1866 -Missouri Historical Society created. The private organization was started to save 鈥渇rom oblivion the early history of the city and the state.
1913 - Jefferson Memorial Building dedicated. It was built at the site of the main entrance to the 1904 World鈥檚 Fair with proceeds from that event.
1988 - Missouri History Museum joins the tax-supported Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District (1987 election). It retains its own board for day-to-day operations and a subdistrict board is added to oversee tax money.
1988 - Robert Archibald is hired.
1991 - The Former United Hebrew Synagogue, 225 S. Skinker, was renovated and opened in as the Missouri History Museum Library and Research Center.
1993 - The Missouri History Museum first accredited by the American Association of Museums (now the ).
1994 鈥� History Museum awarded one of the top honors by the Institute for Museum and Library Services, which said the St. Louis institution was 鈥渁 model for creating programs that use history as a context for today鈥檚 concerns.鈥�
2000 - Emerson Center completed. The addition to the main building in Forest Park expanded exhibition space, added an auditorium, classrooms, a restaurant, and a gift shop.
2006 鈥� Museum buys tract of land at 5863 Delmar Blvd. for a community center. The purchase price was $875,000 (an appraisal this year said the value at that time would have been $260,000. One of the owners was former Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr. who also had served on the history museum board.
2012 鈥� Archibald resigns
2013 鈥� Former Sen. John C. Danforth sets up a new governance system.
2014 鈥� Frances Levine named to head the museum.
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(Charlene Prost, Oct. 29, 2012)
