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Diary of Adam Burns Smith
Adam Burns Smith enlisted with Co. B of the 33rd Missouri Infantry Volunteers (Union) in Jefferson City on August 14, 1862. The next year Smith found himself in the midst of Gen. U. S. Grant’s...
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The Heavy on Mortar Shells
Museum professionals have to be creative in responding to the different types of challenges that arise in the workplace. For example, how do you move a museum artifact that weighs more than 200 pounds?...
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Sketches of War
As a conservation lab technician I have the privilege of working with objects from the Missouri History Museum’s collections, and each new day comes with another historically significant object. One of...
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In Search of the Great Mastodon...Tooth
This November, the Missouri History Museum will host Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age, which comes to us from the Field Museum in Chicago. Ever since I joined the staff of MHM in 1997, I...
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An Apple for Its Day
The design team in the Missouri History Museum’s (MHM's) Exhibitions and Research division is composed of longstanding Apple users. All of what a visitor sees in the galleries of the Museum was started...
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Remembering Joseph Pulitzer on the Centennial of His Death
It has been 100 years since the death of Joseph Pulitzer (Oct. 29, 1911), an individual who lived a rather remarkable life. Born April 10, 1847, Pulitzer immigrated to the United States from the...
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A Thought-Provoking Find
One of the things I appreciate most about being an employee at the Missouri History Museum is the enjoyment I get from working with history buffs like myself. As museum professionals we take any...
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In Search of Spanx
Teaser OverrideTeaser Override: Recently, a researcher requested an appointment to look at some clothing items that had belonged to one of his distant relatives but were since donated to the Museum’s...
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The Sinking of the Titanic: A St. Louis Connection
One hundred years ago, late in the evening of April 14, 1912, the supposedly unsinkable ocean liner known as the Titanic hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic. She sank within a few hours, in the early...
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200 Years of Grimms' Fairytales
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collected and published their first edition of fairytales in Germany back in 1812. The book, Children's and Household Tales, is more commonly known as Grimms' Fairy Tales. Many...
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Diary of Adam Burns Smith
Adam Burns Smith enlisted with Co. B of the 33rd Missouri Infantry Volunteers (Union) in Jefferson City on August 14, 1862. The next year Smith found himself in the midst of Gen. U. S. Grant’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Heavy on Mortar Shells
Museum professionals have to be creative in responding to the different types of challenges that arise in the workplace. For example, how do you move a museum artifact that weighs more than 200 pounds?...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sketches of War
As a conservation lab technician I have the privilege of working with objects from the Missouri History Museum’s collections, and each new day comes with another historically significant object. One of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In Search of the Great Mastodon...Tooth
This November, the Missouri History Museum will host Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age, which comes to us from the Field Museum in Chicago. Ever since I joined the staff of MHM in 1997, I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Apple for Its Day
The design team in the Missouri History Museum’s (MHM's) Exhibitions and Research division is composed of longstanding Apple users. All of what a visitor sees in the galleries of the Museum was started...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Remembering Joseph Pulitzer on the Centennial of His Death
It has been 100 years since the death of Joseph Pulitzer (Oct. 29, 1911), an individual who lived a rather remarkable life. Born April 10, 1847, Pulitzer immigrated to the United States from the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Thought-Provoking Find
One of the things I appreciate most about being an employee at the Missouri History Museum is the enjoyment I get from working with history buffs like myself. As museum professionals we take any...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In Search of Spanx
Teaser OverrideTeaser Override: Recently, a researcher requested an appointment to look at some clothing items that had belonged to one of his distant relatives but were since donated to the Museum’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Sinking of the Titanic: A St. Louis Connection
One hundred years ago, late in the evening of April 14, 1912, the supposedly unsinkable ocean liner known as the Titanic hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic. She sank within a few hours, in the early...
View ArticleClik here to view.
200 Years of Grimms' Fairytales
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collected and published their first edition of fairytales in Germany back in 1812. The book, Children's and Household Tales, is more commonly known as Grimms' Fairy Tales. Many...
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