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Andrew
County Museum
A
private, non-profit organization, the Andrew County Museum is
housed in a modern 14,000 sq. ft. facility donated by Harry F.
Duncan. The Museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving and
interpreting the county’s rich history.
Over the
past decade, the Museum has:
w
adopted a
strategic plan, guiding the Museum in a transformation from an
institution with displays of legacy collections to a
dynamic, active place with exciting, new, interpretive
exhibits;
w
completed an
$830,000 capital campaign to support the new exhibit program;
w
won passage of
a county-wide sales tax to support the Museum’s annual
operating expenses;
w
researched,
planned, designed and installed a 900 sq. ft. orientation
exhibit which summarizes Andrew County’s history and serves
as introduction to A Rural Way of Life, a new,
permanent, 3,900-square-foot exhibit.
Over the
next two years, the Museum will complete A Rural Way of
Life’s additional 3,000 square feet and introduce new
programs for visitors.
 Work on
the remaining 3,000 sq. ft. permanent exhibit “A Rural Way of
Life” is well underway and will be completed in 2008
interpreting the county’s history from 1841-2001. New
programs will provide opportunities for families and groups to
get involved in Andrew County’s
history.
Mailing Address
PO Box 12
Savannah, MO 64485-0012
Street Address
202 East Duncan Drive
Savannah, MO 64485
Contact Us:
Phone:
816-324-4720
Fax:
816-324-5271
E-mail:
acmuseum@stjoelive.com
Museum Hours:
Tuesday
- Saturday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Closed
Sunday and Monday
Special arrangements
in advance for other hours or days.
Closed:
Legal holidays and the fourth and fifth weekends each month
 DIRECTIONS:
The Andrew
County Museum is located in Duncan Memorial Park, next to the
Clasbey Community Center and the Duncan Hills Golf Course,
just off 71 Highway and only one mile from downtown Savannah,
with shops and restaurants. Savannah is twenty minutes north
of St. Joseph, Missouri and 65 miles north of Kansas City.
From St. Joseph
or Kansas City:
Take I-29 north
to exit 53 (Savannah, Business 71). Turn right onto US 71 for
6.3 miles, turn right on N. Arbor St., then take the first
right onto E. Duncan Drive. The Museum is on the right.
PLAN
YOUR VISIT
If
you’ve visited before and enjoyed the Kewpie and doll
collections, they are still on exhibit in the Duncan-Dray
Gallery. If you
haven’t been to the Museum before or in a long time, come see
and learn about the county’s history in the Orientation
Exhibit with a video, interactive map, history timeline and
hands-on discovery wheel.
Come
see the plans for more exhibits to be completed in 2008.
ACCESSIBILITY:
The museum and genealogy research area are accessible to the
handicapped.
Genealogy
Department
 The
Genealogy Department has recently expanded and serves hundreds
of researchers each year. It is the only depository for vital
Andrew County Records and has recently published a second
record of Andrew County history—one of 24 Genealogy Department
publications. The Genealogy Department includes the following
types of records for Andrew County: county records, probates,
births/death records, wills, obituaries, and more from 1841 to
present.
The department is open
Thursday and Friday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or by appointment.
Call 816-324-4720 to set up an appointment or for questions.
Questions can also be emailed to the museum at:
acmuseum@stjoelive.com.
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