The City Museum exhibits repurposed architectural and industrial objects that can be explored entertainingly. It opened in 1997, and it represents space of artistic expression with industrial exhibits that provide an eclectic urban experience.
The museum’s “MonstroCity” features two Sabreliner aircraft fuselages suspended high in the air, a fire engine, a castle turret, a 25-foot (7.6 m) cupola, and four-foot-wide Slinkies.
A giant whale dominates the lobby, which leads to a series of tunnels with different destinations. The second floor’s many attractions include a space with about 1,000 safety deposit boxes and many other industrial objects and architectural features.
The third floor is home to several attractions, which include a collection of skateboard ramps. The roof has a Ferris wheel, a small pond with stepping stones, and a school bus extending past the edge of the building.
A circus ring and other performance areas offer live acts, and the museum has also hosted concerts. The Shoelace Factory has antique braiding machines that make colorful shoelaces.
The building’s fifth floor consists of apartments, called the Lofts at City Museum.
City Museum – rooftop pond with stepping stones, and a school bus extending past the edge of the building
Highlights of the City Museum
- A life-size Bowhead Whale – guests can walk through to view a large fish tank
- A giant Slinky – which was an old industrial refrigerating coil, which can be climbed
- A Tree House which leads into a giant hollowed-out tree and a cabin
- The largest continuous mosaic in the US
- The Enchanted Caves and Shoe Shafts that run through the center of the museum
- The Vault Room – contains two 3,000-pound vault doors built in mid-19th-century St. Louis and installed at a bank in Chicago
- The Hamster Wheel – a piece of machinery which used it to make fuselages for small airplanes
- The St. George’s Chamber – with vintage opera posters and a statue of St. George from the former Catholic Church in Chicago
- A 24-foot metal praying mantis
- Toddler Town – dedicated to children six years of age and under
- Architectural Hall
The world’s largest pencil, 76 feet in length, it includes 4,000 pounds of graphite and a 250-pound rubber eraser, equivalent of 1.9 million regular No. 2 pencils
City Museum
- Museum: City Museum
- City: St. Louis
- Country: United States
- State: Missouri
- Opened: 1997
- Location: 750 N 16th St, St. Louis, MO, United States
City Museum – Map
City Museum – 360 Virtual Views
City Museum – 360 Virtual Views
City Museum – 360 Virtual Views
City Museum – 360 Virtual Views
City Museum – 360 Virtual Views
City Museum – 360 Virtual Views
City Museum – 360 Virtual Views
City Museum – 360 Virtual Views
A Tour of Museums in the USA
- Museums in New York
- Museums in Washington, D.C.
- Museums in Boston
- Museums in Los Angeles
- Museums in San Francisco
- Museums in Chicago
- Museums in Cleveland
- Museums in Philadelphia
- Museums in Wilmington
- Museums in Houston
- Museums in Honolulu
- Museums in Columbus
- Museums in New Haven
- Museums in Baltimore
- Museums in Massachusetts
- Museums in Buffalo, New York
- Museums in Fort Worth, Texas
- Museums in Detroit
- Museums in St. Louis
- American Proverbs and Quotes
City Museum
City Museum
City Museum
City Museum
Tour of the Museums in St. Louis
- Saint Louis Art Museum
- Missouri History Museum
- City Museum
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“Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don’t take anything too seriously.”
– David Niven
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