Join the Field House Museum on Wednesday, August 10, at 1:00 pm for a Speaker Series that takes Bagatelle from the parlor to the arcade. Gaming expert and creator of the Online Guide to Traditional Games website, James Masters, will join us via Zoom, all the way from the UK! Masters will share his passion […]
Join the Field House Museum on Friday, January 14 at 11 am for a Speaker Series that is sure to draw in a crowd. Dan Martin, cartoonist and designer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, will join us to talk on the art of editorial cartoons to go along with our latest exhibit, "Lines with Power […]
Join us on Friday, December 10, at 11 am for a Speaker Series that is sure to draw in a crowd. Dan Martin, cartoonist and designer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, joins us to talk on the art of editorial cartoons to go along with our latest exhibit, Lines with Power and Purpose: Editorial Cartoons. […]
The Field House Museum Speaker Series and Missouri Humanities welcome scholar Samuel Cohen with the State Historical Society of Missouri’s Speakers Bureau for his talk “The Missouri Crisis.” When Missouri applied for statehood, it threw the entire country into significant turmoil. Using the works of Missouri writers, Cohen argues that “the tensions that emerged in […]
The Field House Museum welcomes Nathan Jackson for our October Speaker Series. Jackson is the driving force behind the popular Facebook group, St. Louis History and Architecture, and gives walking tours through several St. Louis neighborhoods. This special presentation will take guests on a tour through some of the city’s oldest neighborhoods highlighted in our […]
The Field House Museum is proud to present a collaborative effort for the first Speaker Series of 2020. Join us on January 11, at 1 pm for a free special panel discussion about the Dred Scott Case and other freedom suits from the professional perspectives of: Lynne Jackson, great-great-granddaughter of Dred Scott and founder of […]
The Field House Museum is hosting a free book fair inspired by the Scholastic Book Fairs but with a twist: the authors are local and will be at the museum! Bring your family for a splendid morning dedicated to children's literature. Each author will have their own table set up with books for sale. Everyone […]
All architecture exists within a given context – physical, historical, and environmental. Buildings are not isolated objects. They relate to adjacent structures and landscapes, either intentionally or inadvertently, and enter into a “dialogue” across time between the built environment which exists and the new which will transform it. John Guenther will present various new designs […]
Hungry for the past and what covered the plate? Food historian and culinary writer Suzanne Corbett will share a tasty look back at fabled foods, repasts and dining haunts both past and present that enjoy a savory rich history. Come bring your appetite and your memories to share. Suzanne Corbett is a national award-winning writer […]
Be our guest on July 20, 2019 at the Field House Museum as we celebrate 90 years of Mickey Mouse©. The childhood home of Eugene Field, “The Children’s Poet,” has honored the iconic cartoon with our exhibit, “The Wonderful World of Collecting: The Disneyana of Don & Shirley Zork” during 2019. Help us send off […]