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Dorothea B. Hoover Historical Museum
This museum emphasizes the growth and development of Joplin as the result of mining in the Tri-State Mining District, primarily during the Victorian period. On display are assorted historic items from Joplin’s mining era, including an extensive doll collection and the “Circus Room”, a child’s play house and a 1927 American LeFrance fire engine.
Plan Your Visit
Getting There & Details
- Admission
- Free admission.
- Hours
- Hours: April through September, Tue - Sat: 10am to 4pm; Sunday, 1 to 4pm October through April, Wed - Sat: 12 to 4pm; Sunday, 1 to 4pm
- Address
- Schifferdecker Park, 4th St. and Schifferdecker Ave
- Phone
- 417-623-1180
- Map
- Get Directions →
Open year round, Closed holidays.
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