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“The Best Children’s Museums in the US, From San Francisco to St. Louis”
Condé Nast Traveler — These powerhouses of play don’t mess around when it comes to wooing young travelers. Believe us when we say you’ve never seen a children’s museum quite…
“Step Into a World of Whimsy at the City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri”
Only In Missouri — Have you ever worn knee pads to a museum? Probably not, but you just might want some when you visit the City Museum in St. Louis,…
“Missouri Museum Unpeels a World Record—With 309 Banana Hats”
Happy Mag — The City Museum in St. Louis made history Wednesday—by turning 309 people into walking bananas. At exactly 5:30 p.m., the crowd donned bright yellow banana hats to…
Tripsavvy by Krystin Arneson: “Multipli-City”
Bob Cassilly’s City Museum at St. Louis is Alice-in-Wonderland, down-the-rabbit-hole surreal, going against the logical patterns and enforced pauses that define the ordered grid of a city. The sound of…
Make: by Caleb Kraft: “Junk Yard + Jungle Gym: Visiting The City Museum in St. Louis Missouri”
If you gave Dr. Seuss and M.C. Escher free reign over an old shoe factory and told them to build the world’s craziest jungle gym, you’d get the City Museum…
City Museum in St. Louis Features Art You Have to Touch
It may very well be the world’s largest jungle gym. Located at 750 North 16 St. in downtown St. Louis, City Museum is not so much a museum as it is a massive playground – for kids of all ages.
KSDK Channel 5 by KSDK Staff: “Hey Heidi The Hippo High Atop Wash Ave”
It’s something you may not have ever noticed: a hippo sitting high atop Washington Avenue! But Emily Dittmer did, and she wonders about it every time she walks by.
Roadtrippers by Anna Hider: “A Museum With a Crazy Slide, Giant Ball Pit and Even a Ghost or Two”
City Museum is a museum, consisting largely of repurposed architectural and industrial objects, housed in the former International Shoe building in the Washington Avenue Loft District of St. Louis, Missouri.…
Twisted Sifter: “St. Louis’s Epic MonstroCity”
Opened in 1998, City Museum consists largely of repurposed architectural and industrial objects and is housed in the former International Shoe building in the Washington Avenue Loft District of St.…
Parents.com: “The 15 Best Children’s Museums in the U.S.”
Entering the exhibit hall of the new Exploratorium, we’re greeted by a sight that gives us all pause: two water fountains, one standard issue, the other a toilet fitted with…
Mental Floss
It’s hard to describe St. Louis’s City Museum to people who haven’t been there, but calling it a giant playground is a good place to start…