

Main Museum Display Building 1100 Mabel Street Trenton MO 64683 660 359-2411 Overview of the Museum and displays The Grundy County Museum is composed of three physical facilities, the Main Museum Building, the Baker School Building, and the Annex Building remodeled in 2007. All the Museum buildings are in close proximity and face Tinsman Avenue. See individual building tabs to visit profiles of the Baker School and Annex buildings. The three-level Main Museum Building was built in 1895 by William McVay where several businesses sold feed, seed, hardware, buggies, and farm equipment. The building was donated to the Grundy County Historical Society in 1974 by Bert and Rose Hoover, dedicated as a museum in 1976, and remodeled in 1981-85. The Main Museum building features three floors of items and displays reflecting the history and heritage of Grundy County and the activities and achievements of the county's citizens. Ground Floor Indian Territory - Relics and artifacts from Grundy County sites Dugout Canoe - Over 15' in length, this dugout wooden canoe found buried in the Thompson River, is carbon dated over 200 years old. Weaving Loom Country Store - typical items in a country store are displayed Parlor Room with historic oak fireplace Country Post Office 1880's kitchen with period furnishings Bedroom - typical period furniture Music Room - instruments and record players Farm Machinery - hand tools, plows, corn slicer, grader, drill, chore sled, cultivator, cradles Stationary vertical steam engine and boiler Railroad (Rock Island) items - lanterns, signals, uniforms, keys, photos First (Main) Floor The Heritage Collection - six original drawings of Trenton's past and classic buildings. Letter written by Felix Grundy Old Maps of Missouri Doll Collection Antique Walnut Cabinets from a local jewelry store. Historic Roll Top Desk Mannequins in period costumes Antique Furniture - Melodeon, Pier Mirror, Tiger Maple Cabinet, Walnut Bedstead with Trundle Bed Thompson House - oil painting, photographs, and history. Second Floor Medical Equipment - used by area physicians and dentists Grave Stones - from the gravesites of Dr. and Mrs. Thompson Antique toys Hats and Shoes Funeral Clothing Wedding attire Outside Displays Rock Island Caboose Aermotor 30' restored functioning farm windmill Dinner Bells Farm Equipment - mill stones, blacksmith's forge and bellows, sulky rake Farm Machinery - hand tools, plows, corn slicer, grader, drill, chore sled, cultivator, cradles

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