Across the Society
We Are St. Louis
An open invitation for the region to add its own evidence to the historical record.
We Are St. Louis is the Society's standing thread of community-collected history. It is the connective tissue across the other four collecting initiatives, the open-call submissions portal, the year-end accessioning review with curators, and the editorial layer that surfaces contributed stories into the rest of the Society's publishing.
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Programs & tours
Museum · Sun, Jun 28 · 10:30am – 11:15am
Cuentos En Español En El Museo
Bilingual storytime for children and families, every fourth Saturday — stories drawn from collections related to St. Louis's Latino communities.
Society · Fri, Jun 19 · 6:30pm – 8:00pm
African American History Programs: Juneteenth Roundtable
A community roundtable in conversation with the African American History Initiative.
Standing initiatives
We Are St. Louis
We Are St. Louis
An open community-history campaign. Anyone in the region can contribute photographs, letters, recordings, or objects.
Contribute your story →
AAHI
African American History Initiative
Building the largest documentary archive of Black St. Louis — through community partnership, oral history, and accession.
Partner with the Initiative →
Chinese American
Chinese American Collecting Initiative
Documenting the Chinese American experience in the St. Louis region — past and present — in partnership with the OCA-St. Louis Chapter and community elders.
Share family history →
Gateway to Pride
Gateway to Pride
An initiative recording the history of LGBTQ+ life in the St. Louis region — bars, baths, organizing, family, and community-building.
Contribute to the archive →
Pandemic Stories
Stories of the Pandemic
How St. Louisans lived through COVID-19 — diaries, photographs, signs, masks, recordings.
Share your pandemic story →
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