Heritage Museum & Welcome Center
Our full time curator and volunteer docents can guide you through two floors of exhibits, artifacts, and photographs, and help you find other heritage sites and activities to enjoy during your visit to Doniphan. This is also the home of the Ripley County Historical Society Library, where you can conduct your own genealogical research by appointment. In addition to the displays and information desk, our Gift Shop sells local crafts and history books.
Hours and Location
Open Monday through Friday 10:00 am until 4:00 pm and Saturday 9:00 am until noon. By appointment 573.996.5298 or message us on Facebook or email at: rctourism@doniphanmissouri.org No admission fee. Closed Sundays.
Located at 101 Washington Street, Doniphan, MO 63935 (directly across from the National Historic Register County Court House)
ANTHROPOMORPHIC TAXIDERMY (Of the Frog Variety) Where does one find formerly live, now dead and stuffed, frog bodies positioned to play a musical instrument, or to shoot billiards, or to sit at the bar and drink beer…
WHY, AT THE CURRENT RIVER HERITAGE MUSEUM, OF COURSE!
COME AND SEE.
ALSO
Come See Our New Entomology Collection
(WE TRY AND KEEP IT AWAY FROM THE FROGS SO AS NOT TO DISTRACT THEM)
Assembled by David Weaver Braschler from Hoschton, Georgia
This collection of Southeast Missouri insects was assembled over a number of years and donated by Mr. Braschler to the Current River Heritage Museum. It is now on permanent display in the first floor of the Museum.
NEW VISITORS MAPS AVAILABLE AT MUSEUM
We have developed a one-page city map with points of interest, as well as retail shops, highlighted for visitors to Doniphan and Ripley County. If you have family or friends visiting who would like a copy, stop by the Museum. If you have a business in town or the county and would like a pad of these maps for your customers, call the Museum at 996-5298 and we’ll make sure you get one.