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Update on State Historical Society

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Center for Missouri Studies Opening Fall 2019, Columbia Research Center to Close for Move

August 10, 1821, marked the first official day of statehood, and 198 years later, a new chapter in the preservation and exploration of Missouri’s eventful past will begin with the August 10, 2019, opening of the State Historical Society of Missouri’s new Columbia headquarters, the Center for Missouri Studies.

To prepare and move the invaluable collections from the Society’s current location in Ellis Library, the Columbia Research Center will be closed to the public beginning April 19, 2019. This closure will last until August 12, 2019.