Monett Historical Society

04/11/2026

DON'T FORGET, Come join us for our Membership Meeting on April 21, commencing at 7:00 pm. Our Speaker will be Kaitlyn McConnell who is known throughout the Ozarks for the projects she supports. A little more about Kaitlyn:

Seeing and Building Community Through Tradition Even in our fast-paced world, tried and true traditions still connect us to where we are. Ozarks Alive’s Kaitlyn McConnell sees this in her travels throughout the region: From quilting to music and food, in this talk she will share long-held examples of our regional culture that endure. As part of these observations, she will also share about the Ozarks Pie Project, an effort she began in 2024 to bake and share pies from vintage Ozarks cookbooks. The effort resulted in the publication of “The Ozarks Pie Project Diary,” a cookbook filled with recipes and stories from across the region.

Kaitlyn McConnell is the founder of Ozarks Alive, a cultural preservation project that documents the region's people, places and history. Since its inception in 2015, hundreds of stories have been captured to help us understand the region today and in the future.

Kaitlyn will have her pie cookbook available for purchase.

04/09/2026

The Monett Parish Council of Catholic Women is having a Salad Luncheon and they are graciously sharing a portion of the proceeds as a donation to our Museum. You know this will be a tasty lunch prepared by a number of great cooks, so please attend, have fun and help the Museum at the same time. For details see the attached flyer.

04/08/2026

Guess who was here to model our hats on exhibit - aren't they cute?

03/16/2026

Did you miss seeing two of our favorite ladies on television? Well, here they are. Please watch and share, they are both so knowledgeable and love to let everyone know our history.

03/16/2026

SPRING IS ALMOST HERE: Did you know Monett used to have more than seven Garden Clubs? Come take a look at our awesome display showing so many of these clubs, along with a wonderful flower display designed and made by our own Carol Kay.

03/11/2026

Hey Everyone, take a look at the March Monett Monthly, there is a very nice article about our Museum February membership meeting, starring our own Jan Rowell!
Of course, there is also other interesting information in the newspaper. Also, we have some papers in the Museum, so come and get one if you haven't seen it

02/24/2026

Don't forget: The March Membership is coming up: DID YOU PICK STRAWBERRIES GROWING UP? Jim Randall, Monett attorney, draws on four generations of raising strawberries, with railroad connections, for an entertaining program on
Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 7 - 9 p.m., at the Monett Historical Museum Event Center.
No charge for the program and open to the public.

02/14/2026

Our February Membership Meeting will be held on Tuesday, Februar 17, 2026 commencing at 7 PM. The program will be TREASURES UNDER OUR ROOF, presented by Jan Rowell and Jeanne Ann Camp. If you don't know these two ladies, here is how to get to know them better and hear lots of Museum information and stories. By the way, Jeanne Ann is our President and Jan Rowell is our Curator (among several other jobs).
Come join us and bring a friend - be prepared for a funny and very interesting presentation.

02/05/2026

The Monett Monthly is here, and the Museum's lovely display is featured on page 7. Come by and pickup a copy and take a look at the live display!

01/16/2026

Our January Membership Meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, commencing at 7 PM. The presenter will be noted Railroad Historian Mike Sypult from Rogers, Arkansas, who has served as President of the Arkansas Boston Mountains Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society in Springdate, Arkansas. He is a member of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, the Kansas City Southern Historical Society and the Heart of the Heartlands Railroad Museum. He will talk about local railroad history, including railroad stations and crashes. He will share many of the pictures he has accumulated over the years.

Come join us and bring a friend, this will be an extremely interesting presentation.

12/17/2025

12/15/2025

In order to give our members and volunteers some extra time during the holidays, we are not having a December membership meeting. Happy holidays to everyone!