Programs & Services

  • Chautauqua - a program style in which historians impersonate historical figures in first-person monologues, in costume, and engage the audience in discussion. MHC produces a touring Chautauqua and also awards grants for locally-designed Chautauquas.

  • Charettes Strategic and interpretive planning seminars and workshops for cultural sites and institutions

  • Museums on Main Street Touring exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution, featuring New Harmonies, American Roots Music, beginning March, 2009

  • Small touring exhibits from MHC Available free. Easy set-up.

  • Governor's Humanities Awards - annual recognition of Missouri citizens.

  • Grants - support for non-profit Missouri organizations to conduct public humanities programs.

  • READ from the START - dynamic training program for parents of pre-school children.

  • ReadMOre- Missouri's statewide book club is reading The Starcatcher's Trilogy by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson in 2008. Website at www.readmoremissouri.org

updated Jan 8, 2008