Specialty Museums Including Children's Museums
Gateway Arch11 North 4th Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63102
314-655-1700 or 314-231-5474
http://www.nps.gov/jeff/The 630-foot Arch is the nation's tallest manmade monument. They offer teacher workshops, traveling trunks, video loan program, Westward Museum tour, and movies.
Laclede's Landing Wax Museum 720 N. 2nd Street
St. Louis, MO 63102
314-241-1155
Wax figure museum.
Miniature Museum of Greater St. Louis 4746 Gravois Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63116
314-832-7790
http://www.miniaturemuseum.org/Dollhouse museum.
Vaughan Cultural Center
3701 Grandel Square
St. Louis, MO 63108
314-615-363
The cultural center, housed in the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, promotes awareness of African-American history and culture through exhibits, storytelling and special programs, including art classes and poetry readings.
Children's Museums
City Museum
701 North 15th Street
St. Louis, MO 63103
314-231-2489
http://www.citymuseum.orgA warehouse of adventure for people of all ages with an enchanted forest, secret caves and passageways, a giant aquarium, a small circus, an architectural museum, a museum of oddities and plenty of slides, underground tunnels, above ground tubes, arts and crafts viewing area, glass blowing demonstrations, miniature railroad and much more.
The Magic House516 S. Kirkwood Rd.
Kirkwood, Mo 63122
314-822-8900
http://www.magichouse.com/On select Mondays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., it is reserved for home school organizations exclusively. Discounted rates available for groups over 50. Events, classes, camps, and birthday parties.
St. Louis CarouselFaust Park
Chesterfield, MO
314-537-0222
A historic, functional carousel built in the 1920’s consists of 60 hand-carved horses.