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Welcome to CITY MUSEUM, where the imagination runs wild!
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!
"CITY MUSEUM makes you want to know," says Cassilly.
"The point is not to learn every fact, but to say, 'Wow, that's
wonderful.' And if it's wonderful, it's worth preserving." |
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