Events in Mid-Missouri Columbia, MO USA
Backyard Movie: Monsters, Inc. (2001) Oct. 18, 2025 7p.m. Bundle up your kids, bring some chairs, blankets and snacks and come to Jefferson Landing's Backyard Movie Night. We'll be watching Monsters, Inc. featuring Missouri's own John Goodman as the voice of Sulley! In case of rain or inclement weather, the event will be rescheduled.
Landing After Hours: Missouri during the Civil War: A Citizen's Perspective. Date: October 1st, 2025 7 p.m. In person and on Facebook Live on the Missouri State Museum Facebook Page The Civil War was not a distant battleground for Missourians. Citizens experienced martial law, loyalty oaths, military districting, and gorilla warfare firsthand. Joe Amsden, interpretive …
Rural areas were often ignored by national and eastern women's suffrage organizations, but women's suffrage groups in the Midwest learned by the late 19th century that these areas must also be targeted to win the hearts and minds of the electorate. In this program, historian Elyssa Ford will share how rural women in Missouri played an important …
Joining forces in their second book, Nancy Arnold Thompson and Michelle Brooks combine their talents of genealogy and storytelling to bring to life the individuals buried under the uniform white markers at the Jefferson City National Cemetery. In These Honored Dead, readers will learn about hundreds of men and women who served their country from …
Mark Twain is well known not just in Missouri, but throughout the world as an author and humorist. However, it may come as a surprise to learn how well connected he was too many other well-known figures from his time period. In this program we’ll explore some of his famous friendships. We’ll especially focus on …
The fortunes of Jefferson Landing and its residents have risen and fallen more often than the floodwaters of the Missouri River. Join Missouri State Museum Director, Tiffany Patterson, as she explores some of the untold stories of the seedier side of the Landing and surrounding blocks.
Lincoln University is Missouri's oldest historically Black college or university. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was one of the few options for Black Missourians to pursue higher education. But was it always just for Black students? Join Stephana Landwehr, a semi-retired educator and 1966 graduate of Lincoln University, as she explores …
Come join our museum coven in their lair for some Halloween fun on Monday, Oct. 28! We will be reading traditional American scary stories from Alvin Schwartz’s “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” as well as some Ozarks-based stories, plus the story of Missouri’s own Witch Queen Bevers. We will also have some Halloween-themed crafts …
After years of successful backyard concerts, Jefferson Landing State Historic Site is extending its backyard series to include movies! Join us on the lawn of the Lohman Building as we watch Missouri's own Vincent Price thrill and chill in one of his best horror roles in the 1959's "House on Haunted Hill." Fill your thermos …
Spend an evening with professor Samuel S. Cohen as he reflects on the rich variety of Missouri writers and the stories they tell about our state. Reading their work, we can hear them telling a composite, complicated, sometimes self-contradicting story, one that can help us think about where we are today as a state and …
Spend an evening with professor Samuel S. Cohen as he reflects on the rich variety of Missouri writers and the stories they tell about our state. Reading their work, we can hear them telling a composite, complicated, sometimes self-contradicting story, one that can help us think about where we are today as a state and …
Like much of the country, Missouri has an extensive history of Motorcycle Clubs. While some clubs have varying encounters with the law, a good number of today's groups work hand in hand with local charities and are notable members of the community. However, this has not always been the case. Join Chief Museum Interpreter Carrie …
For 12 days in April 1933, Clyde, Buck and Blanche Barrow, Bonnie Parker and W.D. Jones hid out in a two-story garage apartment in Joplin, Missouri. On April 13, their tranquil hideout became the scene of a deadly shootout. Though the Borrow gang escaped, discoveries in the apartment eventually helped lead to the gang's demise. …
Break out your white gloves and fancy hats for an old-fashioned tea party to celebrate Mothers! Enjoy sipping specialty teas and snacking on tea party themed foods while listening to Historic Sity staff speak on the history of Mother's Day and life as a Missouri mother in years gone by. After refreshments-indulge in a game …
Tells the story of the young men from Missouri who were among the earliest graduates of West Point, following the Louisiana Purchase. James (Jim) Baker dedicated over 40 years to the preservation and interpretation of the unique French buildings and historic sites in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Baker had cameo appearances in the movie “Under These …