Margaret Harwell Art Museum - Poplar Bluff, Missouri

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Margaret Harwell Art Museum - Poplar Bluff, Missouri
The Art Museum is housed in The Dalton home was built in 1883 by Thomas H. Moore and was originally a one-story building. Come and enjoy the art work of many and the changes that have taken place.

Moore added a second story in 1890. James L. Dalton purchased the home in 1896 and made extensive changes, remodeling the facade and adding a columned portico, curved bay windows, scroll trim and an iron fence. Unique features of the interior include decorative wooden scrollwork above the windows and doorways matching exterior scrollwork, curved glass windows, high ceilings and a beautifully carved stairway with leaded glass panels on its landing.

The museum has since also purchased the land behind it and provides a childrens education center for the museum.

MHAM has nearly 10,000 visitors each year. Its exhibitions change monthly. Its growing permanent collection includes "Parisian Trousseau for a Missouri Bride," the 1898-era clothing of Ann Trotter West. This exhibit was prepared by Southeast Missouri State University at Cape Girardeau guest curator Sally Irvine, whose efforts with our Victorian artifacts produced a highly researched, meticulously restored and beautifully displayed presentation with an enriching scholarly perspective.

The MHAM building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places with the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Location: 421 N. Main St., Poplar Bluff, MO

Phone: (573) 686-8002

Hours
Tues. - Fri. 12 - 4 p.m.;
1-4 p.m. Saturday & Sunday (closed Mondays)
Tours by Reservation - No Admission Charge