Weston Historical Museum

08/21/2026

Joint us this Sunday.

08/20/2026

08/20/2026

SAVE THE DATE 🏡 October 17th!

Our next History Happy Hour is taking us inside an incredible 1847 Weston home — and there’s even more history waiting in the backyard. 👀

🎟️ Reservations will open in early September and will be available to Weston Historical Museum members only, so now is the time to join! Become a member now and you’ll be ready to make your reservation as soon as they open.

More details coming soon!

08/17/2026

What’s better than a break from your routine? A FREE BREAK and some fun when you visit the Weston Historical Museum for History Mystery Hour.
👫 Family-friendly.
🍪 Free refreshments.
📝 Insider information from the curator.

⏰ Mark your calendar for this Thursday, Aug. 20, 5-7 pm.

08/14/2026

So many of you were right on about this!
All School Reunion in 2000
(l to r) Dixie Gabbert, Maxine Taulbee Collison, and Joe Collison. Maxine is wearing Joe's letter sweater with the 1942 Football Conference Champs patch on it.
On May 20, 2000, 1400 people attended the reunion. Held in the Pepper-Kisker Warehouse from 9am to 1am, the event brought Weston alumni from all parts of the U.S. Anyone who ever attended classes in the Weston school district was invited to attend.

Who What When Where in Weston
Can you guess...
Who is it?
What is his story?
When was this picture taken?
Where in Weston is this picture connected to?

HINT: The 2026-27 school year will begin in about 3 weeks!

📍 Weston Missouri
🏛 Weston Historical Museum (Est. 1960)
📖 Preserving the story of a town founded in 1837
Small Town, Big Story.
OPEN: Wednesday - Saturday, 11-4 & Sunday, 1-4

08/13/2026

In history, mysteries abound. Join Curator Shelly Franklin Aug. 20, and every third Thursday, 5-7 p.m. at the Weston Historical Museum to learn about mysteries and strange facts housed within the building. Free, and open to everyone.

🎥 Short presentation at 5 p.m.
🍪 Free refreshments follow.
💬 Tour the museum, and chat with other
visitors.

08/07/2026

History leaves a footprint. Come see where it walked.
The Black Ancestors Awareness Campaign (BAAC) and Backdoor Coffee welcome the public to The Lincoln Effect: The Legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Our 2026 Summer theme explores how the legacy of Abraham Lincoln—especially his role in emancipation and subsequent assassination- inspired the names of institutions and laws long after his death.

07/31/2026

Who What When Where in Weston
Can you guess...
Who is it?
What is his story?
When was this picture taken?
Where in Weston is this picture connected to?

HINT: The 2026-27 school year will begin in about 3 weeks!

📍 Weston Missouri
🏛 Weston Historical Museum (Est. 1960)
📖 Preserving the story of a town founded in 1837
Small Town, Big Story.
OPEN: Wednesday - Saturday, 11-4 & Sunday, 1-4

07/28/2026

The first BAAC Summer Speaker Series event was so successcul--attendance was beyond our expectations, we had to find more chairs!
Please join us for the second event in the BAAC (Black Ancestors Awareness Campaign) series:

07/24/2026

The answer to last week's Who What When Where - -

This is B.J. Bless Jr.
He was the editor and publisher of The Weston Chronicle as well as the elected President of the Northwest Missouri Press Association after an annual two-day meeting of the members. He had served as the Vice President the year prior to being elected President.

At that time, The Weston Chronicle was one of Missouri's oldest established papers and had been in the Bless family for 39 years.

The Kansas City Star published an editorial that year that stated, "The best way the small town may hold its trade, with this new competition, is to have a good local newspaper."

Who What When Where in Weston
Can you guess...
Who is it?
What is his story?
When was this picture taken?
Where in Weston is this picture connected to?

📍 Weston Missouri
🏛 Weston Historical Museum (Est. 1960)
📖 Preserving the story of a town founded in 1837
Small Town, Big Story.
OPEN: Wednesday - Saturday, 11-4 & Sunday, 1-4