{"id":13981,"date":"2012-04-26T20:11:33","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T02:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=13981"},"modified":"2016-09-18T09:09:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T06:09:13","slug":"the-missouri-museum-of-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/the-missouri-museum-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The Missouri Museum of History"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a drive and a half to get to the Missouri Museum of History from downtown St Louis and then back home again, so I’m glad that it was definitely worthy of a detour. This giant building is housed on the edge of the grounds where the 1904 World Fair was held. The museum has many free exhibits and sometimes has pay ones. Today’s $10 museum exhibit was Missouri and the Civil War. That sounded interesting, but I was pretty exhausted by the time I got to the museum and I wasn’t sure I’d have the energy to do it justice so I decided to skip it.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The museum is on a lovely boulevard lined with historic beauties…<\/p><\/div>\n

\"...<\/a>

… and modern atrocities<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Missouri<\/a>

Missouri Museum of HIstory<\/p><\/div>\n

\"close<\/a>

close up of the museum sign<\/p><\/div>\n

\"gorgeous<\/a>

gorgeous ceiling and a statue of Thomas Jefferson<\/p><\/div>\n

\"this<\/a>

this was a listing of all the plants brought in for the 1904 World’s Fair<\/p><\/div>\n

\"entrance<\/a>

entrance to the 1904 World’s Fair exhibit<\/p><\/div>\n

\"lovely<\/a>

lovely desk<\/p><\/div>\n

\"the<\/a>

the desk was created in Chinese fashion, but had drawers to suit Western tastes<\/p><\/div>\n

\"the<\/a>

the Woven in Time exhibit<\/p><\/div>\n

\"love<\/a>

love this!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"about<\/a>

about the shawl and skirt set<\/p><\/div>\n

\"my<\/a>

my camera actually recognized that the image in this tapestry is a face<\/p><\/div>\n

\"about<\/a>

about this tapestry<\/p><\/div>\n

\"This<\/a>

This is a replica of the Spirit of St Louis; you’ll have to go to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in DC to see the real one. I have. \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n

\"About<\/a>

About Hunger & Resilience exhibit<\/p><\/div>\n

\"this<\/a>

this man, Martin, sounded a lot saner than he looks!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"text<\/a>

text about the exhibit Hunger and Resilience<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Marian<\/a>

Marian is a teacher in Texas who experience hunger as a child<\/p><\/div>\n

\"all<\/a>

all the photos had a box like this; you put on the head set and pressed the button to hear the person tell his or her story<\/p><\/div>\n

\"more<\/a>

more detail on the replica of the Spirit of St Louis<\/p><\/div>\n

\"more<\/a>

more detail on the replica of the Spirit of St Louis<\/p><\/div>\n

\"And<\/a>

And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time — TS Eliot<\/p><\/div>\n

\"more<\/a>

more information about the Currents exhibit, saying that it shows that our basic concerns do not change over time<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Currents<\/a>

Currents was the exhibit about historic St Louis<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Did<\/a>

Did you know that Missouri comes from a word that means canoe?<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Charles<\/a>

Charles Dickens’ description of the Mississippi<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Jeannette<\/a>

Jeannette Forchet was a free black woman who was widowed twice.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Description<\/a>

Description of where Jeanette Forchet had her home in 1766. There is a replica of her house beside this map and inside there is a narration of the inventory made of all her worldly goods. This narration is in FRENCH!!!!!!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"this<\/a>

this replica of a burned building symbolizes the perils 19th century St Louis experienced<\/p><\/div>\n

\"explanation<\/a>

explanation of where water came from in 19th century St Louis (hydrants that spewed very muddy water)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"copy<\/a>

copy of someone’s water license (late 19th century)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"St<\/a>

St Louis water was very murky (Mark Twain said it had an acre of dirt in every tumblerful!). The city got a modern water purification system just before the 1904 World Fair<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Who<\/a>

Who minds the baby when the mother goes to vote? The one who minds the baby when she goes to pay her taxes.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"what<\/a>

what caught my eye is that the meeting is at 7 1\/2 o’clock<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Portraits<\/a>

Portraits can say as much about those who made them as they do about their subjects.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"I<\/a>

I love this dress!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"here's<\/a>

here’s that TS Eliot quote again \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n

\"more<\/a>

more detail on the replica of the Spirit of St Louis<\/p><\/div>\n

\"this<\/a>

this is an exhibit on modern St Louis<\/p><\/div>\n

\"this<\/a>

this development was only for couples with four or more children<\/p><\/div>\n

\"this<\/a>

this is a pretty swanky house, but even though it’s marketed for a family of six, it has only three bedrooms and one bathroom<\/p><\/div>\n

\"breakdown<\/a>

breakdown of the monthly payment for the home, which includes taxes and fire and tornado insurance<\/p><\/div>\n

\"the<\/a>

the 1950s kitchens were so pretty<\/p><\/div>\n

\""I<\/a>

“I won’t be through my work until God takes my voice.” Willie Mae Ford Smith<\/p><\/div>\n

\"a<\/a>

a horrible race riot<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a drive and a half to get to the Missouri Museum of History from downtown St Louis and then back home again, so I’m glad that it was definitely worthy of a detour. This giant building is housed on the edge of the grounds where the 1904 World Fair was held. The museum […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1032,635,5,1365,3,16],"tags":[804],"class_list":["post-13981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-missouri","category-north-america","category-rving","category-st-louis","category-travel","category-usa","tag-history-museums"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}