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Jefferson City & Fulton Points of Interest
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Jefferson City and Fulton feature points of interest centered on Missouri history, government, transportation, nature, public safety, and the legacy of Winston Churchill. The Missouri State Capitol, built in 1918 of Carthage marble and standing 262 feet high, houses the Missouri State Museum, where one wing is dedicated to the history of Missouri and another presents the state's natural and cultural resources and the interaction of resources, people, and culture. The Missouri Governor's Mansion is an outstanding example of Second Empire architecture, with an authentically restored first story, four pink granite columns, and Victorian furnishings, and it is one of the oldest governors' mansions in the United States; across the street stands the Cole County Historical Museum. One block east of the Capitol, Jefferson Landing State Historic Site includes the Lohman building, built in 1839, once a center of rail and river commerce and now containing a visitor center with exhibits on transportation and Jefferson City history. Other attractions in Jefferson City include the Missouri State Highway Patrol Museum, with displays such as Otto the Talking Car, vintage patrol cars, a reaction simulator, and a computerized driving test; Runge Nature Center, with interactive exhibits, live animals, a wildlife viewing area, a fire tower, and five nature trails; the Missouri State Information Center; the Missouri Veterinary Museum; and the Museum of Missouri Military History. In Fulton, the Winston Churchill Memorial is a National Historic Site where a seventeenth-century London church designed by Christopher Wren, bombed during World War Two, was shipped across the ocean and rebuilt, and where a museum is dedicated to the life and works of Sir Winston Churchill, who delivered his "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College in 1946 while visiting with President Harry S Truman. The Missouri State Capitol also contains notable artwork, including Thomas Hart Benton's mural "A Social History of Missouri," whose candid portrayal of everyday life in Missouri sparked controversy among legislators, and dome murals painted by Sir Frank Brangwyn in London representing the four elements of nature and the building up of Missouri through agriculture, commerce, science, and education.
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