“KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
It took four years to build Arrowhead Stadium. It was completed in 1972 at a cost of $43 million.
If one early architect would have had his way, Arrowhead Stadium would have a huge water fountain between it and Kauffman Stadium, as well as a monster-sized space needle tower overlooking both stadiums.”
- Alan Shope, KMBC 9 News Reporter
Read More“The Jackson County Historical Society’s various collections of artifacts and archival materials often come from donations. But over the course of the pandemic, that has no longer been possible.
The non-profit organization’s various storage locations had been tapped out.”
- Mike Genet, The Examiner
Read MoreThe Jackson County Historical Society, under the direction of the Archives and Collections Committee Chair, Stephanie Rohr and Archivist Danielle Hall is excited to share the addition of an underground cave storage facility as our new depository for archival and artifact collections.
Read MoreThe Jackson County Historical Society is pleased to announce that Christian Shuster has been hired as our new Director of Development and Community Engagement.
Read MoreThe Jackson County Historical Society announces the hiring of Erin Gray as Digital Archivist.
Read MoreThe Jackson County Historical Society is pleased to welcome Chris Stout as its new executive director.
Read More“To get the more than 300,000 photos online for the public to access, the organization has launched a fundraiser during October, American Archives Month, to buy a second scanner. The scanner will allow staff and volunteers to work twice as fast.”
Read MoreThe Jackson County Historical Society was invited to attend KC Oktoberfest at Crown Center presented by KC Bier Company this past weekend on October 1st-2nd.
Read MoreThe Jackson County Historical Society is pleased to announce a $100,000 grant from the Sunderland Foundation to support continuing restoration of the 1859 Jail, Marshal’s Home and Museum in Independence, Missouri.
Read MoreThe 1859 Jail, Marshal’s Home and Museum was chosen for outstanding restoration conducted by the Jackson County (Missouri) Historical Society by the Independence Heritage Commission.
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