Yuletide Traditions: From the Gilded Age to Today | Throughout the Missouri History Museum The Gilded Table: Recipes and Table History from the Campbell House, written by food historian and St. Louis author Suzanne Corbett, features 178 recipes from Virginia Campbell's original handwritten collection and provides an intimate glimpse at how the wealth created by […]
See the parlor dressed for mourning and hear about mourning customs, explore the Museum after dark and learn about the ancient customs and folklore surrounding Snap-Apple Night, an old Scots-Irish tradition celebrating Halloween. A Victorian mourning dress will be in special display for the event. Cost: $15 per person, members are $5, reservation required. Please […]
The 2017 Annual Lecture will be presented by Dr. Kenneth Winn, Historian and Former Archivist of the State of Missouri. During the 1850s St. Louis’s preeminent slave trader Bernard Lynch handled the trade for St. Louis’s elite. While Lynch sold slaves locally, he sold more “down the river” to places like Natchez and New Orleans. […]
Non-Parallel Lines: Virginia Campbell, Bridget, & Sally In his essay, “Self-Reliance,” Ralph Waldo Emerson, whose lifespan is almost identical to fur trader Robert Campbell’s, echoed Socrates: “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Certainly, the life of the successful St. Louis businessman has been recorded and scrutinized in books and articles. About Virginia Kyle Campbell […]
Join the staff of the Campbell House Museum for a walking tour of the 1875 neighborhood of Lucas Place, St. Louis’ first private place and an enclave of Gilded Age wealth and nineteenth century elegance. Spanning from 13th to 16th Streets in Downtown St. Louis, participants will walk a street once lined with expansive homes, […]
Taking Possession: The Politics of Memory at The Campbell House Presented by Dr. Heidi Aronson Kolk In Taking Possession, Dr. Kolk explores the complex motivations for safeguarding the Campbell House as a site of public memory in an otherwise fragmented and turbulent city. The lecture illuminates some of the processes by which civic pride and […]
Jim Bridger lived a life that legends are made of, not just as a mountain man but as co-owner of Fort Bridger during the days of the Oregon and California […]
New Research on the career of Robert Campbell has revealed how Fur Trade historians, often with little research, repeatedly reproduced wrong information. Join Alan McFarland here at the Campbell House […]
Join the Campbell House Museum on Sunday, August 21st for a lecture titled, The Jesuits Come to St. Louis: Saint Louis University's Ninth and Washington Campus, presented by John Waide. Saint Louis University was founded in 1818 and ten years later was turned over to the Jesuits who built the first campus downtown on 9th […]
Join the Campbell House Museum for a lecture by author and Missouri Humanities Staffer, Greg Wolk as he speaks about Ulysses S. Grant. Wolk will present a vivid portrait of the early days of the Civil War and explain how Grant's experiences in Missouri impacted his rise to immortal fame as a soldier.
Join the Campbell House Museum to hear author, Patrick Murphy discuss his new book, "The Irish in St. Louis: From Shanty to Lace Curtain.” The particular focus of his lecture will be on why so many Irish were attracted to St. Louis, their struggle to overcome Nativist and anti-Catholic prejudices, and how they eventually assimilated […]
LECTURE – ‘Caring for Old and Treasured Quilts' Join quilt historian Hallye Bone as she discusses the care, cleaning and repair of old and treasured quilts. Attendees are invited to […]
