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“City Museum Back to School Supply Drive”
FOX2 — It’s time to stuff the School Bus (on the Rooftop?!) with school supplies for Kidsmart at City Museum
“How an old East St. Louis church helped build City Museum”
FOX2 — “The castle’s going to come up and you’re gonna be able to walk out at the end the airplane into the top of the castle roof, or you…
“Tim’s Travels: City Museum’s Labyrinth exhibit”
FOX2 – Tim Ezell traveled to the City Museum to visit the museum’s new exhibit, Labyrinth, which is set to open on July 4. While at the museum, Ezell had…
Chicago Mag by Whet Moser: “St. Louis’s Wondrous City Museum”
This weekend I went to St. Louis to experience two family-friendly temples of merriment. The first was Busch Stadium. The other was the City Museum. The name makes it sound…
Muleskinner Staff: “City Museum Still Dazzles Amid Somber Anniversary”
Fifteen years ago, City Museum debuted to big crowds dazzled by its magical mishmash of architectural relics, pop culture ephemera, carved critters and secret passageways. But another anniversary looms large…
Bob Cassilly, Playscape Creator Fueled by Whimsy, Dies
The epiphany for Bob Cassilly came when he was building an underground city in the dirt beneath the porch of his family home…
Spirit Magazine: “Adventure in St. Louis”
In 1995, artist Bob Cassilly set out to create an all-ages funhouse by showcasing quirky objects he found around the city. The result: eclectic City Museum. You’ll know it by…
KC Parent by Kristina Light: “City Museum in St. Louis: A One of a Kind Experience”
On our recent trip to St. Louis, the City Museum was our first stop. We had such an incredible time, my daughters were begging to return every day… even if…
Columbia Daily Tribune by Bailey Reutzel: “City Museum Not Just for Kids”
Intertwining tree branches, dark damp caves and a metal jungle of scrap parts, including a school bus and two airplanes, take shape at St. Louis’ City Museum to create a…
Artnet.com by by Walter Robinson: “Spirit of St. Louis”
A recent trip to St. Louis to talk to a group of students about the “alternative art movement” — I modestly cast myself as an emblematic figure in the transition…
The International Design Magazine: “MO Town Artist”
Bob Cassilly built St. Louis’s City Museum from the very stuff of the city. Named for maximum generic effect, the museum is privately owned (half by Cassilly, who serves as…