Clay County Historical Society Museum
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Clay County Historical Society Museum is a local history museum in a historic building in Liberty, Missouri. The museum building dates to 1865. It was a drug store and a doctor's office until 1963, when it was turned into a museum.
Exhibits[]
The Clay County Historical Museum houses art, antiques, and collector's items reflecting the early history of Clay County, Missouri. The exhibits are displayed in separate rooms, each named according to its contents. The main rooms are The Country School, Old Fashioned Parlor, Kitchen, Minerals, Gems, Library, Chapel, Musical Instruments, Military, Primitive, Bedroom, Clothing and Children's Toy Room. The museum also has a library, which has collections of newspaper files, area wide genealogies, area maps, reference books and microfilm.
According to the museum's website, "The main floor is divided by a glass partition with vintage display cases filled with china, toys, railroad artifacts and apothecary paraphernalia. Behind the partition the visitor will find letters by the Jesse James family; Civil War, WWI and WWII items; antiques quilts; and Native American artifacts."[1]
References[]
- ^ "HISTORY OF BUILDING". Clay County Museum. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
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Coordinates: 39°14′47″N 94°25′14″W / 39.24648°N 94.42056°W
- Museums in Clay County, Missouri
- History museums in Missouri
- 1963 establishments in Missouri
- Liberty, Missouri
- Midwestern United States museum stubs
- Missouri building and structure stubs