City Nights: Costume Ball

The weather outside sure is frightful, so let's help make our local community more delightful! We will be collecting food donations for St. Louis Area Foodbank this holiday season, as…

Kick off your Weirdly Wonderful Holidays adventure with the most important meal of the day and the most important couple of the season, Santa and Mrs. Claus! At 8:30am, follow…

Say goodbye to 2025, and send the year off right! Step into a world of wonder and excitement as we ring in 2026 at our family-friendly New Year's Eve Party!…

Bill Christman, founder of Beatnik Bob's, was a close friend of Bob and Gail Cassilly and has had a lasting impression on City Museum. The area dubbed "Museum of Mirth, Mystery and Mayhem," which includes Beatnik Bob's, was established when City Museum opened in 1997. It has hosted a myriad of exhibits, including the now…

Exhibit Dates Friday, Jan. 30 – Sunday, Mar 1, 2026 Opening Reception Friday, Jan. 30 from 5pm–9pm “Blessed by the Ancestors” is a captivating art exhibit that celebrates the rich…

If there's anything we have a lot of at City Museum, it's junk. But to Indiana-based sculptor, puppet maker, and reclaimed material artist Kevin Titzer, it's an exciting opportunity. He specializes in taking piles of what anyone else might consider trash, scavenging pieces of usable parts, and turns them into faces, figures, and other massive…

Love is in the air! Meet your new best friend at our Puppy Love adoption event in partnership with Stray Rescue of St. Louis. Whether you're looking to add a…

Spring Break at City Museum is an unforgettable experience for visitors of all ages! Our one-of-a-kind, interactive museum combines art, architecture, and play, offering endless opportunities for exploration. Kids and adults alike can climb through tunnels, slide down giant sculptures, and discover hidden passageways around every corner. City Museum provides a perfect blend of fun…

Around and around we go... the City Museum crew has been working around the clock to install a "new" ride on the 3rd Floor — an Antique Children's Carousel! This (new to us) 1920s-era Herschell "Children's Delight" was originally refurbished and restored in 1988 by the late Master Carver Carlos Sardina, who spent decades reanimating…

Exhibit Dates Friday, March 13 – Sunday, May 31 Opening Reception Friday, March 13 from 5pm–9pm Robots are experiencing a Renaissance! They're approaching autonomy by reading up on existentialism and pondering the cosmos over a cocktail in Beatnik Bobs. These particular, peculiar robots are built with everyday objects by St. Louis artists Bill Christman and…