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Exploring Missouri’s Struggle for Statehood

Explore Struggle for Statehood, a traveling exhibit that details Missouri’s journey to statehood on a national and local level. Admission to the exhibit is free from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm for the event on November 20, 2021, and we’ve invited several local area organizations to expand on the story! You’ll meet individuals from Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, Historic Daniel Boone Home, First Missouri State Capitol, The Missouri Civilian Corps, and Missouri Civil War Reenactors’ Association. This is an excellent opportunity for families to tour the exhibit in a more interactive environment.

Tours of the historic Field family home are available for $5. The Field House Museum offers ample free parking in the attached lot on the northeast side of the building.

About the Struggle for Statehood Exhibit
The exhibit explores the many facets of the Missouri crisis on both a national and local level. Learn about the history of Missouri leading up to its battle for admission and how that history shaped the future state. Consider the history of slavery in Missouri and its lasting effects on the region. Examine what it means to be a state and how that meaning differed for the diverse groups of peoples living in Missouri at the time of its admission. The exhibit was developed by the Missouri Humanities Council in consultation with the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy and is supported by The Bicentennial Alliance. Companion programming has been made possible in part from funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities.