Sally Rand Museum - St. Joseph, Missouri
Sally Rand Museum - St. Joseph, Missouri
The Sally Rand Museum is dedicated to the Missouri native who had a career in the performing arts spanning 50 years. She appeared in silent films and was the inventor of the fan dance. You will be able to enjoy the experience of getting to know Sally Rand when you visit the Barnard House, see the pictures and talk to the owner who knows a great deal about this barefooted, Ozark gal that became a star!
The museum is located in the Barnard House 1877. The Barnard House is a gorgious Italianate home featuring a gold-gilded Pier Mirror which stands 12 ft by 8 ft tall, 12 foot ceilings, 5 fireplaces, winding walnut staircase, a Polygonal Tower. Some rooms of this mansion have been restored while others are as they have nearly always been. You will get to tour the house and the museum for the price of one.
Phone: 816-671-0670
Location: 1716 Francis Street
Museum Open May 1st thru October 1st - Tuesdays,Wednesdays & Thursdays. Also the first Saturday and Sunday; May thru October; excluding National Holiday weekends. Group rates and special events available.
I interviewed Sally Rand in 1972,she was defnately a one of a kind and had perfect recall.I said to her that author Irving Shulman mentioned her in his “Harlow” book,she said “Oh,I know,Shulman is full of it….for instance he kept saying that Paul Bern was impotent and that is why he killed his self,well let me tell you,he was NOT impotent,there was nothing wrong with him at all,Shulman lied and never even talked to me!Paul Bern was murdered,alot of people knew that but who is gonna put there number one star in a bad light?Harlow did not kill him,of course,it was some woman he was married to years before.”At the time,NOBODY had even heard this story,turned out she was right though…I’d drawn a picture of her which she signed saying “I remember this dress you drew,it was pink and I got it in 1935!”Thought you might find this interesting.Thanks.