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• Missouri Celebrated: Commemorating 200 Years of Missouri Music, Culture, and Art at the Center for Missouri Studies Dec. 14

  The public is invited for a free concert and ar...

• Missouri Bicentennial Quilt Traveling Exhibition to Continue in 2022 

  The State Historical Society of Missouri is ext...

• Missouri Bicentennial Projects Offer Online Resources for Learning Missouri History

  Missouri’s bicentennial year brought many organ...

• Missouri Explorers Program Expanded this Fall to Commemorate the Bicentennial

  About 1,500 Missourians have registered to trav...

• Missouri Bicentennial Statehood Day at State Capitol August 10

  A special, public event on Missouri Statehood D...

• State Historical Society of Missouri and the University of Missouri hosts Together for ’21 Fest

  The public is invited to a free festival Aug. 6...

• Entire Bicentennial Mural on Display for the first time July 4

  The Bicentennial Mural is finally complete and ...

• Missouri on Mic at COMO 200 bicentennial festival July 4

  Missouri on Mic traveling audio booth will be a...

• Bicentennial Time Capsule Needs Public’s Help to Document Missouri History

  The Missouri Bicentennial Time Capsule is seeki...

• Traveling Audio Booth to Record Personal Stories of Missourians during the Bicentennial

  What comes to mind when you think of Missouri? ...

• Missouri Bicentennial Signature Events to Commemorate Statehood Day

  Missouri Statehood Day, Aug. 10, 2021, marks an...

• Missouri Art Now Bicentennial Art Exhibit Traveling to Columbia, Joplin, Hannibal, St. Joe

  Sixty works from artists across Missouri are re...

• Missouri Communities Among 11 States Eligible for Legends & Lore Roadside Marker

  Communities in Missouri have an opportunity to ...

• New Missouri Explorers Program Invites Missourians to Visit Historical and Cultural Sites in Commemoration of the Bicentennial

  A new bicentennial program is underway to encou...

• Top Finalists for Design of Missouri Bicentennial Poster Contest Awarded to Four Missouri Students

  Two sixth grade students from Jackson and Monro...

• Register for Missouri 2021 Presents First Tuesdays at 11 a.m.

  Missouri 2021 Presents on April 8, 11 a.m. will...

• Bicentennial Exhibit at State Historical Society Explores Missouri’s Struggle for Statehood

  Beginning February 23, mid-Missouri residents w...

• Register Now for Missouri 2021 Presents: Legends, Lore and Stories of the Show Me State

  Registration is open for the next monthly episo...

• Help Us Celebrate Missouri’s Bicentennial with an Ice Cream Social

  Missourians are encouraged to participate in a ...

• Missouri University of Science & Technology Joins Bicentennial Alliance

  Missouri 2021 welcomes Missouri University of S...

• Missouri 2021 Presents: All About Art for the Missouri Bicentennial

  Registration is now open for the Tuesday, Febru...

• Op-Ed: What Does It Mean to Be a Missourian?

  By Gary R. Kremer, Executive Director, State Hi...

• Missouri 2021 Hosts Live Virtual Program Series for Missouri’s Bicentennial

  COLUMBIA, MO, Nov. 19, 2020 – Missouri 2021 is ...
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  U.S. Postal Service Announces Upcoming Stamps, Missouri Included

  Editors Note: The U.S. Postal Service circulate...

• Statewide Bicentennial Poster Contest Ends Oct. 31

  COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, Sept. 29, 2020 – Missouri s...

• My Missouri 2021 Photo Exhibition at State Historical Society of Missouri through Oct. 31

  COLUMBIA, MO, Oct. 6, 2020 – Amateur and ...
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  The Public Television Association of Missouri to Produce Historical Documentary about Missouri

  COLUMBIA, MO, Sept. 16, 2020 – The Public...

• Bicentennial Time Capsule Needs Public’s Help to Document Missouri History

  COLUMBIA, MO, Sept. 9, 2020 – The State Histori...

• Missouri State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (MSSDAR) Named Newest Member of Bicentennial Alliance

  Missouri 2021 is excited to announce that the M...

• Missouri State University Named Member of Bicentennial Alliance

      Missouri 2021 is excited to announce M...

• Missouri Constitution Launches for Adults and Students, 200 Years After Missouri’s First Constitutional Convention

  COLUMBIA, MO, June 12, 2020 — To commemor...

• Missouri Alliance for Arts Education Named Newest Member of Bicentennial Alliance

    Missouri 2021 is excited to announce Mis...

• My Missouri 2021 Photograph Project Complete, Shelter Insurance® Named the Platinum Sponsor of Traveling Exhibition

  After receiving nearly 1000 submissions as part...

• Missouri Bicentennial Paint-for-a-Cause Brings Mural to State Capitol

  More than 10,000 people have left their mark th...

• Missouri Encyclopedia Developmental Website Goes Online

  The State Historical Society has launched a dem...

• Bicentennial Projects Seek Photograph, Quilt Block Submissions

  Two projects commemorating Missouri’s bicentenn...

• Missouri Prairie Foundation joins Bicentennial Alliance

  Missouri 2021 is excited to announce that Misso...

• Missouri State Fair joins Bicentennial Alliance

  Missouri 2021 is excited to announce that the M...

• Bicentennial Alliance adds two new members

  Missouri 2021 is excited to announce two new me...

• Help Capture Missouri’s Beautiful Landscape

  As you explore the Show-Me State this fall take...

• A Look Back at the Missouri State Fair

  Nearly a century ago, the Missouri State Fair B...

• New Bicentennial Alliance Members

  Missouri 2021 is excited to announce two new me...

• Exciting News from Missouri 2021 on Statehood Day

  Happy birthday, Missouri! Today, August 10, 201...

• Upcoming Events: Join in the Commemoration of the Show-Me State!

  Join the State Historical Society of Missouri a...

• Missouri Encyclopedia Seeking Topics

  The State Historical Society of Missouri is dev...

• Two New Programs Kick Off for State Bicentennial

  The State Historical Society of Missouri has la...

• 2018 Show-Me Prize Winners

  Please join the Bicentennial Committee in congr...

• Brownlee Grants: SHSMO Supports Ten Local History Organizations

  The State Historical Society of Missouri receiv...

• Show-Me Awards Promote Missouri History Knowledge, Awareness of State’s Bicentennial in 2021

  The State Historical Society’s Show-Me Awards e...

• Bicentennial Alliance Launches Statewide Projects at Governor’s Mansion

  The Bicentennial Alliance, a coalition of state...