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Old objects.

New stories.

What is City Museum?

Housed in an old shoe factory in Downtown St. Louis, City Museum is an ever-evolving, always-thrilling, artist-built playground full of weirdly wonderful spaces to explore. From a passion project to an indoor, outdoor, underground playground that welcomes adventurous visitors from all over, we had no idea what City Museum would become when we first opened our doors.

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Progress photo of building City Museum exhibits
World's Largest Pencil being craned into City Museum window for installation
Progress photo of building City Museum's Aquarium

Who builds City Museum?

City Museum is the brainchild of internationally acclaimed and classically trained sculptors Bob and Gail Cassilly. The Cassillys and their longtime crew of artisans built the museum using all the weird and wonderful things that cities leave behind.

Today, Creative Director Rick Erwin, whose experience includes Art History and Arts Administration, leads our team of artists and certified playground engineers as they continue to build and expand our always-thrilling, ever-evolving playground. Rick has been with City Museum since 2006 and even had his first date with his wife here.

Learn more about Rick in this Explore St. Louis “Meet the Curator” article

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City Museum is made of

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Welder building City Museum exhibits
Welder welding pieces of metal in City Museum
Man spraying concrete in caves of the City Museum
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Large Praying Mantis statue being craned up onto the City Museum roof
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I made it to the top of the praying mantis.

I
got
lost.

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I made a masterpiece.

I found the giant undies.