City Museum

Saturday night was a fun filled night at the City Museum. When Explore St. Louis sent me my itinerary, honestly I was thrown back thinking, "how much fun is my daughter that just turned three a couple of weeks ago and my son that will be 5 in Oct going to have at a City Museum?" OMG, this was the most amazing place I & Seth (hubby) have ever been. Seriously every ones "jaws" were dropped the whole time we were there and still at this very moment I'm in awe! Words can not express the phenomenon of this place!

Housed in the 600,000 square-foot former International Shoe Company, the museum is an eclectic mixture of children's playground, funhouse, surrealistic pavilion, and architectural marvel made out of unique, found objects. The brainchild of internationally acclaimed artist Bob Cassilly, a classically trained sculptor and serial entrepreneur, the museum opened for visitors in 1997 to the riotous approval of young and old alike.

Cassilly and his longtime crew of 20 artisans have constructed the museum from the very stuff of the city; and, as a result, it has urban roots deeper than any other institutions'. Reaching no farther than municipal borders for its reclaimed building materials, CITY MUSEUM boasts features such as old chimneys, salvaged bridges, construction cranes, miles of tile, and even two abandoned planes!

All these pictures are of obstacles that you climb through, the ones inside with bone structures of teeth are tunnels and caves in the dark and the other one outside is like 9 story's high and it has multiple slides to go from one level to the other etc. Amazing!

Hours:

Wed & Thur 9a-5p

Fri & Sat 9a-1am

Sun 11a-5p

Admission: 3 and up $12

Thank You Thank You Thank You Explore St. Louis!

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