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Enchanted Caves |
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MonstroCity |
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 Painted in mystery and textured with intrigue, the Enchanted Caves at CITY MUSEUM offer explorers of all ages an opportunity to walk, climb and crawl through the mind of a master artist. Built within a historic shoe factory's spiral conveyor tunnel system, the caves emanate from deep within the heart of CITY MUSEUM.
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 What happens when
you mix two Saber
40 aircraft fuselages,
a fire engine, a castle
turret, a 25' tall
cupola and several 4'
wide wrought-iron slinkies, and the creativity of CITY MUSEUM Creative Director Bob Cassilly and his
crew? The result is MonstroCity, the most
monumental, monolithic, monstrous montage of
monkey bars in the world.
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World Aquarium |
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Toddler Town |
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 World Aquarium is CITY MUSEUM’s second-floor, 13,500 square ft. aquatic waterworld. Get up-close and personal with more than 10,000 creatures. Join sharks, stingrays, and seahorses in an underwater adventure only at CITY MUSEUM.
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 Growing almost as quickly as its visitors, Toddler Town's recent expansion gives City Museum's youngest friends more room to explore. The shorter set can climb through pint-sized tunnels, bounce in the only indoor ball pit, or slide, crawl, and stack to their little hearts' content.
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Art City |
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Museum of Mirth, Mystery, and
Mayhem |
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 Create your own
work of art or watch
professional artists
demonstrate their
craft! Art City
features an ever-
changing array of artists, painters, potters and
sculptors at work. The Glass Studio demonstrates
turning molten glass into unique sculpture forms
and a variety of techniques, including glassblowing,
hot glass sand-casting, etching, cutting, blasting
and polishing.
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 Beatnik Bob's, a
bohemian hangout
with The Museum of
Mirth, Mystery and
Mayhem where artist
Bill Christman
conveys the innocence, tawdry charms and
cheesiness of the carnival midway and eccentric
roadside attractions. Don't miss the Elvis Channeler,
the Corn Dogs Through the Ages exhibit and the
world's largest pair of men's briefs.
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Tiny Train Town Model Railroad |
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Circus Day |
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 For the train fanatic
in your family,
explore the wonder
of this exceptionally
detailed miniature
train display. The
detail and care put into this elaborate exhibit
delights the hearts of young and old.
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 Circus Day
offers inspiring,
interactive circus
entertain-ment,
memory-invoking circus food,
fun, fabulous parties
and exciting, educational circus classes.
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Renovated Architecture |
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Vintage Opera Posters |
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 We know--traditional museums can be so stodgy. That's why we're constantly revamping City Museum's museum-in-a-museum. Keep stopping in to check out curator Bruce Gerrie's ever-expanding collection of architectural relics and the new permanent exhibit, "Elmslie and Sullivan", featuring original pieces by two of the most important American architects.
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 From the collection
of John Frank Lesser,
these posters range
from an 1845 Russian
announcement for a
performance of
Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia to the 2003 season
poster for Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Many posters
were created for world premieres or for early
performances of operas by Puccini or Massenet.
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Wurlitzer Pipe Organ |
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Baby Bob Ball Pit |
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 This 1924 Wurlitzer Pipe Organ once played in the Rivoli Theater in New York City. Thanks to a team of dedicated movers and restorers, it's sonorous tunes now form a chorus with the CITY MUSEUM concerto of excited squeals, peals of laughter, and gasps of amazement.
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 The Baby Bob Ball Pit is for our
more relaxed visitors. If the Big Ball Pit is too rambunctious
for your taste, hop over to the kinder, gentler ball pit
next door. Swim through thousands of rubber balls just
like when you were a kid.
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Shoelace Factory |
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The Glass Studio |
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 Check out City Museum's collection of vintage (working) shoelace machines from the St. Louis-based Alox Manufacturing Company. Some of the machines now in service were last used to make bootstraps for US soldiers during WW2. Today, they weave brightly-colored laces for lanyards, flashlight holders, and (of course) shoes. Check out the gift shop and bring home a piece of history.
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 Hidden between the globs of glitter in Art City and the swings and slides in the Skateless Park stands CITY MUSEUM’s own Glass Studio. Glass blowers— aspiring or experienced—can practice this ancient art under the instruction of world-renowned gaffer Gregory Kremer. Whether you want to browse the glass-blown gifts, witness the molten wonders, or enroll in a lesson for yourself, it's worth a peek into this fragile world.
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Museum Gift Shop |
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 The Museum Shop offers a truly CITY MUSEUM shopping experience. Whether you’re looking for a pair of elegant, handmade earrings, a cheeky knickknack, or a special souvenir to commemorate your CITY MUSEUM visit, there’s bound to be something you can’t live without.
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 Scurry through a treehouse, squirm though an underground tunnel, or stroll through the belly of a whale. Come face-to-face with real and imagined wildlife. The Enchanted Forest is an oceanic fantasyland that can only be found at CITY MUSEUM
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