Activities and Calendar
All Events Begin at 7-pm at the Museum unless otherwise noted
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Don’t Forget that the Museum is Closed the Entire Month of January
As December is upon us
We here at the Clay County Museum
Want to Wish You a
Happy, Healthy and Joyous Holiday Season
January 25, 2025, at 2 pm Our Annual Membership Meeting:
- The above meeting has been set for January 25, 2025, at 2 pm
- The Museum’s 60th Anniversary Celebration will be combined with the Annual Meeting
- Refreshments will be served
Be sure to Stop Back Here Online in the New Year for Programming
Designed for You to Enjoy and Learn about our County and its Surroundings
We urge you to Shop Local and Stop by the Square to see our Festive Window Displays
https://www.VisitLibertyMo.com
Pat Gradwohl – Chairperson for the Museum’s Third-Thursday Programs
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Past Events
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November 21, 2024 at 7-pm
Presented by Dr. Loftin C. Woodiel from the Missouri Humanities
A Joint Presentation with Civil War Roundtable
Dr. Loftin C. Woodiel is a university professor, criminal justice professional and corporate security executive with a successful track record. A Professor with Missouri Baptist University’s Criminal Justice & Corporate Security Leadership graduate program, Dr. Woodiel is a nationally recognized researcher and communicator with a demonstrated ability to achieve global understanding and compliance through quality discovery and presentation. Dr. Woodiel is a USAF veteran who excelled in three leadership tiers as an innovative, results-driven law enforcement and security professional.
Join us and hear the real story of the legendary outlaw who roamed the Clay County countryside
with his band of vicious guerrillas, leaving devastation in their dust.
To be held at the Withers Mid-Continent Public Library
1665 S Withers Rd, Liberty, MO 64068
Withers | Mid-Continent Public Library (mymcpl.org)
October 24, 2024 at 6-pm
Our Annual Fundraiser Event
Trivia Night & Silent Auction
at the Belvoir Winery & Inn
(from 6-pm until 8:30-pm)
With All New TRIVIA Questions for 2024
$20 Tickets can be purchased here Online, or at the Museum, or at-the-Door
▼Click the Link Below▼ to Purchase Tickets Online
The Museum’s Annual TRIVIA Night Fundraiser Tickets, Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite
This Year’s Event will be Hosted by
Miss Missouri 2005 – Stacie Cooley
Featuring A Special Guest Appearance by
MISS MISSOURI 2024 – Ashley Berry
before she heads off to compete for MISS AMERICA 2025
All NEW TRIVIA Questions for 2024
A few pictures of the Silent Auction Items
https://www.VisitLibertyMo.com
October 17, 2024 at 7-pm
The Odd Fellows and the Odd Fellows’ Home
(listed on the National Register of Historic Places)
Presented by Jesse Leimkuehler, proprietor Belvoir Winery & Inn
https://visitlibertymo.com/
September 27/28, 2024 – Friday 1-6pm & Saturday 9am-6pm
On and Around the Historic Downtown Liberty Square
https://visitlibertymo.com/
September 28, 2024 – Saturday
Shoal County Fair
Being held at the Atkins / Johnson Museum
September 19, 2024
Presented by Tony Meyers
https://www.VisitLibertyMo.com
August 15, 2024
The Liberty Arsenal
Presented by Chris Harris
July 18th, 2024 at 7-pm
Terrors and Trials: Henry and Lucy Fike’s Civil War
Presented by Dr. Jeremy Neely from the Missouri Humanities
A Joint Presentation with Civil War Roundtable
To be held at the Withers Mid-Continent Public Library
1665 S Withers Rd, Liberty, MO 64068
Withers | Mid-Continent Public Library (mymcpl.org)
https://visitlibertymo.com/
June 21, 2024 – Friday
“Make Music Day”
Liberty will Join Hundreds of US and Worldwide Cities in a FREE Celebration of Music
June 20, 2024
Everybody Has Heard of Jesse James,
But Who Has Heard About Frank?
Presented by Greg Higginbotthem
https://visitlibertymo.com/
June 8, 2024 – Saturday – 10am-3pm
“Quilt Walk”
Around the Businesses in Downtown Liberty
June 1, 2024 – Saturday
“Art on the Side”
Located in the parking lot(s) and on Main Street next to the “Artisian Market” 118 N. Main
May 16, 2024
April 18, 2024
March 21, 2024
“Who was Johnny Ringo and What Connection Does He Have to Clay County?”
Presented by Dennis Garstang
February 16th-29th, 2024 – During Normal Museum Hours
“Buy TWO BOOKS” for just $1.00 — All proceeds are a Donation to the Museum
January 27, 2024 ◄ from 2:00 – 4:00-pm – Open House at the Museum
January 11, 2024 ◄ Beginning at 6:30-pm at the
Woodneath Mid-Continent Public Library Auditorium
8900 NE Flintlock Rd, Kansas City, Missouri 64157
Woodneath Library Center | Mid-Continent Public Library (mymcpl.org)
The Salus Populi Pension Project
United States Colored Troops of Clay County, Missouri
presented by Riley Sutherland and Michelle Cook
Home | Salus Populi Project
December 9, 2023 ◄ from 10am until 2pm at the
Shoal Creek Living History Museum – 19th Century Christmas
7000 NE Barry Rd – Kansas City, Missouri 64156
November 17, 2023 ► Friday ◄
November 11, 2023 ► Saturday ◄ at 10:00AM [ on Veterans Day ]
This is a Joint program with our Museum and the Clay County African American Legacy, Inc.
To be held at the Garrison “School” Center – 502 N. Water Street
Air Force Veteran Shelton Ponder will be on site to help guide tours
Click this link for more information on the Garrison School CCAAL
CCAAL (ccaal-garrisonschool.org)
Click this link for more information on Veterans Day Veterans Day from Wikipedia
October 19, 2023
The Annual Museum Fundraiser – “Trivia Night”
Hosted by Miss Missouri 2005 – Stacie Cooley
Special Guest Appearance by MISS MISSOURI 2023 – Hayley Leach
before she heads off to compete for MISS AMERICA 2024
at the Belvoir Winery – (from 6-pm until 8:30-pm)
Liberty Tourism, MO | Official Website (visitlibertymo.com)
Here are SOME of the SILENT AUCTION ITEMS
Patrick Mahomes Bobblehead
KC CHIEFS FANS Parking and Hats
KC ROYALS FANS Parking and Stocking-Hat – Coozie – Royals Clubhouse Sign
3′ x 5′ Official MU Deluxe Fan Flag and “Truman the Tiger” mascot
Tiffany & Company – Hand-Painted Fine Italian Porcellane Plate
September 28, 2023
“Such A Woman, The Life of Madame Octavia Walton LeVert” by Paula Lenor Webb.
Madame LeVert was an author as well as hostess to famous politicians prior to and throughout the Civil War.
September 22 & 23, 2023 – as Part of the “Liberty Fall Festival“
Friday 22 – (1-4pm) and Saturday 23 – (10am-4pm)
“Flea Market of History”
Inside the Museum – Where it Never RAINS!
September 21, 2023
Tony Meyers, historian, and president of the Clay County Archives will present a program on the Battle of Liberty/Blue Mills Landing. The action at Blue Mills Landing, also known as the Battle of Liberty, was a battle of the American Civil War that took place on September 17, 1861, in Clay County, Missouri. Union forces unsuccessfully attempted to prevent pro-Southern Missouri State Guards from northwestern Missouri from crossing the Missouri River near the confluence with the Blue River to reinforce Sterling Price at Lexington.
DVDs on the battle are also sold at the Museum.
August 17, 2023
Historian, Kathleen Bird, author of “The History of Smithville Missouri 1800-1899” will present this program. She is also the author of the historical mystery, “Two Shots by a Stranger”.
August 10, 2023
a Special Added Event Thursday August 10th at the Belvoir Winery
NOTE! the Special Times and Admission Fee $15
“Come Meet Harry!” – a Harry S. Truman Tribute
Liberty Tourism, MO | Official Website (visitlibertymo.com)
Belvoir Winery
The July 20, 2023
Historian, Dr. William Garrett Piston, author of “Reaping the Whirlwind: The Guerrilla Conflict in Civil War Missouri” Presented at 7-pm at the Withers Branch of the Midcontinent Public Library in conjunction with “Civil War Roundtable of NW Missouri” and the “Clay County Museum”
Sunday June 4, 2023
Museum PICNIC
The June 15, 2023
The May 18, 2023
“The Lincoln Family in Clay County“. Local historian and Lincoln researcher Chris Harris will present an updated talk on the four Lincoln brothers who came to Clay County from Fayette County, Kentucky 200 years ago; Abraham, George B, John T. and David. From these four brothers, thirty-three children carried on their lineage and farmed just over a combined 1,550 acres in and around Liberty, Missouri. Who was this family? How did this family impact Clay County? Are they related to President Abraham Lincoln? Come to our May Third-Thursday program and learn more about this pioneering family of Clay County.
The April 20, 2023
Presented by Jana Jessee Becker. This program’s topic covers the “World War II Liberty POW camp” as well as camps located in other parts of Missouri. In existence from 1942 to 1945, the Liberty Camp housed Italian and German prisoners of war, including soldiers from German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel’s elite Duetsches Afrika Korps. Daily life, work assignments, meals, clothing, housing, and personal stories are just some of the topics that will be covered.
The March 16, 2022
“Clay County Family Connections, 1820s-1850s” and is presented by Chery Carr Holtman, the museum’s curator. It will explore the similarities between the presenter’s 2nd great-grandparents and includes individuals from the Neal, Gittings, Robertson, Pence, Routt and Adkins families. The pre-Civil War era was one of peace and prosperity in Liberty and these families emigrated from the east to share in the new state and county. While having various backgrounds they share common experiences, as well as their own unique ones.
October 20, 2022
Our Big Fundraiser Event “Trivia Night & Silent Auction” was at the Belvoir Winery
What a Fun and Successful Fundraiser Event it was!
Thank You! Miss Missouri 2022: Miss Clare Marie Kuebler
for appearing October 20th at our Trivia Night Auction
