Events
Boone Youth Explorers
August 8, 2026
Montminy Art Gallery
10am-12pm
About
Back to School Through Time
Join us for Back to School Through Time, an engaging event where children can step into the classroom of the past. Explore how students learned, communicated, and spent their school days in different eras through hands-on activities and historic educational tools.
Boone Youth Explorers is our free monthly program designed to spark curiosity and connect kids with local history through hands-on experiences.
Boone Youth Explorers is generously supported by Missouri Humanities and Missouri Arts Council. Financial assistance for this program has been provided by the City of Columbia, Office of Cultural Affairs.
Creative Activities For Kids:
- Practice writing with quills and ink
- Try writing lessons on chalk slates
- Use a cipher wheel to decode secret messages
- Practice cursive handwriting from different time periods
- Create your own secret-code notes and learn how children communicated before modern technology