Missouri State Capitol History Museum, Jefferson City, MO Photos

The Missouri State Capitol contains the Missouri State History Museum and artwork which traces Missouri's history.

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Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Aborigines mural by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Missionary Explorer mural by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Spanish Governor mural by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Missouri State Capitol (1911-17). Jefferson City, MO. Architect: Egerton Tracy & Evarts Swartwout.Aborigines mural (c1917-28) by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Missionary Explorer mural (c1917-28) by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Spanish Governor mural (c1917-28) by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Early Rivermen mural by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Free Trapper mural by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Buffalo Hunter mural by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Facteur mural by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Early Rivermen mural (c1917-28) by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Free Trapper mural (c1917-28) by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Buffalo Hunter mural (c1917-28) by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Facteur mural (c1917-28) by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Pioneer Mother mural by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.The Freighter mural by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.River Pilot mural by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Cattleman mural by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Pioneer Mother mural (c1917-28) by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.The Freighter mural (c1917-28) by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.River Pilot mural (c1917-28) by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Cattleman mural (c1917-28) by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Railroad Builder mural by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Osage Village mural by Eanger Irving Couse at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Osage Hunters mural by Eanger Irving Couse at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Old Saint Genevieve - Settled 1735 mural by Oscar Edmund Berninghaus at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Railroad Builder mural (c1917-28) by Allen Tupper True at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Osage Village mural (c1917-28) by Eanger Irving Couse at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Osage Hunters mural (c1917-28) by Eanger Irving Couse at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Old Saint Genevieve - Settled 1735 mural (c1920) by Oscar Edmund Berninghaus at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Indian Attack on the Village of St. Louis 1780 mural by Oscar Edmund Berninghaus at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Herculaneum - Where Shot Was Made For the War of 1812 mural by Oscar Edmund Berninghaus at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Surrender of the Miamis to General Henry Dodge 1814 mural by Oscar Edmund Berninghaus at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Assembling of the First Legislature St. Charles MO, 1821 mural by Richard E. Miller at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Indian Attack on the Village of St. Louis 1780 mural (c1920) by Oscar Edmund Berninghaus at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Herculaneum - Where Shot Was Made For the War of 1812 mural (c1920) by Oscar Edmund Berninghaus at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Surrender of the Miamis to General Henry Dodge 1814 mural (c1920) by Oscar Edmund Berninghaus at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Assembling of the First Legislature St. Charles MO, 1821 mural (c1917-28) by Richard E. Miller at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
First Train Arriving at Tipton 1858 mural by W. Herbert Dunton at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Pony Express Leaving St. Joseph 1861 mural by W. Herbert Dunton at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Battle of Westport Oct. 23, 1864 mural by Newell Convers Wyeth at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Artery of Trade mural by Frank Nuderscher at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
First Train Arriving at Tipton 1858 mural (1924) by W. Herbert Dunton at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Pony Express Leaving St. Joseph 1861 mural (c1917-28) by W. Herbert Dunton at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Battle of Westport Oct. 23, 1864 mural (c1917-28) by Newell Convers Wyeth at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Artery of Trade mural (1922) by Frank Nuderscher at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Entry into Havana, 1898 mural by Frederick Green Carpenter at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.The Navy Guarded the Road to France mural by Henry Reuterdahl at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Meriwether Lewis statue at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Lewis Joins his Hunting Party mural at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Entry into Havana, 1898 mural (c1917-28) by Frederick Green Carpenter at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.The Navy Guarded the Road to France mural (c1917-28) by Henry Reuterdahl at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) statue at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Lewis Joins his Hunting Party mural at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Meriwether Lewis Governor of Louisiana Territory portrait at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.William Clark statue at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Clark Stops for Repairs mural at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.William Clark Governor of Missouri Territory portrait at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) Governor of Louisiana Territory portrait at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.William Clark (1770-1838) statue at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Clark Stops for Repairs mural at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.William Clark (1770-1838) Governor of Missouri Territory portrait at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Sacajawea bust by William J. Williams at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Mark Twain portrait at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.David Rice Atchison President of the United States for one day of March 4, 1849, bust by William J. Williams at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.President Harry S. Truman bust by William J. Williams at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Sacajawea (1788-1812) bust by William J. Williams at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Mark Twain portrait at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.David Rice Atchison (1807-1886) President of the United States for one day of March 4, 1849, bust by William J. Williams at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.President Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) bust by William J. Williams at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Artist Thomas Hart Benton bust by William J. Williams at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Agricultural scientist George Washington Carver bust by William J. Williams at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.William Henry Harrison portrait at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Indian spear heads & tools in History Hall at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Artist Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) bust by William J. Williams at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Agricultural scientist George Washington Carver (1864-1943) bust by William J. Williams at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) (governor of Indiana Territory which included Missouri) portrait at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Indian spear heads & tools (8000-1500 BCE) in History Hall at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Indian mound builders spear & arrow heads in History Hall at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Indian temple mound builders arrowheads & tools in History Hall at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Indian beaded moccasins in History Hall at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Model of settlers farm in History Hall at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Indian mound builders spear & arrow heads (1500 BCE- 900) in History Hall at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Indian temple mound builders arrowheads & tools (900-1500) in History Hall at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Indian beaded moccasins in History Hall at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Model of settlers farm in History Hall at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Concord-style mail coach in History Hall at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Concord-style Des Moines Palmyra mail coach in History Hall at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Confederate Missouri Defence Bonds, worthless but used as currency during Civil War in History Hall at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Buehrles' Gun, captured in Mexico, once fired every Fourth of July at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Concord-style mail coach (1840) in History Hall at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Concord-style Des Moines Palmyra mail coach in History Hall at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Confederate Missouri Defence Bonds, worthless but used as currency during Civil War in History Hall at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Buehrles' Gun, captured in Mexico, once fired every Fourth of July at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Pioneer Days & Early Settlers wall of Social History of Missouri mural by Thomas Hart Benton at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Farming & Politics wall of Social History of Missouri mural by Thomas Hart Benton at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.Law wall of Social History of Missouri mural by Thomas Hart Benton at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.
Pioneer Days & Early Settlers wall of Social History of Missouri mural (1935) by Thomas Hart Benton at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO. Farming & Politics wall of Social History of Missouri mural (1935) by Thomas Hart Benton at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO. Law wall of Social History of Missouri mural (1935) by Thomas Hart Benton at Missouri State Capitol. Jefferson City, MO.

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