Missouri Life June 2023

Wonders Delights & STORY Glory Fagan

These 12 Missouri museums want to show you something you’ve never seen before. Missouri’s museums capture the essence of our state, whether it’s through our art, our history, or our collections of pig figurines. Come along on the journey as we take you inside some of the state’s most unusual museums.

Counterclockwise from top left: two signs from the Uranus Sideshow Museum, an eye catching sign from The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures, a wax figure of The Rock at the Laclede's Landing Wax Museum, aircraft at the TWA Museum, and kids exploring the National Cookie Cutter Historical Museum.

LAURA ABERNATHY HUFFMAN, SARAH REISER, MICHAEL SCAUZZO, JOHN MAYS, VISIT JOPLIN