COMMUNITY OF CHRIST MUSEUM

Part of the Church Heritage Team

The Community of Christ Museum is located in the Community of Christ Temple at the west end of the main foyer, at 1001 W. Walnut, Independence, Missouri 64050-3562

Telephone: 816-833-1000; FAX: 816-521-3089

CONTACT: Joy Goodwin, Community of Christ Artifacts Manager, E-Mail: jgoodwin@cofchrist.org

HOURS: Open Monday-Saturday 9 am - 5:00 pm, Sundays 1 - 5:00 pm.

Handicapped accessible.

SCOPE OF MUSEUM HOLDINGS: The Community of Christ Museum functions as the institutional repository for the church's three-dimensional artifactual holdings. The museum gathers and preserves artifactual materials relating to the history, development, and culture of the people of the Community of Christ (RLDS Church), including its antecedents in the Restoration (LDS or "Mormon") movement, circa 1830-1844, and successive organizations.

DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION HOLDINGS: The Community of Christ Museum collects, maintains, and exhibits artifactual materials, relating to the mission and history of the Restoration (LDS or "Mormon") Movement, mostly from the United States and Canada, particularly the states of New York, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa, with some materials reflecting church activity in Australia, the British Isles, French Polynesia, and other international missions.

Exhibits are free and open to the public.

Emma Smith Oil Portrait, painted at Nauvoo, Illinois, artist unknown, ca. 1842

COLLECTION SCOPE: History, Museum, Religion, State

$5 Gold Coin, 1843, excavated at Nauvoo, Illinois