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Millennium Hotel’s revolving axle comes down to earth

St. Louis Magazine — More than 10 years after last powering the revolving restaurant atop the Millennium Hotel, the north tower’s 1,500-pound axle came down this week. But the hulking piece of machinery isn’t headed for the scrapyard: City Museum has agreed to give it a second life.

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.
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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.
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TheSouthern.com: “Under the Sea: The New St. Louis Aquarium is Making a Splash”

If you thought the literal and proverbial train left St. Louis Union Station decades ago, your mind may be changed by several thousand fish, a few otters and a single giant Pacific octopus.

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NPR KCUR 89.3 News Staff: “With Millions Of Dollars On The Line, Stakes Are High For Kansas City’s Art World”

A brand new public art administrator has stepped into office at Kansas City, Missouri’s City Hall — the position had been vacant for more than a year — just in time to oversee the city’s largest public-art investment in the city’s history at the new terminal under construction at Kansas City International Airport.

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Webster University Online: “Carter Leads Music for Circus Harmony”

The top-level kids from ages eight to 20 put on a full-length circus show with a live band every January.

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WLDS Radio Online by Jeremy Coumbes: “St. Louis City Museum to Hold Sensory-Friendly Day Sunday”

The museum is holding a Sensory-Friendly Day for anyone with Autism and sensory processing disorders.

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The West End Word by Julie Brown Patton: “Circus Harmony Presents Fluente: An Underseas Circus Adventure”

Like all our annual show titles, “Fluente” is a musical term, which means to play fluidly.

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KSDK Channel 5 by Ashley Cole: “City Museum Hosting Sensory-Friendly Day on 1/12”

There will be accommodations made for guests with autism and sensory processing disorders. The museum will have reduced noise and lighting along with a designated quiet area for everyone to have fun and an interactive experience.

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STL Jewish Light: “Best of Simchas Readers Poll”

Best place for a bar/bat mitzvah goes to City Museum!

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KSDK Channel 5 by Lexi Brown: “10 Things to do in St. Louis This Weekend”

The City Museum has a lot to offer for all ages! This Saturday, you can enjoy a free magic show in the glass circus with your paid admission to the City Museum. Christian the Magician will take the stage.

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