This is a list of nature centers and environmental education centers in the state of Missouri.
To use the sortable tables: click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order.
See also: List of nature centers in the United States.
| Name | Location | County | Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audubon Center at Riverlands | East Central | website, located inside the 3,700-acre Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary, operated by the National Audubon Society | ||
| St. Charles | East Central | |||
| 3,216 acres, exhibits interpreting Missouri's springs and the park's natural environment | ||||
| Southeast | 1,029 acres, exhibits on area natural history, logging, drainage of Missouri's bootheel, 1812 New Madrid earthquake | |||
| Bonebrake Center of Nature and History | Mid-Missouri | website, 12 acres, operated by the Bonebrake-McMurtrey Foundation | ||
| Burr Oak Woods Nature Center | West Central | website, 1,067 acres, operated by the Missouri Department of Conservation | ||
| Burroughs Audubon Nature Center and Sanctuary | Blue Springs | Jackson | West Central | website, nature library and bird viewing center, education programs, located in 7,809-acre Fleming Park, operated by the Burroughs Audubon Society of Greater Kansas City |
| Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center | Southeast | website, hands-on exhibits including Native American artifacts, freshwater aquariums, located in North County Park, operated by the Missouri Department of Conservation | ||
| Cave Spring | Jackson | West Central | website, 39-acre urban nature center and historic area, formally known as William M. Klein Park | |
| Earth's Classroom | website, 179 acres, experiential environmental education center | |||
| George Owens Nature Park | Jackson | West Central | website, 86 acres, operated by the City | |
| The Green Center | East Central | website, arts and environmental education organization, located in Kaufman Park | ||
| Gorman Discovery Center | Jackson | West Central | website, operated by the Missouri Department of Conservation in 37-acre Kauffman Legacy Park | |
| Kemper Outdoor Education Center | Blue Springs | Jackson | West Central | website, operated by the County in the 7,809-acre Fleming Park |
| West Central | 3,934 acres, visitor center exhibits, nature programs | |||
| Lakeside Nature Center | Kansas City | Jackson | West Central | website, operated by Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation Department, located in 1,800-acre Swope Park, also performs wildlife rehabilitation |
| Lewis & Clark Boathouse and Nature Center | St. Charles | East Central | website, includes exhibits relating to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Native American displays and the Missouri River ecosystem | |
| Martha LaFite Thompson Nature Sanctuary | Northwest | website, 53 acres, adjacent to the state-owned 40-acre Rush Creek Conservation Area | ||
| Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center | East Central | |||
| Prairie Oak Nature Center | Southwest | website, operated by the City in 115-acre Ironwoods Park, exhibits, live native animals | ||
| Remington Nature Center of St. Joseph | Northwest | website, operated by the City, natural, Native American and cultural history of Northwest Missouri | ||
| Southwest | 4,093 acres, Ozark Chinquapin Nature Center open seasonally | |||
| East Central | 1,843-acre state forest and wildlife conservation area, Conservation Education Center | |||
| Runge Conservation Nature Center | website, 107 acres, operated by the Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri habitat exhibits and displays, barn and farm exhibits, aquarium, cave exhibit | |||
| Southeast | 5,323 acres, seasonal programs in the nature/visitor center building | |||
| Kansas City | Jackson | West Central | Science museum, includes nature center with live animals | |
| East Central | 2,400 acres, run by the Missouri Botanical Garden as an extension | |||
| Springfield Conservation Nature Center | Southwest | website, 80 acres, operated by the Missouri Department of Conservation | ||
| Twin Pines Conservation Education Center | South Central | website, 462 acres, operated by the Missouri Department of Conservation | ||
| St. Charles | St. Charles | East Central | website, operated by the U.S. Department of Energy, history and clean-up of the Weldon Spring Ordnance Works, 150-acre seeded prairie | |
| Southwest | 27 acres, partnership project of Audubon Missouri, the City of Joplin and the Missouri Department of Conservation | |||
| East Central | website, 305 acres, sanctuary for birds of prey, nature center, seasonal shows, nature trails, educational programs and picnic pavilions | |||