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Nominated for National Award Congratulation to all Missouri students who participated in National History Day! Read More SHSMO Announces Fellowship Opportunities Apply Now for a Center for Missouri Studies Fellowship. Read More Basic Genealogy: Crossing the Pond—Tracing Ancestors in Immigration and Naturalization Records Registration Open for Bill Eddleman’s Basic Genealogy series on Using Immigration and… Read More For the People Pow Wow For the People Pow Wow Memorial Day Weekend in Jefferson City. Read More Ginger Rogers: Dressed to Impress Continues through August 31 at SHSMO Art Gallery. Read More SHSMO Publishes Diary of a Civil War Soldier in Missouri "My Own Commander" Book Available Now! Read More SHSMO On Demand Workshops, lectures, and more are freely available online, anytime, to audiences anywhere! Read More Latest News & Announcements The Rolla research center will be closed on May 16. SHSMO Celebrates Partner In Education Week with Locust Street Expressive Arts Elementary School May 9, 2024 The State Historical Society of Missouri is celebrating Partners in Education week with students from Locust Street Expressive Arts Elementary School in Columbia. SHSMO’s partner in education school is one of the oldest elementary schools in Columbia and was built in 1904. Today, the school Read more Author’s Journey Across Missouri to Speak at State Historical Society May 6, 2024 John Robinson of Columbia drove every mile of every road on the Missouri state highway map in search of the real America” beyond the interstate. Robinson discovered obscure places, forgotten facts, and interesting people along the way. A former director of Missouri Tourism, Robinson will Read more National History Day in Missouri Student Award Winners Announced; teachers from Liberty and Essex, Mo. Nominated for National Award April 30, 2024 Ninety-nine middle and high school students from across the state received top rankings in the National History Day contest in Missouri on April 27 on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia. First and second place winners will compete in the national contest June 9-13 at the Read more Thank you, SHSMO Volunteers! April 22, 2024 This week, April 21-27, is National Volunteer Appreciation Week. However, at the State Historical Society of Missouri, we value our volunteers 365 days a year for the work they do year-around! 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