Pop in for a pop-up show-and-tell at the Library & Research Center. No reservations are required!

May & June: 100 Years on the Open Road: Route 66 & Highway 40
Tuesdays–Fridays, 12–5pm
Saturdays, 10am–5pm

What do Route 66 and Highway 40 have in common? They both pass through St. Louis, and they both turn 100 this year. See how both of these highways have helped shaped the city and the region for tourism and connecting east and west. Visit the beautiful Grigg Reading Room to view the development of these two legendary roads through historic material from the MHS collections.

July–September: St. Louis in 1776
Tuesdays–Fridays, 12–5pm
Saturdays, 10am–5pm

While delegates in Philadelphia were declaring a new nation into existence in 1776, a very different story was unfolding far to the west. As a small French village barely a dozen years old, St. Louis began its quiet rise to regional power. This pop-up display explores St. Louis from its founding in 1764 through the year of American Independence, revealing how this frontier settlement became an unexpected player in the Revolutionary era.

ASL interpretation is available for programs with two weeks' advance notice. Please email access@mohistory.org to request ASL interpretation or with other accessibility questions.