All Trails West from Missouri
by Mercantile Library at UMSL
Exhibition Dates: March through September 2022
Location: The Lambert Gallery East
In 2021 the state of Missouri celebrated its 200th birthday while the Mercantile Library reached its 175th anniversary. The Mercantile will celebrate both of these events by drawing on its rich collection of 18th and 19th century rare books, prints, photographs and maps to illustrate the theme “All Trails West from Missouri: Rare Travel Narratives to Celebrate 200 Years of Missouri Statehood and the 175th Anniversary of the St. Louis Mercantile Library.” Travel narratives encompass many modes of transportation and numerous formats, providing content for a visually rich and contextually engaging exhibition that will illustrate Missouri’s role in many aspects of western exploration.
About the Organization: St. Louis Mercantile Library
Founded in 1846, and chartered by the State of Missouri in that year, the St. Louis Mercantile Library is the oldest general library in continuous existence west of the Mississippi River. Established by civic leaders and philanthropists wishing the citizens of frontier St. Louis to have a fine library even in the city’s earliest days, the Mercantile exists today as a vibrant, active community asset, celebrating its heritage while making great collections accessible to new scholars. The Mercantile Library continues to build its collections of rare books, manuscripts and artifacts that concentrate on Westward Expansion, American rail and river transportation history, the history of the St. Louis region, and particularly the works of Missouri and Midwestern Artists.
To learn more, visit: www.umsl.edu/mercantile
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