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Millennium Hotel restaurant’s rotation gears donated to City Museum

Spectrum News — The Gateway Arch Park Foundation donated the gears that turned the Millennium Hotel’s roof top restaurant to the St. Louis City Museum. Staff are brainstorming plans for how the gear mechanism will be used for the enjoyment of visitors and hope to unveil that early next year.

How St. Louis are you? We tackled bucket-list experiences we’d never tried

St. Louis Post-Dispatch — As anyone who's been there can tell you, City Museum is almost impossible to take in all at once. There's an endless cave system, a giant whale sculpture, slides that wind through multiple stories of the former factory Bob Cassilly transformed using repurposed industrial and architectural treasures.

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 Place to Call Home: Antrell

KSDK — In this week’s A Place to Call Home, Antrell had a blast exploring the mazes and tunnels of the City Museum.

How to design the perfect playground

Financial Times — Artist Bob Cassilly’s incredible playground made from salvaged bits of construction equipment at a vast former shoe factory in St Louis for the City Museum is, I think, a work of genius, as engaging as any contemporary artwork and bringing far more pleasure.

“Goo Goo Dolls head to St. Louis for a night of nostalgia and new music”

St. Louis Magazine — Goo Goo Dolls cofounder Robby Takac is somewhat smitten with the architectural playground known as City Museum. “I will literally run in there for 45 minutes whenever I can. I brought my daughter there when she was really small, and I have really wanted to bring her back ever since because, well, she was really small the last time I took her there. I’ve been there probably five or six times. I love it.”

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 can go out this balcony or out through the door and there will be different walkways,” Cassilly told Pertzborn during the construction.

“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 the opportunity to speak with City Museum Historian Maria Cassilly.

Roaming St. Louis: Find your way inside City Museum’s Labyrinth

KMOX – In this week’s Roaming St. Louis segment, KMOX host Scott Jagow visits a new installation at the City Museum – a maze called Labyrinth. From Twinkie pans to turbocharges and bridge parts, it’s made from some pretty cool stuff.

“City Museum unveils ‘Labyrinth’ exhibit, the largest since 2018”

Show Me St. Louis (KSDK) — The City Museum invites everyone to explore its largest exhibit, Labyrinth, featuring interactive paths and historic artifacts.