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Work set to begin on a new $35 million Center for Missouri Studies

A new Center for Missouri Studies, headquarters of the State Historical Society of Missouri, will hold a groundbreaking Wednesday.
A new Center for Missouri Studies, headquarters of the State Historical Society of Missouri, will hold a groundbreaking Wednesday.

Ground will be broken Wednesday for a new $35 million Center for Missouri Studies in downtown Columbia.

The State Historical Society of Missouri is building a new headquarters that will provide state-of-the-art research facilities open to the public.

The new center, designed by Kansas City-based Gould Evans Architects, will include a research library, art museum and public meeting space. State construction bonds are funding the center, which is targeted to open in 2019.

The event will be held at 5:30 p.m. at South Sixth and Elm Streets, the new building site in Columbia.

Diane Stafford, stafford@kcstar.com

This story was originally published April 17, 2017 at 1:10 PM with the headline "Work set to begin on a new $35 million Center for Missouri Studies."

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