Game On! Board Games from Antiquity to Today traces the history of board games from ancient Egypt to the contemporary gaming boom, exploring humans’ enduring fascination with contests of luck and skill. The exhibition includes rarely seen objects from the museum’s permanent collection, plus works on loan from Ellis Library’s Special Collections, the Spencer Museum at the University of Kansas, the Stanley Museum and University Libraries at the University of Iowa, The State Historical Society of Missouri, and private collectors.

On view: November 20, 2026 through May 2027  

Financial assistance for this exhibition has been provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency. 

Feature image: Black-Figure Lekythos (oil vessel), Phanyllis Class, Group of the Arming Lekythoi, Greece, Attica, 6th century BCE, pottery, gift of Saul and Gladys Weinberg in memory of C.H. Emilie Haspels (82.299)