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Mosaic artist of City Museum, Venice Café passes
FOX2 — At Venice Café in Benton Park, the work of mosaic artist Sharon von Senden is everywhere, from the floor to the ceiling. Von Senden died Sunday at the…
A work of art: Sharon Von Senden, woman behind City Museum’s mesmerizing mosaics, dies at 83
KSDK — Sharon Von Senden, the self-taught mosaicist behind the expansive and intricate mosaics at St. Louis’ City Museum, has died. She was 83. “She wanted to spread beauty and…
Smashing Pumpkins at City Museum
KSDK — Visitors could bring their jack-o-lanterns and leftover gourds and fling them from the 10th-floor balcony. Prizes were given to those closest to the target.
“City Museum to be one of many attractions in on the Savannah Banana’s game at Busch Stadium”
Show Me St. Louis — Several St. Louis attractions are getting in on the banana action with fun festivities. Including a world-record attempt.
City Museum – A Unique St. Louis Experience
All Around STL — A Strange, Creepy, Delightful Museum. Made for older kids and kids at heart.
“Where to Play, Eat, and Stay in St. Louis”
Matador Network — The City Museum was hands down one of my favorite experiences in St. Louis. A place to embrace your inner child, the indoor-outdoor museum is a self-described…
“The 51 Best Museums in the United States”
Condé Nast Traveler — For those who prefer wandering to chasing landmarks, City Museum, a quirky, multi-faceted collection of objects and installations housed in a rehabilitated shoe warehouse, is famously…
A look at St. Louis’ inspiring arts scene
St. Louis Magazine — In 1997, the late sculptor Bob Cassilly transformed the former International Shoe Factory into a fevered dreamscape of nooks, crannies, giant slides, a rooftop Ferris wheel,…
“World’s Longest Shoelace, world record set in St. Louis, Missouri”
World Record Academy — The Shoelace Factory and City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, worked together to make a shoelace measuring 2,729 feet (831.91 m) long — more…
The 15 Best Museums in the U.S. You Had No Idea Existed
Thrillist — It’s hard to categorize this St. Louis gem, housed in an old shoe factory. It’s part playground, part architectural junkyard. Oh, and there’s a ferris wheel, too.
“Fnnch decorates the City Museum with Honey Bear murals”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch — Anonymous artist Fnnch, based in San Francisco but from Kirkwood, wandered the floors of the City Museum to put up 10 different Honey Bear murals for…