Missouri Civil War Museum

At 22,000 square feet, the Missouri Civil War Museum is filled with over one thousand artifacts and several films throughout. Each gallery and exhibit tells a different story of Missouri in the American Civil War, from guerrillas and jayhawkers to life on the home front. The Museum also contains several galleries on the post-war era and the history of our home here at Jefferson Barracks.

• Pre-War Gallery
• Colonel John Emerson Main Gallery
• Hollywood and the Civil War Exhibit
• Jefferson Barracks Through the Years Exhibit
• Theater
• Civil War on the Western Border Exhibit
• The Medal of Honor Exhibit
• Grand Army of the Republic & United Confederate Veterans Gallery

In addition to the hundreds of artifacts on display, the Museum features several feature films for guests to watch. In partnership with Kansas City-based Wide Awake Films, the theater shows a 25-minute film on the war in Missouri, specifically the war on the Western Border and in Eastern Missouri.