Director's report -- Reconstructing a reconstruction: Altobello Melone's "Picenardi Altarpiece" -- The Missouri Murals: Studies for the state capitol decorations -- A pair of cymbals and a metalworker -- The Gazelle Mosaic: an inhabited scroll in Missouri -- A men miscellany -- Acquisitions -- Exhibitions -- Loans --Museum activities 1997 -- Museum activities 1998 -- Staff -- Docents -- Advisory committee