POLK COUNTY MUSEUM

Bolivar, Missouri

Auditorium

The Auditorium, located on the second floor of the Museum, is the largest room in the Museum and contains many interesting items. These include 1897 choir chairs, a pump organ, an 1800s mourners' bench, several Bibles dating from 1805, medical and optical instruments, including an iron lung, and even some stuffed wildlife.

Standing in the stage area, looking down into the auditorium.

The pump organ. To the right is the stage area.

The iron lung. It was used to help polio sufferers breathe.

Stuffed wildlife on display in the corner of the auditorium.

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Copyright 2000-2009 by Julie Wollard Trout for the Historical Society of Polk County, Missouri.
Last revised: Monday, March 02, 2009
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Please note: these pictures were taken in 2000. Some of the displays in the museum have changed since then.
These are just an example of the items the museum has on display. New pictures should be posted soon! Thank you.