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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…

10 best immersive art experiences in the US to visit in 2024

USA TODAY 10Best 2024 – No. 4: City Museum – St. Louis, Missouri. City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri, is home to a 10-story spiral slide, the world’s largest jungle gym, and a rooftop garden that offers amazing city views. Some 20 artists created the large-scale features of this interactive museum well before the term ‘immersive art’ became a thing

“Explore, play, and discover: 10 best children’s museums in the US”

USA TODAY 10Best 2024 – No. 9: City Museum – St. Louis, Missouri. Housed in the 600,000-square-foot former warehouse of the International Shoe Company, the City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri, has a bit of everything — the world’s largest jungle gym, a 10-story spiral slide, and a rooftop garden with stellar views of the city.

St. Louis Is the Burgeoning Midwestern Destination You Need to Visit This Year

Thrillist by Meredith Hall — No millennial can forget the power Nelly held when he sang “I’m from the Lou and I’m proud” in the 2000 banger “Country Grammar.” Today, “the Lou,” is giving Chicago, its big-city neighbor to the north, a run for its money with its booming culinary scene, warmer weather, green space, and thriving arts community. 

A-List 2023: Readers’ Choice Awards

St. Louis Magazine A-List Readers’ Choice Awards 2023 — Museum (Non-Art) Winner — City Museum: The whimsical destination is a museum unlike any other: An airplane is suspended in metal tubing out front, and a school bus hangs from its roof. But just wait until you step inside. Dreamed up by the late Bob Cassilly, the museum feels like an overactive imagination come to life—in the best way.

Step into a new world with these 10 immersive art experiences

Enjoying art doesn’t have to mean gazing at paintings on a wall. These 10 interactive art spaces, voted as the best in the U.S. by our readers, offer multisensory experiences that are meant to immerse you within the art itself.

Swashbuckle! at Circus Harmony

HEC Happening Now – Circus Harmony returns with their annual full length show since lockdown! This year, the circus presents Swashbuckle! An exciting performance that follows a pirate queen, a sea witch, and a real parrot.

“Fun Things to do Around St. Louis”

Travel Mag by Paul Joseph – St. Louis is one of the most bustling of Missouri’s major cities, pulsating with cultural and creative energy and home to tons of fun things to see and do.

City Museum in the Running for Best Children’s Museum

KSDK Channel 5 by Ashley Cole – The City Museum and Magic House are both in the running for the top spot on USA Today’s ‘10Best.’ Both spots are definitely must-see attractions for visitors young and old when you’re in St. Louis.