List of museums and cultural institutions in Greater St. Louis

Missouri History Museum

The Greater St. Louis metropolitan area has many cultural institutions and museums including:

  • The Gateway Arch and the Museum of Westward Expansion. The Museum of Westward Expansion is an underground museum beneath the Gateway Arch focusing on St. Louis' role in the expansion and settling of the United States west of the Mississippi River before and after the Louisiana Purchase.
  • The Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri History Museum, Jewel Box, Saint Louis Zoo, McDonnell Planetarium, and the Muny are all located in Forest Park, the city's premiere park.
  • The City Museum has a collection of re-purposed architectural and industrial objects constituting a multistory play-land. It also features an aquarium and a museum of historical architecture.
  • Grand Center is a historic arts and culture district that is home to the Fox Theatre, the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, and The Sheldon.
  • Cahokia Mounds is a national historic site, state historic site, and UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cahokia Mounds hosts an interpretive center with many models and artifacts related to ancient Mississippian culture.
  • Mastodon State Historic Site is home to the Kimmswick Bonebed mastodon fossil collection. There is a small museum dedicated to mastodons on site.

Museums

St. Louis Art Museum
The Gateway Arch
The Climatron
The Jewel Box
The City Museum
The Magic House
Mcdonnell Planetarium
Standard J-1 at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum
A Burlington Zephyr and a Frisco 2-10-0 on display at the Museum of Transportation
1904 World's Fair Flight Cage at the St. Louis Zoo
Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum

Art

Architecture

Botanic Conservatory

Children's

History

Science, archeology, and natural history

Sports

Transportation

Zoological

Special Interest

  • First Due Museum
  • Miniature Museum of Greater St. Louis

Festivals and fairs

Music, theater and performing arts

Powell Hall
The Fox Theatre in the Grand Center arts district
The Muny

Dance

Opera (companies)

Opera (houses)

Choruses

Symphonies

Concert Halls

Theater (companies)

Theater (houses)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Official site". Center of Creative Arts. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Official site". Foundry Art Centre. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Gallery 210". University of Missouri-St. Louis. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  4. ^ "May Gallery". Webster University. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Museum of the Dog". American Kennel Club. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
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