Cape Girardeau County History Center & Research Annex

Regional History Museum and Research Library

Current Exhibits

Prom Dress Exhibit

WWII Souvenir Pillow Cases and WWI Trench Art from the Red Clifton Military Collection

The Stories of Enslaved Women in Cape Girardeau County

Louis Houck’s personal Pullman seat on his railway.

Celebrating the Historical Society’s Volunteers: Mother-Son Team, Lisa & Brody Goodman

Next in the “Things People in Cape County Collection” the Blown Glass Marbles of Don Niswonger

Celebrating Regional Hero Dr. Linda Godwin

African American Union Soldiers from Cape Girardeau County during the Civil War

Welcome Home Sallie Ann Criddle

Childhood in Cape Girardeau County

Miller’s Missouri Mules of Oak Ridge, MO

Nicee Lee Rodney: from Slavery to Emancipation

Remembering Eugene Ralph: the Bataan Death March

History Center Founders, Shelby & Mildred Brown