJacksonNorthwestHistoric house1850s-period two-room log cabin [44]
Pleasant Hill Historical Society Museum Pleasant Hill CassNorthwestLocal history website
Polk County Museum Bolivar Polk SouthwestLocal history website
Pony Express Museum Saint JosephBuchananNorthwestTransportationHistory of the Pony Express
Poplar Bluff Historical MuseumPoplar BluffButlerSoutheastLocal historyOperated by the Butler County Historical Society [20] [45]
Poplar Bluff Railroad MuseumPoplar BluffButlerSoutheastRailroad website, includes model trail layout
Poplar Heights Farm ButlerBatesSouthwestLiving website, 1870s living history farm
Powers Museum Carthage JasperSouthwestLocal history website, open seasonally
Pulaski County Courthouse MuseumWaynesvillePulaskiCentralLocal history website, operated by the Pulaski County Historical Society
Puppetry Arts InstituteIndependenceJacksonNorthwestEntertainment website, puppet theater and museum with hand puppets and marionettes
Railroad Historical MuseumSpringfieldGreeneSouthwestRailway website, located in Grant Beach Park, includes a locomotive, baggage car, commuter car and caboose, railroad artifacts, model train layout
Ralph Foster Museum Point Lookout TaneySouthwestLocal historyPart of College of the Ozarks, history and culture of the Ozarks region
Randolph County Historical Museum Moberly Randolph NortheastLocal history website, operated by the Randolph County Historical Society
Ray County Museum Richmond Ray NorthwestLocal history website, operated by the Ray County Historical Society
Raytown Historical Society Museum Raytown JacksonNorthwestLocal history website
Red House Interpretive CenterCape GirardeauCape GirardeauSoutheastHistory website, Missouri pioneers and life of community founder Louis Lorimier, as well as the visit of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in November, 1803
Remember When Toy Museum & Historic VillageCantonLewisNortheastToy website, over 20,000 toys, antique cars, recreated 1800s village
Remington Nature CenterSaint JosephBuchananNorthwestMultiple website, animals, plants, Native Americans, trappers, geology, Civil War history
Reynolds County Genealogy and Historical Society Museum Ellington Reynolds SoutheastLocal history website
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum BransonTaneySouthwestAmusement
Riverbluff Cave SpringfieldGreeneSouthwestNatural historyExhibit center with cave and worldwide fossils, also known as Missouri Institute of Natural Science
Robidoux Row Museum Saint JosephBuchananNorthwestLocal historyOperated by the Saint Joseph Historical Society, mid-19th-century apartment building with exhibits of the city's history
Rocheport Historical Museum Rocheport BooneCentralLocal historyOperated by Friends of Rocheport Society
Rockcliffe Mansion HannibalMarionNortheastHistoric houseLate 19th-century 13,500-square-foot (1,250 m2) Colonial Revival/Georgian-style mansion
Route 66 MuseumLebanonLacledeCentralLocal history website, located in the Lebanon-Laclede County Library, includes recreations of a 1950s gas station and a classic diner, displays of antique cars, Route 66 books, magazines and videos [46] [47]
Route 66 State Park Visitors Center Eureka St. LouisNortheastLocal historyThe Visitors Center, in a historic Route 66 building, has exhibits on the Mother Road in the state of Missouri.
Ruth W. Towne MuseumKirksvilleAdairNortheastHistory website, museum and visitor center of Truman State University, exhibits about the history of the university
Saxon Lutheran Memorial Frohna PerrySoutheastOpen-air19th-century period log home and historic buildings
Softball MuseumSpringfieldGreeneSouthwestSports website, located in the Killian Softball Complex, history of state's amateur softball
The Space Center Bonne Terre St. FrancoisSoutheastScience website, space memorabilia and artifacts
Springfield Art Museum SpringfieldGreeneSouthwestArt website, collections include 19th, 20th, and 21st century American paintings, watercolor, sculpture and prints
Stars and Stripes Museum Bloomfield StoddardSoutheastMedia website, history of the United States Armed Forces military newspaper, the Stars and Stripes
State Historical Society of Missouri ColumbiaBooneCentralArtChanging art and history exhibits drawn from its collections
St. Charles County Historical Society MuseumSt. CharlesSt. CharlesNortheastLocal history website, located in the 1830s Old Market House
St. Clair Historical Museum St. Clair FranklinNortheastLocal history website
St. Robert City Museum St. Robert PulaskiCentralLocal history [48]
Ste. Genevieve MuseumSte. GenevieveSte. GenevieveSoutheastLocal history website, local artifacts, art, antiques and oddities [49]
Stephens College Historic Costume GalleryColumbiaBooneCentralTextile website, located in Lela Raney Wood Hall
Stephens Museum FayetteHowardNorthwestMultiple website, part of Central Methodist University, archaeology, cultural anthropology, natural history, geology and paleontology, located on the second floor of T. Berry Smith Hall
Sterling Price Museum Keytesville CharitonNorthwestLocal history website, artifacts of Governor and Civil War general Sterling Price, local history, collection of buttons, books, glassware, children's toys, housewares
Still National Osteopathic Museum KirksvilleAdairNortheastMedical website, part of A.T. Still University, national history of osteopathic medicine
St. Joseph Fire MuseumSaint JosephBuchananNorthwestFirefighting website
St. Joseph Museum Saint JosephBuchananNorthwestHistory website, Native American collection, Lewis & Clark exhibits
St. Louis Mercantile Library Bellerive St. LouisNortheastArtLibrary with free art and history exhibits from its collections
Taille de Noyer Florissant St. LouisNortheastHistoric house website, operated by the Florissant Valley Historical Society, early 19th-century house
Texas County Historical & Military Museum Houston Texas SoutheastLocal history website, operated by the Texas County Genealogical & Historical Society [50]
The Magic House, St. Louis Children's Museum Kirkwood St. LouisNortheastChildren'sHands-on learning experiences
Thomas Sappington House Crestwood St. LouisNortheastHistoric houseEarly 19th-century period house [51]
Thornhill ChesterfieldSt. LouisNortheastHistoric house website, early 19th-century home of Frederick Bates, Missouri's second Governor
Titanic World's Largest Museum Attraction BransonTaneySouthwestMaritimeArtifacts and history of the RMS Titanic
Townley House Museum Chamois Osage CentralHistoric houseOpen by appointment [52]
Truman State University Art GalleryKirksvilleAdairNortheastArtProfessional and student exhibitions in the Ophelia Parrish Fine Arts Center [53]
UCM Gallery of Art and Design WarrensburgJohnsonSouthwestArt website, part of the University of Central Missouri
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site Grantwood Village St. LouisNortheastBiographicalChildhood home of Julia Grant, wife of President Ulysses S. Grant
Vaile Mansion IndependenceJacksonNorthwestHistoric house website, 31 room elaborate Victorian mansion
Veterans Memorial MuseumBransonTaneySouthwestMilitary website, 20th-century conflicts
Village at Boone JunctionColumbiaBooneCentralOpen-air website, operated by the Boone County Historical Society, complex includes 1821 Gordon-Collins Cabin and 1890 Easley country store
Walt Disney Hometown Museum Marceline LinnNorthwestBiographical Walt Disney's childhood and family, railroad artifacts
Walters-Boone County Museum ColumbiaBooneCentralLocal history website, operated by the Boone County Historical Society, also includes Montminy Art Gallery
Warren E. Hearnes MuseumCharlestonMississippiSoutheastBiographicalMuseum about Governor Warren E. Hearnes, open for events [54]
Washington Firehouse Museum Washington FranklinNorthwestFirefighting website, antique fire engines and vintage automobiles, operated by the Washington Historical Society
Washington MuseumWashingtonFranklinNorthwestLocal history website, operated by the Washington Historical Society
Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site Lawson ClayNorthwestLiving1860s farm, 1860 woolen mill and gristmill, Watkins 1850 Classic Revival style house and outbuildings, museum
Weldon Spring Site Interpretive CenterSt. CharlesSt. CharlesNortheastMultiple website, history, natural history and environmental clean-up of the Weldon Spring Conservation Area
Weston Historical MuseumWestonPlatteNorthwestLocal history website
Westphalia Historical Society Museum Westphalia OsageCentralLocal history website
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Republic GreeneSouthwestMilitaryIncludes American Civil War battlefield site and museum
Wonders of Wildlife Museum & Aquarium SpringfieldGreeneSouthwestNatural historyCurrently closed for expansion, planned reopening in 2016 as America's Wildlife Museum & Aquarium [55]
World's Largest Toy Museum BransonTaneySouthwestToy website, over 1 million toys, includes Harold Bell Wright Museum
Wyeth-Tootle Mansion Saint JosephBuchananNorthwestHistoric house website, Victorian mansion
Zewicki House Museum Linn OsageCentralHistoric house website, operated by the Osage County Historical Society

See also

Defunct museums

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