Visitor Centers

Front of the visitor center is angular and made of concrete and dark glass.

The parks visitor center contains a large museum collection, a twenty-eight minute film, an eight-minute fiber optics troop movement map program and a bookstore/gift shop. In compliance with ADA standards, assisted listening devices are available for use with the orientation film.

The Struggle for Missouri Begins Film

Wilson's Creek: The Struggle for Missouri Begins broke new ground in authenticity, featuring thousands of re-enactors captured on the actual battlefield at Wilson's Creek, staged for the 130th Anniversary in 1991. Enjoy the 28 min film in the Visitor Center. Click here to watch the full hour long film on Youtube.

Gift Shop

The Bookstore is administered by Eastern National. For more information, click here.

Library

The Research Library focuses on the Civil War with an emphasis on the Trans-Mississippi theater of war, Missouri, and the Battle of Wilson’s Creek. Open by appointment only. For more information on the Research Library, click here.

Public Programs

Programs including Civil War medicine, guided walks, caravan tours and living depicting Civil War soldier and civilian life, musket and artillery firing demonstrations, and many others are presented regularly from Memorial Day to Labor Day on selected weekends (subject to staff and volunteer availability).

If you would like to check the programming schedule for living history Programs, please check the events calendar on our website or our Facebook page's events listing.You also may call the park's main number (417-732-2662).