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The Jonas-Day-Lark Museum 319 W. Main Street, Steelville, Missouri 65565 Distance from Cabins and Campground - 20 minutes (17 miles) Donated to Steelville in 2000 by Helen Jonas, this home represents a family history dating to 1889. Many of the antiques in the museum belonged to the families that lived in the home. Open Memorial Day through Labor Day on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and admission is free. Jonas-Day-Lark Museum brochures are in our cabins. |
There are a wide variety of museums in and around Steelville and most are under an hour from ArdPark Cabins and Campground. Explore the history of local counties, U.S. Army artifacts, antiques, the area lead culture and much more! Web links are provided below if available. Guests are encouraged to contact museums for operating hours prior to visiting. |
St. Joe State Park Lead Mining Museum 2800 Pimville Road Park Hills, Missouri 63601 (573) 431-1069 Distance from Cabins and Campground - 1 hour (44 miles) The historic mill buildings still remain and have been designated as the Missouri Mines State Historic Site. In the park, visitors will find a mining museum full of geological specimens and antique mining and milling equipment. |
Crawford County Historical Museum 308 North Smith Street, Cuba, Missouri 65453 (573) 885-6009 Distance from Cabins and Campground - 30 minutes (25 miles) The museum boasts a civil war room, a one room school house and many more 1800s displays. Also available are the Crawford County tax records from 1857 to today providing genealogists a super research tool. |
John B. Mahaffey Museum Complex 495 South Dakota Avenue Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri 65473 (573) 596-0780 or (573) 596-0240 Distance from Cabins and Campground - 1 ½ hours (75 miles) Located at Fort Leonard Wood Army Base are 4 amazing museums (detailed below), each displaying a wealth of U.S. Army history. All musuems are open to the public and the artifacts housed there are considered to belong to the people of the United States. Admission is free. Museums operate from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday excepting federal holidays and days of inclement weather. |
Dent County Museum 400 North Pershing Avenue Salem, Missouri 65560 (573) 729-5048 Distance from Cabins and Campground - 1 hour (48 miles) Built in the late 1800s, this museum boasts original pine woodwork and is furnished with period furniture and accessories in 13 rooms on 3 floors. There are also some original outbuildings with antique equipment. Donations accepted. |
Fort Leonard Wood Museum - features a collection of World War II barracks and history about General Leonard Wood. U.S. Army Chemical Corps Museum - in addition to many documents and hundreds of photographs, this museum holds more than 6,000 artifacts from World War II to today. |
Maramec Agriculture Museum 320 South Bourbeuse Street St. James, Missouri 65559 (573) 265-7387 |
Maramec Museum 21880 Maramec Spring Drive St. James, Missouri 65559 (573) 265-7124 |
Vistors can enjoy 2 museums in one stop at Maramec Spring Park. Admission to the museums is free. A nominal entry fee into the park may apply. The Maramec Museum features cultural and natural history exhibits and a 500 gallon aquarium at it's entrance. Natural habitat wildlife displays and a video of the spring's cave are included. The history of the Massey Iron Works is demonstrated with working models and displays. The Massey Iron Works was the first successful iron works west of the Mississippi River and operated here from 1826 to 1876. The Agriculture Museum holds an impressive collection of farm equipment dating back as far as the early 1800s. The James Foundation, manager of Maramec Spring Park, offers tours of the Meramec River Rearing Facility and spring, as well as naturalist-led programs. |
Orval Reeves Gallery 606 N. Cedar Street Rolla, Missouri 65401 (573) 364-7446 Distance from Cabins and Campground- 56 minutes (46 miles) Fine art crafted in the Ozarks. |
Ed Clark Museum of Missouri Geology Missouri Department of Natural Resources Division of Geology and Land Survey 111 Fairgrounds Road Rolla, Missouri 65401 (573) 368-2100 Distance from Cabins and Campground - 54 minutes (46 miles) This museum has geology artifacts and then some! We can think of no entity better postioned to be the expert than the Division of Geology and Land Survey. Missouri's past geologists and their tools from more than 150 years ago are featured. On display are fossils, rocks, minerals, maps and tusks. Edward L. Clark was Missouri's geologist from 1944 to 1955. |
Iron County Historical Museum 630 Highway 21 Arcadia, Missouri 63650 (573) 546-3513 Distance from Cabins and Campground - 65 minutes (51 miles) Featuring a large collection of artifacts, remnants of the Battle of Pilot Knob, photographs and more. Take a virtual tour of the Iron County Historical Musuem by clicking here. Tours are available. |
Distance from Cabins and Campground- 32 minutes (28 miles) |
Ozark Heritage Museum 702 South Main Street Salem, Missouri 65560 (573) 729-5707 Distance from Cabins and Campground - 63 minutes (48 miles) Features the area historical collection of Ken Feibelman. |
Phelps County Courthouse Museum John A. Dillon Log Home 302 Third Street Rolla, Missouri 65401 (573) 346-5977 Distance from Cabins and Campground - 56 minutes (46 miles) This museum is an 1800s log cabin containing artifacts from the Civil War and founding pioneers. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in the 1990s. Guided tours are free. |
Mineral Museum at UMR 125 McNutt Hall University of Missouri Campus Rolla, Missouri 65401 (573) 341-4616 Distance from Cabins and Campground - 54 minutes (46 miles) Features a nice collection of minerals and items from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. |
Experimental Mine Bridge School Road Rolla, Missouri 65401 (573) 341-4111 Distance from Cabins and Campground - 57 minutes (48 miles) This limestone mine holds exhibits of antique mining equipment and was founded in 1921. Daily tours are available. |
Stonehenge at University of Missouri U.S. Highway 63 & St. Patrick's Lane Rolla, Missouri 65401 (573) 341-4111 Distance from Cabins and Campground - 54 minutes (46 miles) The Stonehenge project was completed in 1984 and incorporates many of the features of the original. It also includes two capabilities that the original did not. Visitors will see sunrises and sunsets during summer, winter solstice and spring and fall equinox. In addition to its astronomy features, it serves as a monument to man's achievements through its blending of cultural and scientific influences. In 1984 the Missouri University of Science and Technology received an Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award for its Stonehenge model. |
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U.S. Army Engineer Museum - this museum includes a special weapons room, land mine warfare gallery, tactical bridging gallery, restored World War II temporary mobilization buildings, a topographic engineering gallery, the Regimental Gift Store and more. U.S. Army Military Police Museum - preserved and displayed are material history of the army police from 1775 to present. |
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