A panel discussion will follow the movie. Appearing on the panel [...]]]> The Missouri History Museum will show “Deadlines in Disaster,” a 59-minute documentary about the Joplin Globe’s response to the huge tornado that ripped through the city on May 22, 2011, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The event will be in the Lee Auditorium.

A panel discussion will follow the movie. Appearing on the panel will be:

• Emily Younker, a reporter with the Joplin Globe.

• Scott Charton, former Jefferson City bureau chief of the Associated Press and co-producer of the documentary.

• Doug Crews, executive director of the Missouri Press Association which produced the documentary.

• Stephen Hudness, director, editor and videographer.

• Beth Pike, director and editor.

The museum is located at Lindell Boulevard and DeBaliviere Avenue in Forest Park.

The food trucks Cha Cha Show, Curbside Cookery, Lulu’s and Sarah’s Cake Shop will be on site.

The museum is located at Lindell Boulevard and DeBaliviere Avenue in Forest Park.

“How We Got Here,”a two-part series about the early history of St. Louis, concludes at 10:15 a.m. Monday, May 20, 2013, at the Missouri History Museum. The series will be in the AT&T Foundation Multipurpose Room.

Monday’ session will look at French explorers and the city’s early [...]]]>

View of St. Louis from the northeast in 1840

“How We Got Here,”a two-part series about the early history of St. Louis, concludes at 10:15 a.m. Monday, May 20, 2013, at the Missouri History Museum. The series will be in the AT&T Foundation Multipurpose Room.

Monday’ session will look at French explorers and the city’s early history.

The museum is located at Lindell Boulevard and DeBaliviere Avenue in Forest Park.

The video is about the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis County.

The museum is located at Lindell Boulevard and DeBaliviere Avenue in Forest Park.

The book presents a five-century tour of the interaction of people and the environment along the river.

The museum [...]]]> Christopher Morris, author of The Big Muddy, will discuss his book and current issues that the Mississippi River faces. He will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in the Lee Auditorium of the Missouri History Museum.

The book presents a five-century tour of the interaction of people and the environment along the river.

The museum is located at Lindell Boulevard and DeBaliviere Avenue in Forest Park.

Marquise Knox

Marquise Knox, a St. Louis blues singer, will perform at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013, on the north front lawn of the Missouri History Museum.

The museum is located at Lindell Boulevard and DeBaliviere Avenue in Forest Park.

The war brought such advances as the machine gun and instantaneous communication, the museum notes.

The museum is [...]]]> The Missouri History Museum will present a program on the technological leaps that both the North and the South produced in the Civil War. The event will be at noon Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in the AT&T Multipurpose Room.

The war brought such advances as the machine gun and instantaneous communication, the museum notes.

The museum is located at Lindell Boulevard and DeBaliviere Avenue in Forest Park.

The museum is located at Lindell Boulevard and DeBaliviere Avenue in Forest Park.

“How We Got Here,”a two-part series about the early history of St. Louis, will begin at 10:15 a.m. Monday, May 13, 2013, at the Missouri History Museum. The series will be in the AT&T Foundation Multipurpose Room.

Monday’ session discusses the region before Europeans arrive. The second [...]]]>

View of St. Louis from the northeast in 1840

“How We Got Here,”a two-part series about the early history of St. Louis, will begin at 10:15 a.m. Monday, May 13, 2013, at the Missouri History Museum. The series will be in the AT&T Foundation Multipurpose Room.

Monday’ session discusses the region before Europeans arrive. The second part at the same time on Monday, May 20, will look at French explorers and the city’s early history.

The museum is located at Lindell Boulevard and DeBaliviere Avenue in Forest Park.

The last performance of the play will be May 14 at the same time and place.

The museum is located at Lindell Boulevard and DeBaliviere Avenue in Forest Park.