This list of museums in Missouri encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including non-profit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
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| Name | Town/City | County | Region | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1827 Log Courthouse | Independence | Jackson | Northwest | Historic site | website, mercantile operation, home and gathering place for the early Mormon settlers in Independence |
| 1859 Jail, Marshal's Home & Museum | Independence | Jackson | Northwest | Prison | Operated by the Jackson County Historical Society |
| Adair County Historical Society Museum | Kirksville | Adair | Northeast | Local history | website |
| Adamson Cabin | Mt. Vernon | Lawrence | Southwest | Historic house | website |
| Agency Ford Museum | Agency | Buchanan | Northwest | Local history | information, located in the Agency Community Center and open by appointment |
| Air and Military Museum of the Ozarks | Springfield | Greene | Southwest | Aviation | website |
| Albrecht-Kemper Museum | Saint Joseph | Buchanan | Northwest | Art | website, collections of 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st-century American art |
| American Jazz Museum | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Music | History of jazz music, located in the same building as the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum |
| American Royal Museum | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Agriculture | website, part of American Royal, exhibits about horse and livestock shows, rodeos and agriculture |
| Amoureux House | Ste. Genevieve | Ste. Genevieve | Southeast | Historic house | Late 18th century house |
| Andrew County Museum & Historical Society | Savannah | Andrew | Northwest | Local history | website, includes collection of Navajo rugs and Kewpie dolls |
| Anheuser Estate | Kimmswick | Jefferson | Northeast | Historic | information, information |
| Arabia Steamboat Museum | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Museum ship | Recovered mid 19th century side wheeler steamboat and artifacts |
| Arrow Rock State Historic Site | Arrow Rock | Saline | Northwest | Open air | Includes a museum of local history and the Bingham Home historic house |
| Ashby-Hodge Gallery of American Art | Fayette | Howard | Northwest | Art | website, part of Central Methodist University |
| Audrain County Historical Society | Mexico | Audrain | Northeast | Multiple | website, complex includes Graceland Museum, a historic 1857 mansion, the American Saddlebred Horse Museum, the 1903 Country School, and the Country Church |
| Auto World Museum | Fulton | Callaway | Central | Automotive | website, vintage cars and memorabilia |
| Barton County Historical Society and Museum | Lamar | Barton | Southwest | Local history | information |
| Bates County Museum | Butler | Bates | Southwest | Local history | website |
| Battle of Athens State Historic Site | Revere | Clark | Northeast | Military | Civil War |
| Battle of Lexington State Historic Site | Lexington | Lafayette | Northwest | Military | Civil War |
| Belger Arts Center | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Art | Features a fine art collection and also holds exhibitions of art in various media |
| Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad | Belton | Cass | Northwest | Railroad | Short line passenger heritage railroad and museum, formerly the Kansas City Railroad Museum |
| Ben Ferrel 1882 Mini Mansion Museum | Platte City | Platte | Northwest | Historic house | website, operated by the Platte County, Missouri Historical & Genealogical Society |
| Benton County Museum | Warsaw | Benton | Central | Local history | information, operated by the Benton County Historical Society |
| Bingham-Waggoner Estate | Independence | Jackson | Northwest | Historic house | website, Victorian mansion once owned by artist George Caleb Bingham |
| Black Archives Museum | Saint Joseph | Buchanan | Northwest | History | website, area African American history |
| Bollinger County Museum of Natural History | Marble Hill | Bollinger | Southeast | Natural history | website, fossils, Native American artifacts, Lewis & Clark exhibit, Civil War history, Will Mayfield College history |
| Bollinger Mill State Historic Site | Burfordville | Cape Girardeau | Southeast | Mill | 1867 working mill |
| Bonnell Museum | Weston | Platte | Northwest | Local history | information |
| Bonniebrook Gallery, Museum, and Homestead | Walnut Shade | Taney | Southwest | Biographical | website, home and museum of Rose O'Neill, creator of Kewpie dolls |
| Boone-Duden Archives and Museum | New Melle | St. Charles | Northeast | Local history | website |
| Boone Junction History Village | Columbia | Boone | Central | Open air | website, operated by the Boone County Historical Society, complex includes 1877 Maplewood House, 1821 Gordon-Collins Cabin and 1890 Easley country store |
| Bootheel Youth Museum | Malden | Dunklin | Southeast | Children's | website |
| Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site | Sedalia | Pettis | Central | Historic house | 31-room, 12,000-square-foot lodge with various eccentric construction details |
| Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | African American | Legacy of Kansas City’s early African-American pioneers, artistic, cultural and social history of the African-American experience |
| Bushwacker Jail Museum | Nevada | Vernon | Southwest | Prison | website, operated by the Vernon County Historical Society; old jail and 1880s jailor's home |
| Bushwacker Museum | Nevada | Vernon | Southwest | Local history | website, operated by the Vernon County Historical Society |
| Calaboose (Missouri) | Springfield | Greene | Southwest | Police | website, former jail housing a police museum |
| Calico Cupboard Toy Sewing Machine Museum | Mountain View | Howell | Southeast | Commodity | information |
| Camden County Museum | Linn Creek | Camden | Central | Local history | website, operated by the Camden County Historical Society |
| Cameron Depot Museum | Cameron | Linn | Northwest | Railroad | information, operated by the Cameron Historical Society |
| Campbell House Museum | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Historic house | 1880s Victorian townhouse |
| Cape River Heritage Museum | Cape Girardeau | Cape Girardeau | Southeast | Local history | website |
| Carondelet Historic Center | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Local history | website, operated by the Carondelet Historical Society |
| Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Art | Church basement contains a museum dedicated to the mosaics in the church as well as some of the other artifacts found within the Cathedral |
| Center of Creative Arts | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Art | website, also known as COCA |
| Centralia Historical Society Museum | Centralia | Boone | Central | Local history | website |
| Chaffee Historical Society Museum | Chaffee | Scott | Southeast | Local history | website |
| Champ Clark House | Bowling Green | Pike | Northeast | Historic house | website, also known as Honeyshuck |
| Chariton County Historical Society & Museum | Salisbury | Chariton | Northwest | Local history | website |
| Chatillon-DeMenil House | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Historic house | 19th century mansion, features a collection of memorabilia from the 1904 World's Fair |
| Children's Peace Pavilion | Independence | Jackson | Northwest | Children's | Designed to teach concepts of personal peace, social peace, international peace, and environmental peace to children ages 12 and under |
| Christian County Museum | Ozark | Christian | Southwest | Local history | website, operated by the Christian County Historical Society |
| City Museum | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Multiple | Eclectic mixture of children’s playground, funhouse, surrealistic pavilion, and architectural marvel made out of found objects |
| Clarksville Museum | Clarksville | Pike | Northeast | Local history | website, information |
| Clay County Historical Society Museum | Liberty | Clay | Northwest | Local history | website |
| Cole Camp Museum | Cole Camp | Benton | Central | Local history | website |
| Cole County Historical Society Museum | Jefferson City | Cole | Central | Local history | website, also Upschulte House, a historic house museum |
| College Basketball Experience | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Sports | Includes the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, interactive history of men's college basketball in the United States |
| Commemorative Air Force Missouri Wing Museum | St. Charles | St. Charles | Northeast | Aviation | website, includes WWII aircraft and memorabilia |
| Community of Christ Museum | Independence | Jackson | Northwest | Religious | website, part of Independence Temple |
| Concordia Area Museum | Concordia | Lafayette | Central | Local history | website |
| Concordia Historical Institute | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Religious | website, changing exhibits of area and Lutheran religious history |
| Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Art | Contemporary art |
| Crane's Museum & Shoppes | Williamsburg | Callaway | Central | Local history | website |
| Crawford County Historical Museum | Cuba | Crawford | Southeast | Local history | website, operated by the Crawford County Historical Society |
| Current River Heritage Museum | Doniphan | Ripley | Southwest | Local history | information, operated by the Ripley County Historical Society |
| Dade County Historical Society Museum | Greenfield | Dade | Southwest | Local history | website |
| Dallas County Museum | Buffalo | Dallas | Central | Local history | website, operated by the Dallas County Historical Society; located in Buffalo Head Prairie Historical Park |
| Daniel Boone Home & Boonesfield Village | Defiance | St. Charles | Northeast | Living | website, operated by Lindenwood University |
| Daum Museum of Contemporary Art | Sedalia | Pettis | Central | Art | website |
| Davis Art Gallery | Columbia | Boone | Central | Art | website, part of Stephens College |
| DeKalb County Historical Society Museum | Maysville | DeKalb | Northwest | Local history | website |
| Dent County Museum | Salem | Dent | Southwest | Local history | information, brochure |
| Dexter Heritage Museum | Dexter | Stoddard | Southeast | Local history | information |
| Deutschheim State Historic Site | Hermann | Gasconade | Northeast | Open air | Mid-19th century German immigrant family life |
| Dillard Mill State Historic Site | Davisville | Crawford | Southeast | Mill | Early 20th century water-powered grist mill |
| Dillingham-Lewis Museum | Blue Springs | Jackson | Northwest | Local history | website, operated by the Blue Springs Historical Society |
| Dinosaur Walk Museum | Branson | Taney | Southwest | Natural history | Life-size dinosaur figures, skeletons, fossils |
| Discovery Center of Springfield | Springfield | Greene | Southwest | Science | Hands-on science exhibits |
| Doc's Museum | Jamesport | Daviess | Northwest | Automotive | website, antique cars and tractors |
| Doling Park Museum | Springfield | Greene | Southwest | Amusement | http://www.parkboard.org/doling_museum/index.html website], history of a former amusement park |
| Douglas County Museum | Ava | Douglas | Southwest | Local history | website, operated by the Douglas County (MO) Historical & Genealogical Society |
| Dunklin County Museum | Kennett | Dunklin | Southeast | Local history | information |
| Ed Clark Museum of Missouri Geology | Rolla | Phelps | Southeast | Natural history | website, operated by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources |
| Edna Cuddy Memorial House | Bethany | Harrison | Northwest | Historic house | information, operated by the Harrison County Historical Society |
| Elizabeth Rozier Gallery | Jefferson City | Cole | Central | Art | website, located at Jefferson Landing State Historic Site |
| Ellsinore Pioneer Museum | Ellsinore | Carter | Southwest | Local history | website |
| Enns Entomology Museum | Columbia | Boone | Central | Natural history | website, insects, part of University of Missouri |
| Epps-Houts Museum | Poplar Bluff | Butler | Southeast | Art | information |
| Eugene Field House & St. Louis Toy Museum | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Multiple | Historic home focusing on Roswell Field and Dred Scott, Eugene Field, and toys |
| Excelsior Springs Museum | Excelsior Springs | Clay | Northwest | Local history | website |
| Faust Village | Chesterfield | St. Louis | Northeast | Open air | website, located in Faust Park |
| Fenton Historical Museum | Fenton | St. Louis | Northeast | Local history | website, operated by the Fenton Historical Society |
| Felix Vallé House State Historic Site | Ste. Genevieve | Ste. Genevieve | Southeast | Historic House | 1830s Historic home and mercantile of Felix and Odile Vallé |
| Fire Department Museum of Missouri | Willow Springs | Howell | Southwest | Commodity | website, photos, antique fire engines, soda pop bottles and vending machines |
| First Due Museum | Hazelwood | St. Louis | Northeast | Firefighting | website, located in the St. Louis Mills Mall |
| First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site | St. Charles | St. Charles | Northeast | History | Site of state's first government in the early 19th century |
| Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center Museum | Springfield | Greene | Southwest | Religious | website |
| Fort Davidson State Historic Site | Pilot Knob | Iron | Southeast | Military | Park and museum, fort’s old earthworks, two Confederate burial trenches and a visitor center about the Battle of Fort Davidson during the Civil War |
| Fort Osage National Historic Landmark | Sibley | Jackson | Northwest | Military | 1812 fort |
| Kraus House | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Historic house | 1950s house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Fred Bear Museum | Springfield | Greene | Southwest | Sports | Archery and bowhunting history, life of bowhunter Fred Bear |
| Frenchtown Heritage Museum | St. Charles | St. Charles | Northeast | Local history | website |
| Gallery 210 | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Art | website, part of University of Missouri–St. Louis |
| Gasconade County Historical Society Museum | Owensville | Gasconade | Northeast | Local history | information |
| General Sweeny's Museum of Civil War History | Malden | Dunklin | Southeast | Military | information |
| General Daniel Bissell House | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Historic house | website, early 19th century home of General Daniel Bissell |
| Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site | Laclede | Linn | Northeast | Historic house | Mid 19th century boyhood home of General John J. Pershing |
| George Caleb Bingham Gallery | Columbia | Boone | Central | Art | website, part of University of Missouri |
| George Washington Carver National Monument | Diamond | Newton | Southwest | Biographical | Park and 19th century boyhood farm home of scientist George Washington Carver |
| Glenn House | Cape Girardeau | Cape Girardeau | Southeast | Historic house | Late Victorian period house |
| Glore Psychiatric Museum | Saint Joseph | Buchanan | Northwest | Medical | website, history of what was once known as the “State Lunatic Asylum No. 2” |
| Golden Missouri Pioneer Museum | Golden | Barry | Southwest | History | website, includes Early American Pattern glassware, Native American arrowheads and artifacts, minerals, and collections of pocket watches, baseball cards, Civil War and pioneer artifacts and tools |
| Grand River Historical Society Museum | Chillicothe | Livingston | Northwest | Local history | website |
| Grandview Depot Museum | Grandview | Jackson | Northwest | Railroad | information, operated by the Grandview Historical Society |
| Gray/Campbell Farmstead | Springfield | Greene | Southwest | Historic house | website |
| Greenlease Art Gallery | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Art | Part of Rockhurst University |
| Griot Museum of Black History | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Art | website, life-size wax figures, art, artifacts and memorabilia to interpret the stories of important African Americans with a regional connection; formerly the Black World History Museum |
| Grundy County Museum | Trenton | Grundy | Northwest | Local history | website |
| La Maison de Guibourd | Ste. Genevieve | Ste. Genevieve | Southeast | Historic House | French-Colonial home and gardens of Jacques Jean Rene Guibourd built in 1806 shows life as it was in the early 19th century, operated by the Foundation for Restoration of Ste. Genevieve, Inc. |
| Hallmark Visitor Center | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Commodity | website, exhibits of historic Hallmark cards, ornaments, art, collectibles and Hallmark Cards company history |
| Harlin Museum | West Plains | Howell | Southwest | Multiple | website, art and local history |
| Harold Bell Wright Museum | Pierce City | Lawrence | Southwest | Local history | website, author Harold Bell Wright and local history exhibits |
| Harris-Kearney House | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Historic house | website, operated by the Westport Historical Society |
| Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site | Lamar | Barton | Southwest | Historic house | Late 19th century period birthplace home of President Harry Truman |
| Harry S. Truman National Historic Site | Grandview | Jackson | Northwest | Historic house | Late 19th century farmhouse built by Harry Truman's maternal grandmother |
| Harry S. Truman National Historic Site | Independence | Jackson | Northwest | Historic house | Home of Harry S Truman from the 1919 until his death in 1972 |
| Harry S Truman Office and Courtroom | Independence | Jackson | Northwest | Biographical | Office used by Harry S. Truman during his early political years, located in the Jackson County Courthouse |
| Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum | Independence | Jackson | Northwest | Biographical | Papers, books, and other historical materials relating to the 33rd President of the United States Harry S Truman |
| Haviland Museum | St. Charles | St. Charles | Northeast | Decorative arts | website, Haviland china collection |
| Hawken House Museum | Webster Groves | St. Louis | Northeast | Historic house | website, operated by the Webster Groves Historical Society, Victorian Federal/Greek Revival style farmhouse |
| Henry County Museum | Clinton | Henry | Central | Open air | website |
| Hermann Fire Company Museum | Hermann | Gasconade | Northeast | Firefighting | information |
| Hickory County Museum | Hermitage | Hickory | Central | Local history | website, operated by the Hickory County Historical Society |
| Higgerson School Historic Site | New Madrid | New Madrid | Southeast | School | website |
| Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum | Maryland Heights | St. Louis | Northeast | Aviation | Located at Creve Coeur Airport, mostly fabric-covered historic aircraft and biplanes from the inter-war years |
| Historic Bethel German Colony | Bethel | Shelby | Northeast | Open air | website |
| Historic Hanley House | Clayton | St. Louis | Northeast | Historic house | website, Victorian period farmstead |
| History Museum for Springfield-Greene County | Springfield | Greene | Southwest | Local history | website |
| Hollywood Wax Museum | Branson | Taney | Southwest | Wax | Dedicated solely to celebrities |
| Hulston Mill Park | Greenfield | Dade | Southwest | Open air | website, includes the historic Hulston Mill, operated by the Dade County Historical Society and several log cabins |
| Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site | New Madrid | New Madrid | Southeast | Historic house | Mid 19th century period mansion |
| International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Art | website, also known as IPHF |
| Irish Museum and Cultural Center | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Ethnic | Irish and Irish-American community, culture, history, and heritage in the greater Kansas City area and region |
| Iron County Historical Society Museum | Arcadia | Iron | Southeast | Local history | website |
| James Farm | Kearney | Clay | Northwest | Biographical | website, birthplace of Jesse James |
| J.C. Penney Museum | Hamilton | Caldwell | Northwest | Biographical | website, information |
| Jefferson Barracks Museums | Maryland Heights | St. Louis | Northeast | Military | website, includes several museum buildings related to the history of Jefferson Barracks Military Post |
| Jesse James Home Museum | Saint Joseph | Buchanan | Northwest | Biographical | House where Jesse James was gunned down |
| Jefferson Landing State Historic Site | Jefferson City | Cole | Central | Transportation | Exhibits on river transportation, site also includes Elizabeth Rozier Gallery |
| Jefferson National Expansion Memorial | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | History | Includes Museum of Westward Expansion and Old Courthouse |
| John B Mahaffey Museum Complex | Fort Leonard Wood | Pulaski | Central | Military | website, includes US Army Chemical Corps Museum, US Army Engineer Museum, US Army Military Police Museum, Fort Leonard Wood Museum |
| John Colter Memorial and Visitors Center | New Haven | Franklin | Northeast | Local history | website |
| Johnson County Historic Complex | Warrensburg | Johnson | Southwest | Open air | information, includes the Mary Miller Smiser Heritage Library & Museum, Original Johnson County Courthouse, Agriculture Building and One Room School; operated by the Johnson County Historical Society |
| John Wornall House Museum | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Historic house | Pre-Civil War era house |
| Joplin Museum Complex | Joplin | Jasper | Southwest | Multiple | website, includes the Everett J. Ritchie Tri-State Mineral Museum, Dorothea B. Hoover Historical Museum, The Empire District Electric Company Museum, the Joplin Sports Authority Sports Hall of Fame, and the National Historical Cookie Cutter Museum |
| Kansas City Fire Brigade Museum | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Firefighting | information, scroll to listing |
| Kansas City Garment District Museum | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | History | website |
| Kansas City Museum | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Multiple | History, natural history, art |
| Kemp Auto Museum | Chesterfield | St. Louis | Northeast | Automotive | website |
| Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Art | Works created after the 1913 Armory Show to works by present-day artists |
| Kimmswick Historical Society Museum | Kimmswick | Jefferson | Northeast | Local history | information |
| Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society Museum | Fulton | Callaway | Central | Local history | website |
| Laclede County Historical Society Museum | Lebanon | Laclede | Central | Local history | website |
| Larson Gallery | Columbia | Boone | Central | Art | website, part of Columbia College |
| Laumeier Sculpture Park | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Art | 105-acre (0.42 km2) open air museum with over 70 sculptures |
| Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum | Mansfield | Wright | Southwest | Biographical | Home of author Laura Ingalls Wilder from 1896 until her death in 1957 |
| Lawrence County Historical Society Museum | Mt. Vernon | Lawrence | Southwest | Local history | website |
| Lee's Summit Historical Museum | Lee's Summit | Jackson | Northwest | Local history | website, housed in the 1905 train depot |
| Leila's Hair Museum | Independence | Jackson | Northwest | Commodity | Contains wreaths and jewelry containing, or made of, human hair dating before 1900 |
| Lewis & Clark Boat House and Nature Center | St. Charles | St. Charles | Northeast | History | website, exhibits relating to the Lewis and Clark expedition, historic St. Charles, and the Missouri River ecosystem |
| Lewis County Historical Society Library & Museum | Canton | Lewis | Northeast | Local history | information |
| Lexington Historical Museum | Lexington | Lafayette | Northwest | Local history | information |
| Liberty Jail | Liberty | Clay | Northwest | Jail | Former jail where Joseph Smith, Jr. and others were imprisoned from 1838 to 1839 during the Mormon War |
| Liberty Memorial | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Military | Houses the National World War I Museum |
| Lone Jack Battlefield Museum | Lone Jack | Jackson | Northwest | Civil War | website |
| Louis Bolduc House | Ste. Genevieve | Ste. Genevieve | Southeast | Historic house | Operated by The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Missouri |
| Louisiana Area Historical Museum | Louisiana | Pike | Northeast | Local history | information |
| Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum | Altenburg | Perry | Southeast | Local history | website, operated by the Perry County Lutheran Historical Society, history and culture of the German Saxon immigration to East Perry County in the early 19th century |
| MAAPS Military Museum | Malden | Dunklin | Southeast | Aviation | website |
| Malden Historical Museum | Malden | Dunklin | Southeast | Local history | website |
| Margaret Harwell Art Museum | Poplar Bluff | Butler | Southeast | Art | website |
| Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site | Florida | Monroe | Northeast | Biographical | Two-room rented cabin where author Mark Twain was born |
| Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum | Hannibal | Marion | Northeast | Biographical | Complex includes author Mark Twain's 19th century boyhood home and other historic houses |
| Mastodon State Historic Site | Imperial | Jefferson | Northeast | Archaeology | Site of Pleistocene ice age deposits and Clovis culture artifacts |
| May Gallery | Webster Groves | St. Louis | Northeast | Art | website, part of Webster University |
| McDonald County Historical Museum | Pineville | McDonald | Southwest | Local history | website |
| Mid-Missouri Museum of Independent Telephone Pioneers | Blackwater | Cooper | Central | Technology | information |
| Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Art | Part of Washington University in St. Louis, collections include 19th, 20th, and 21st-century European and American paintings, sculptures, prints, installations, and photographs |
| Miller County Museum | Tuscumbia | Miller | Central | Local history | website |
| Miniature Museum of Greater St. Louis | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Commodity | website, doll houses and miniatures |
| Missouri Civil War Museum | Lemay | St. Louis | Northeast | Military | website, located in Jefferson Barracks Military Post |
| Missouri Governor's Mansion | Jefferson City | Cole | Central | Historic house | 1870s mansion |
| Missouri History Museum | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | History | Operated by the Missouri Historical Society |
| Missouri Journalism Hall of Fame | Washington | Franklin | Northwest | Hall of fame | information |
| Missouri Mines State Historic Site | Park Hills | St. Francois | Southeast | Industry | Lead and zinc mining and geology |
| Missouri State Capitol | Jefferson City | Cole | Central | History | |
| Missouri State Museum | Jefferson City | Cole | Central | Multiple | Missouri history, natural history, and cultural resources history |
| Missouri Sports Hall of Fame | Springfield | Greene | Southwest | Sports | Memorabilia of Missouri athletes and interactive displays |
| Missouri Town 1855 | Lee's Summit | Jackson | Northwest | Living | website |
| Moark Regional Railroad Museum | Poplar Bluff | Butler | Southeast | Railroad | information |
| Molly Brown Birthplace & Museum | Hannibal | Marion | Northeast | Biographical | website |
| Money Museum | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Numismatic | Exhibits on the Federal Reserve, nation's financial system, coin collections; operated by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| Monroe County Museum | Paris | Monroe | Northeast | Local history | website, operated by the Monroe County Historical Society, located in the Monroe County Courthouse |
| Moore Home | East Prairie | Mississippi | Southeast | Local history | information, operated by the Mississippi County Historical Society Museum |
| Morgan County Historical Society Museum | Versailles | Morgan | Central | Local history | website |
| Mormon Visitor's Center | Independence | Jackson | Northwest | Religious | website |
| Museum of Anthropology | Columbia | Boone | Central | Anthropology | website, part of University of Missouri |
| Museum of Art and Archaeology | Columbia | Boone | Central | Art | Part of the University of Missouri, also Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern art works and artifacts |
| Museum of Contemporary Religious Art | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Art | website, part of Saint Louis University, interfaith museum of contemporary art that engages religious and spiritual themes |
| Museum of the Dog | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Art | website, collection of art devoted to the dog, operated by the American Kennel Club |
| Museum at the German School | Hermann | Gasconade | Northeast | Local history | website, operated by Historic Hermann |
| Museum of Transportation | Kirkwood | St. Louis | Northeast | Transportation | Antique cars, boats, a plane, locomotives and railroad equipment |
| Nance Museum | Lone Jack | Jackson | Northwest | Cultural | website, collection of Saudi Arabian art and artifacts open by appointment, article about the museum |
| Nathan Boone Homestead State Historic Site | Ash Grove | Greene | Northeast | Historic house | 1830s period home of Nathan Boone, son of Daniel Boone |
| National Airline History Museum | Kansas City | Clay | Northwest | Aviation | Located at the Kansas City Downtown Airport, history of commercial aviation |
| National Churchill Museum | Fulton | Callaway | Central | Biographical | Life and times of Sir Winston Churchill, part of Westminster College, formerly the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library |
| National Frontier Trails Museum | Independence | Jackson | Northwest | History | website, history of America’s principle western trails |
| National Military Heritage Museum | Saint Joseph | Buchanan | Northwest | Military | website |
| National Silk Art Museum | Weston | Platte | Northwest | Art | website, French silk tapestries |
| The National World War I Museum | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | History | WWI artifacts in interactive displays |
| Negro Leagues Baseball Museum | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Sports | History of the Negro Leagues, located in the same building as the American Jazz Museum |
| Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Art | Collections include European paintings, Asian art, American paintings and photography |
| New Madrid Historical Museum | New Madrid | New Madrid | Southeast | Local history | website |
| Newton County Historical Park | Neosho | Newton | Southwest | Open air | website, includes Newton County Historical Society Museum, Newton County School No. 111 and Log Cabin |
| Nodaway County Historical Society Museum | Maryville | Nodaway | Northwest | Local history | Local history and culture |
| Old Cooper County Jail & Hanging Barn | Boonville | Cooper | Central | Jail | website, operated by the Friends of Historic Boonville |
| Old Courthouse | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | History | Part of Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, site of Dred Scott trial, houses dioramas of westward expansion and settlement of Missouri |
| Old Stagecoach Stop | Waynesville | Pulaski | Central | Historic site | website |
| Ozarks Afro-American Heritage Museum | Ash Grove | Greene | Southwest | African American | website |
| Ozark Heritage Museum | Salem | Dent | Southwest | Local history | information |
| Patee House | Saint Joseph | Buchanan | Northwest | Multiple | United States history, transportation vehicles, recreated streets of Old St. Joseph in the 1860s-1880s, Western art |
| Phelps County Museum | Rolla | Phelps | Southeast | Local history | website, operated by the Phelps County Historical Society, located in the Dillon Log House, also operates the Old Courthouse and the Old Jail in Historic Phelps County Square |
| Pioneer Heritage Homestead | Doniphan | Ripley | Southwest | Open air | website, 1865 log cabin museum, log barn and a blacksmith shop |
| Pioneer Spring Cabin | Independence | Jackson | Northwest | Historic house | information |
| Pleasant Hill Historical Society Museum | Pleasant Hill | Cass | Northwest | Local history | website |
| Polk County Museum | Bolivar | Polk | Southwest | Local history | website |
| Pony Express Museum | Saint Joseph | Buchanan | Northwest | Transportation | History of the Pony Express |
| Poplar Bluff Historical Museum | Poplar Bluff | Butler | Southeast | Local history | information, operated by the Butler County Historical Society |
| Poplar Bluff Railroad Museum | Poplar Bluff | Butler | Southeast | Railroad | website |
| Poplar Heights Farm | Butler | Bates | Southwest | Living | website, 1870s farm |
| Powers Museum | Carthage | Jasper | Southwest | Local history | website |
| Pulaski County Courthouse Museum | Waynesville | Pulaski | Central | Local history | website |
| Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Art | Contemporary art, architecture and culture |
| Puppetry Arts Institute | Independence | Jackson | Northwest | Entertainment | website, puppet theater and museum with hand puppets and marionettes |
| Railroad Historical Museum | Springfield | Greene | Southwest | Railway | website |
| Ralph Foster Museum | Point Lookout | Taney | Southwest | Local history | Part of College of the Ozarks, history and culture of the Ozarks region |
| Randolph County Historical Museum | Moberly | Randolph | Northeast | Local history | website, operated by the Randolph County Historical Society |
| Ray County Museum | Richmond | Ray | Northwest | Local history | website, operated by the Ray County Historical Society |
| Raytown Historical Society & Museum | Raytown | Jackson | Northwest | Local history | website, operated by the Grandview Historical Society |
| Red House Interpretive Center | Cape Girardeau | Cape Girardeau | Southeast | History | website, Missouri pioneers and life of community founder Louis Lorimier, as well as the visit of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in November, 1803 |
| Remember When Toy Museum & Historic Village | Canton | Lewis | Northeast | Toy | information |
| Remington Nature Center | Saint Joseph | Buchanan | Northwest | Multiple | website, animals, plants, Native Americans, trappers, geology, Civil War history |
| Reynolds County Historical Society Museum | Ellington | Reynolds | Southeast | Local history | information |
| Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum | Branson | Taney | Southwest | Amusement | |
| Riverbluff Cave | Springfield | Greene | Southwest | Natural history | Exhibit center with cave and world-wide fossils, also known as Missouri Institute of Natural Science |
| River Heritage Center | Clarksville | Pike | Northeast | Local history | website |
| Robidoux Row Museum | Saint Joseph | Buchanan | Northwest | Local history | Operated by the Saint Joseph Historical Society, mid 19th century apartment building with exhibits of the city's history |
| Rocheport Historical Museum | Rocheport | Boone | Central | Local history | information |
| Rockcliffe Mansion | Hannibal | Marion | Northeast | Historic house | Late 19th century 13,500-square-foot (1,250 m2) Colonial Revival/Georgian Style mansion |
| Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum | Cape Girardeau | Cape Girardeau | Southeast | Multiple | Part of Southeast Missouri State University, archaeology, history and fine art; also known as Southeast Missouri Regional Museum |
| Route 66 Museum | Lebanon | Laclede | Central | Local history | website |
| Saint Louis Art Museum | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Art | Collection includes art from around the world and many eras |
| Saint Louis University Museum of Art | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Art | Part of Saint Louis University, collections include modern art, Asian decorative arts, Jesuit and Catholic art and artifacts that reflect the frontier experience of the Jesuit missionaries |
| Samuel Cupples House | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Decorative arts | Part of Saint Louis University, historic house that serves as a gallery for the University's collection of fine and decorative art dating before 1919 |
| Saxon Lutheran Memorial | Frohna | Perry | Southeast | Open air | website, part of Saint Louis University, 19th century period log home and historic buildings |
| Science City at Union Station | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Science | |
| Scott Joplin House State Historic Site | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Biographical | Home of composer Scott Joplin from 1900 to 1903 |
| The Sheldon | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Art | Concert hall and Sheldon Art Galleries |
| Shoal Creek Living History Museum | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Living | website, 19th century Missouri life, over 20 buildings |
| Softball Museum | Springfield | Greene | Southwest | Sports | website, located in the Killian Softball Complex |
| Soldiers' Memorial | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Military | Military displays and memorabilia from World War I and subsequent American wars |
| The Space Center | Bonne Terre | St. Francois | Southeast | Science | website, space memorabilia and artifacts |
| Springfield Art Museum | Springfield | Greene | Southwest | Art | website, collections include 19th, 20th, and 21st century American paintings, watercolor, sculpture and prints |
| Stars and Stripes Museum | Bloomfield | Stoddard | Southeast | Media | website, history of the United States Armed Forces military newspaper, the Stars and Stripes |
| State Historical Society of Missouri | Columbia | Boone | Central | Art | Changing art and history exhibits drawn from its collections |
| St. Charles County Historical Society Museum | St. Charles | St. Charles | Northeast | Local history | website |
| St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Sports | Soccer history from the St. Louis area |
| St. Clair Historical Museum | St. Clair | Franklin | Northeast | Local history | website |
| Ste. Genevieve Museum | Ste. Genevieve | Ste. Genevieve | Southeast | Local history | information, local artifacts, art, antiques and oddities |
| Stephens College Historic Costume Gallery | Columbia | Boone | Central | Textile | website, part of Stephens College |
| Stephens Museum | Fayette | Howard | Northwest | Multiple | website, part of Central Methodist University, archeology, cultural anthropology, biology, geology, and paleontology |
| Sterling Price Museum | Keytesville | Chariton | Northwest | Biographical | information, information |
| Still National Osteopathic Museum | Kirksville | Adair | Northeast | Medical | website, part of A. T. Still University |
| St. Joseph Fire Museum | Saint Joseph | Buchanan | Northwest | Firefighting | website |
| St. Joseph Museum | Saint Joseph | Buchanan | Northwest | History | website, Native American collection, Lewis & Clark exhibits |
| St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Sports | Currently closed and looking for a new home |
| St. Louis Holocaust Museum & Learning Center | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | History | website |
| St. Louis Mercantile Library | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Art | Library with free art and history exhibits from its collections |
| St. Louis Science Center | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Science | Features over 750 exhibits in a complex of over 300,000 square feet (28,000 m2) and a planetarium |
| Taille de Noyer | Florissant | St. Louis | Northeast | Historic house | website, operated by the Florissant Valley Historical Society |
| Texas County Missouri Historical & Military Museum | Houston | Texas | Southeast | Local history | information |
| The Magic House | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | Children's | website |
| Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Biographical | Home and studio of artist Thomas Hart Benton |
| Thomas Sappington Museum | Crestwood | St. Louis | Northeast | Historic house | website, part of Sappington House Complex, includes Sappington House Library of Americana |
| Thornhill | Chesterfield | St. Louis | Northeast | Historic house | website, early 19th century home of Frederick Bates, Missouri's second Governor |
| Titanic World's Largest Museum Attraction | Branson | Taney | Southwest | Maritime | Artifacts and history of the RMS Titanic |
| Trailside Center | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | History | Exhibits memorabilia from the Battle of Westport and the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California trails. |
| Toy & Miniature Museum of Kansas City | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Toy | website, classic toys and fine-scale miniatures |
| Troy Museum and Historic Village | Troy | Lincoln | Northeast | Open air | 19th century village including city hall, log cabin, houses, school, print shop, wagon shop, general store, church |
| Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site | Grantwood Village | St. Louis | Northeast | Biographical | Childhood home of Julia Grant, wife of President Ulysses S. Grant |
| United Federation of Doll Clubs Museum | Kansas City | Jackson | Northwest | Doll | website, antique, vintage, and modern, play and artist dolls |
| University of Central Missouri Archives and Museum | Warrensburg | Johnson | Southwest | Multiple | website, includes Middle East, Guatemalan and Native American artifacts, seashells, WW II collections |
| Vaile Mansion | Independence | Jackson | Northwest | Historic house | website, 31 room elaborate Victorian mansion |
| Veterans Memorial Museum of Branson | Branson | Taney | Southwest | Military | website, 20th century conflicts |
| Veterinary Museum | Jefferson City | Cole | Central | Medical | website, operated by the Missouri Veterinary Medical Association |
| Walnut Springs Farm & Museum | Marshfield | Webster | Southwest | Agriculture | information, working farm with five historic farm buildings and barns, collection of farm equipment, tools and transportation |
| Walt Disney Hometown Museum | Marceline | Linn | Northwest | Biographical | website, Walt Disney's childhood and family |
| Walters-Boone County Historical Museum | Columbia | Boone | Central | Local history | website, operated by the Boone County Historical Society, also includes Montminy Art Gallery |
| Warren E. Hearnes Museum | Charleston | Mississippi | Southeast | Biographical | information, scroll to listing, museum about Governor Warren E. Hearnes |
| Washington Firehouse Museum | Washington | Franklin | Northwest | Firefighting | website, antique fire engines and vintage automobiles, operated by the Washington Historical Society |
| Washington Historical Society Museum | Washington | Franklin | Northwest | Local history | website |
| Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site | Lawson | Clay | Northwest | Living | 1860s farm, 1860 woolen mill and gristmill, Watkins 1850 Classic Revival style house and outbuildings, museum |
| Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center | St. Charles | St. Charles | Northeast | Multiple | website, history, natural history and environmental clean-up of the Weldon Spring Conservation Area |
| Weston Historical Museum | Weston | Platte | Northwest | Local history | website |
| Wilson's Creek National Battlefield | Republic | Greene | Southwest | Military | Includes American Civil War battlefield site and museum |
| Wonders of Wildlife Museum & Aquarium | Springfield | Greene | Southwest | Natural history | Currently closed for expansion |
| World Chess Hall of Fame | St. Louis | St. Louis | Northeast | History | Honors achievements in the game of chess |
| World's Largest Toy Museum | Branson | Taney | Southwest | Toy | website |
| Wyeth-Tootle Mansion | Saint Joseph | Buchanan | Northwest | Historic house | website, Victorian mansion |
| Zewicki House Museum | Linn | Osage | Central | Historic house | website, operated by the Osage County Historical Society |
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