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Avenue of the Columns
8th Street
Looking south down Eighth Street, one can ... [read more]
Beetle Bailey, Mort Walker and Neal Walker, 1992, bronze.
University of Missouri-Columbia campus, Columbia, MO
Located on the MU Campus south of ... [read more]
Boone Junction Village in Nifong Park
3801 Ponderosa St.   573/443-8936
A joint project of the Boone County ... [read more]
Columbia Cemetery
30 E Broadway  573-449-6320
We are Columbia's historic cemetery, with pioneer ... [read more]
Firestone Baars Chapel
Stephens College Campus, Columbia MO  573-876-7207 (tours)  573-876-7257 (reservations)
Eero Saarinen, designer of the St. Louis ... [read more]
First Born, Don Bartlett (completed by Sabra Tull Meyer & Mike Ruble) 1986, bronze
Columbia MO
These three bronze figures symbolize the importance ... [read more]
Francis Quadrangle
8th and Elm Street  573-882-6333
Francis Quadrangle captures the spirit and tradition ... [read more]
Jamboree, Jim Calvin and Andy Davis, 1996, bronze.
Courthouse Square, Walnut & 8th Street, Columbia MO
The five animals depicted ? a gecko, ... [read more]
Jewell Cemetery State Historic Site
Carter Lane & S. Providence, Columbia MO  573-449-7402.
Jewell Cemetery State Historic Site, Columbia, contains ... [read more]
Maplewood Home
3801 Ponderosa, Columbia MO  573-443-8936
Constructed in 1877 and fully restored, the ... [read more]
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Garden
800 S. Stadium Boulevard, Columbia MO  573-874-7460
These landscaped gardens with walkways & benches ... [read more]
Missouri Theatre
203 S. Ninth Street, Columbia MO  573-882-3200
Built in 1928, the Missouri Theatre is ... [read more]
Museum of Anthropology
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO  573-882-3573
The Museum of Anthropology exhibit hall is ... [read more]
Museum of Art & Archaeology
109 Pickard Hall, UMC, Columbia, MO, 65211  573-882-3591
A comprehensive collection representative of all periods ... [read more]
Nexus, Larry Young, 1996, bronze
Broadway and Old Highway 63, Columbia MO
Hospital trustees commissioned this 17-foot-tall sculpture as ... [read more]
North Gateway Entrance, George Julian Zolnay, 1929, bronze
University of Missouri-Columbia campus, Columbia, MO
Relief images of John Lathrop and James ... [read more]
People, Don Bartlett*, 1971, fiberglass.
Boone County National Bank, SW of Broadway and Eighth Streets, Columbia, MO
Bartlett's abstract sculpture, placed in a fountain ... [read more]
Rolling Ahead, Ron Fondaw, 1999, ceramic tile & neon.
Eighth and Cherry Streets, Columbia, MO
St. Louis artist Ron Fondaw's handmade ceramic ... [read more]
State Historical Society of Missouri
1020 Lowry (corner of Hitt Street and Lowry Mall)  573-882-7083
Collections of genealogical material and historical manuscripts, ... [read more]
Statue of Liberty Replica, 1950, copper.
Broadway and 7th, Columbia, MO
Boy Scouts Columbia placed this small-scale replica ... [read more]
Stephens College HIstoric Quadrangle
Corner of Broadway and College Avenue  573-876-7207
The Stephens College Historic Quadrangle, located at ... [read more]
The Gentry Building
Broadway and 7th, Columbia, MO
Located at the Parks and Recreation Administration ... [read more]
The Suspended Globe, Julia Balk, 1999, bronze.
First National Bank, Northeast corner of Broadway and Eighth Streets, Columbia MO
A hot air balloon, fanciful flight, weightlessness ... [read more]
Thomas Jefferson, George Lundeen, bronze
University of Missouri-Columbia campus, Columbia, MO
a bronze sculpture by George Lundeen, was ... [read more]
Walters-Boone County Historical Museum
3801 Ponderosa Street, Columbia, MO, 65201  573-443-8936
The Walters-Boone County Historical Museum and Visitors ... [read more]
WWI Memorial
Boone County Historical Society, Columbia MO
This memorial commemorates the Boone Countians who ... [read more]