Bolduc House Museum.

Making French Colonial American History Fun

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. We expect to have it fully functioning by the end of 2010. A multi-purpose space, the Hands-on History Room will also provide classroom space and an art gallery.
Text Box: Hands-on History Room– a work in progress Text Box: 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 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 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 or play some colonial games like dominoes or continental checkers in French!

Help us to make the Hands-on History Room a reason to visit Sainte Genevieve by becoming one of our business partners. To learn about how you can sponsor one of the activity centers in this room, please call

573-883-3105.

The Bolduc House Museum is a non-profit 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization.
Text Box: Cook pretend corn on the cob using tools that look like the ones in the Bolduc House kitchen (right); Put one of the baby dolls on a recreated version of the potty high chair (left) that you can see in the Bolduc House bedroom or play a game of dominos (above) as long as you say the numbers in French. Text Box: The Bolduc House Museum is owned and operated by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Missouri, a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization. Photographs of our collection are by Bruce Pendleton unless otherwise noted. © 2010 by the Bolduc House Museum Text Box: SPONSORED BY

MR. & MRS. RONNIE INMAN

LAKENAN INSURANCE AGENCY 890 Rozier, Ste. Genevieve, MO   Phone: 573-883-7446  

JOE & MARY CLAIRE ROZIER 

OBERLE MEATS  21529 Hwy 32, Ste. Genevieve, MO   Phone: 573-883-5656 

MISSISSIPPI LIME COMPANY  21958 US Hwy 61, Ste. Genevieve, MO  Phone: 573-883-2960