Hands-on History Room

History You Can Play with


Please touch and explore everything in our Hands-On History Room (located in the Bolduc-LeMeilleur House) at your own pace. This is a work in progress to make French Colonial Missouri History accessible and fun for the children who visit us. A multi-purpose space, the Hands-on History Room will also provide classroom space and an art gallery.

 

Follow the French along the Mississippi River and see the various animals they would have encountered—It’s a felt board so you can move the pieces Mississippi River and Animals
?????????????????? Guess which items in the Museum collection came
from buffalos, deer, birds, bear, plants, minerals, and trees
  Explore an interactive time-line and connect important French Colonial American people with their pictures and accomplishments Interactive Time Line
Bolduc Dollhouse Play with the Bolduc Dollhouse or with the reproduction
Bolduc kitchen tools and baby dolls
Trace the Bolduc family tree  
   Follow Dr. Connally’s architectural drawings
and try to make a Norman Truss using blocks
 Figure out what happened when a shipment of French Colonial furniture was damaged on the way from Montreal, Canada to Sainte Genevieve, MO in 1957 ??????????????????
  Parlez-vous français?
Learn to speak a few French words while you are here
 Play some colonial games like dominoes or continental checkers in French! This picture is too fuzzy Colonial Games Box
Tools in Bolduc House Kitchen used for Cooking Corn on the Cob Cook pretend corn on the cob using tools that look
like the ones in the Bolduc House Kitchen
Put one of the baby dolls on a re-created version of the potty high chair that you can see in the Bolduc House bedroom Potty High Chair
Zuts Smoking Pipe  Our Hero Hard at Work at History