JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE, 100 JEFFERSON

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  • LANDING AFTER HOURS: SLAVERY AND THE SHAPING OF CATHOLIC MISSOURI

    JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE, 100 JEFFERSON 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, United States

    Enslaved people built the Catholic Church in early Missouri. The Catholic Church formalized in Missouri as the territory transitioned to statehood, both the church and the state establishing themselves in tandem through the labor of enslaved people, which the Missouri Compromise sustained. Historian Kelly Schmidt will share her research on people enslaved by the early …

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  • LANDING AFTER HOURS: TUSKEGEE AIRMEN FROM LINCOLN UNIVERSITY

    JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE, 100 JEFFERSON 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, United States

    As the U.S. anticipated entering World War II, it addressed the need for experience pilots by establishing Civil Pilot Training (CPT) programs at universities and airfields. Only a handful of now Historically Black Colleges and Universities, were selected, since no military arm existed at the time for African-Americans in aviation. Lincoln University was the only …

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  • Landing After Hours: What our Rocks Carry – How Fossils Inform our Past, Present, & Future

    JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE, 100 JEFFERSON 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, United States

    Did you know that Missouri’s rocks record a sea that once covered central North America in the Carboniferous Period around 350 million years ago, which littered the sea floor with crinoids? Almost 300 million years later, the state dinosaur Hypsibema missouriensis roamed the earth after the sea dried up. About 12,000 years ago Mastodons grazed …

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  • LANDING AFTER HOURS: THE OZARKS IN THE SOUTHERN GOTHIC

    JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE, 100 JEFFERSON 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, United States

    The Missouri landscape serves as the perfect Southern Gothic setting for the horror film and television genre. The Ozarks, dense forests of sprawling foliage, open plains and rivers, swamps and marshes, plus old graveyards, and foggy landings make for an atmospheric setting. Southern Gothic is a subcategory of the Gothic genre commonly associated with the …

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  • LANDING AFTER HOURS: THE HISTORY OF BODY ART IN MISSOURI

    JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE, 100 JEFFERSON 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, United States

    Since ancient times, humans have been expressing themselves through body art. From body paint with clays and natural dyes, to permanent ink tattoos, to the process of scarification, body art is a practice that has continued and grow. Join Carrie Hammond, chief interpreter for the Missouri State Museum, to learn about the methods, reasons behind, …

  • LANDING AFTER HOURS: THE HISTORY OF BODY ART IN MISSOURI

    JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE, 100 JEFFERSON 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, United States

    Since ancient times, humans have been expressing themselves through body art. From body paint with clays and natural dyes, to permanent ink tattoos, to the process of scarification, body art is a practice that has continued and grow. Join Carrie Hammond, chief interpreter for the Missouri State Museum, to learn about the methods, reasons behind, …

  • LANDING AFTER HOURS: MISSOURI AS “UPPER LOUISIANA”

    JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE, 100 JEFFERSON 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, United States

    The shifting tides of governmental and cultural influence on the Louisiana Territory since the early days of European exploration have left a rich and diverse heritage in the state. Join Missouri State Museum Interpretive Aide Clinton Flowers as he leads a detailed look at European exploration and settlement and their impacts on the state's history …

  • LANDING AFTER HOURS: MISSOURI AS “UPPER LOUISIANA”

    JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE, 100 JEFFERSON 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, United States

    The shifting tides of governmental and cultural influence on the Louisiana Territory since the early days of European exploration have left a rich and diverse heritage in the state. Join Missouri State Museum Interpretive Aide Clinton Flowers as he leads a detailed look at European exploration and settlement and their impacts on the state's history …

  • BACKYARD CONCERTS: 2023

    JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE, 100 JEFFERSON 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, United States

    6/17/2023 | MISSOURI STATE MUSEUM | JEFFERSON CITY, MO Backyard concerts are back for 2023. Jefferson Landing State Historic Site is excited to invite you to another season of live music on the Lohman lawn. This year, we're introducing a "new to the Lohman" group to the series and bringing back some old favorites. These are family-friendly, BYOC …

  • Share via email LANDING AFTER HOURS: GATEWAY TO THE STARS – MISSOURI’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPACE EXPLORATION

    JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE, 100 JEFFERSON 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, United States

    Missouri has long been known as the Gateway to the West, but did you know that even after the end of westward expansion, Missouri still serves a role as a gateway? Join Lucas Schwartze, Missouri State Museum interpreter, as he discusses Missouri’s contributions to space exploration in the past, present and future. The Missouri State …

  • LANDING AFTER HOURS: MURDER AND MAYHEM IN JEFFERSON CITY

    JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE, 100 JEFFERSON 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, United States

    The first century of the wilderness-born Missouri capital was grieved by prison escapes, theft, murder, Volstead Act violations, and a "law-and-order" sheriff whose deputies broke the law in the name of maintaining it. Please join author Michelle Brooks as she shares her collected samples of some of the shocking events of Jefferson City's early history.

  • TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY – BLACK WALL STREET: MEN AND WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP

    JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE, 100 JEFFERSON 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, United States

    The Missouri State Museum is hosting three Teaching American History seminars in 2022 and early 2023. These free daylong seminars connect scholars with local educators on a wide array of topics. Registration is required. Black Wall Street has long been a symbol of hope and success. But who were the individuals who contributed to the prosperity …

  • LANDING AFTER HOURS: A PARTY MAN: WALTHALL MOORE AND THE FALL OF BLACK REPUBLICANISM IN MISSOURI

    JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE, 100 JEFFERSON 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, United States

    Elected as a member of the Republican Party in 1920, Rep. Walthall Moore became the first Black American to serve in the Missouri General Assembly. As a pioneering figure for Black enfranchisement and civil rights, Moore faced constant hostility and resistance throughout his political career, both from members of the opposition and from members of …

  • History & Art: George Caleb Bingham & Order No. 11

    JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE, 100 JEFFERSON 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, United States

    The American Civil War has long been understood as a conflict between the North and South, leaving out the Midwest. Perhaps no Midwesterner has suffered more from this lack of understanding than painter, George Caleb Bingham. Through an analysis of Bingham’s controversial painting, Order No. 11 (1868), this talk untangles the complicated legacy of the …

  • LANDING AFTER HOURS: GRANNY WOMEN, YARB DOCTORS & OTHER MISSOURI FOLK HEALERS

    JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE, 100 JEFFERSON 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, United States

    Have you ever met a Missourian who claimed to “buy” people’s warts? What about carrying a buckeye in your pocket for luck, or using an herb poultice on a cut? As the people of the Appalachian Mountains traveled west, many settled in Missouri. With them, they brought a wealth of knowledge in practices of medicine …