Big Muddy Speaker Series presents:

The Missouri History Museum in St. Louis Forest Park will be opening a longterm exhibit beginning Nov. 21 called "The Mighty Mississippi", exploring the impact of the Mississippi River on the town that is perched at the confluence of our nation's two greatest rivers, and the impact of this urban area on the rivers that embrace it.

David Lobbig, the Missouri Historical Society’s Curator of Environmental Life, will build on artifacts and maps seen in "The Mighty Mississippi" to discuss changes affecting the Missouri and Mississippi confluence region since European and United States’ colonization. He’ll explore biodiversity loss and the prospects for greater change caused by human population dominance and the climate crisis.

The Mighty Mississippi exhibit will be broken up into 4 sections: Lifeblood of the Heartland (explores water quality issues, biodiversity, human manipulation of river and floodplain), First Peoples World (explores prehistoric American Indian/Mississippian culture featuring real artifacts from the time period), Empires (explores colonialism and the fur trade), and Industry (explores the industrial era and the rise and fall of the steamboat era.