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About City Museum

City Museum is a privately owned and operated museum in the Washington Avenue Loft District of St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Its exhibits consist largely of repurposed architectural and industrial objects, housed in the former International Shoe building. It opened in October 1997. The museum was acquired by Premier Parks LLC based in Oklahoma City in January 2019.

The City Museum has been named one of the "great public spaces" by the Project for Public Spaces. In 2025, readers of USA Today ranked it ninth on a list of the country's "Best Immersive Art Experiences" and a runner-up for "Best Children's Museum". It has also been described as "a wild, singular vision of an oddball artistic mind."

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City museum
Founded
1997

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Photos of City Museum

  1. City Museum, St. Louis01St. LouisChris857 · CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. Skate Park inside of City Museum, St.Louis USA02Skate Park inside of City Museum, St.Louis USAThe Erica Chang · CC BY 3.0
  3. Old Piano at City Museum, St.Louis USA03Old Piano at City Museum, St.Louis USAThe Erica Chang · CC BY 3.0
  4. City Museum with its ballpit, St.Louis USA04With its ballpit, St.Louis USAThe Erica Chang · CC BY 3.0
  5. City Museum, St. Louis05St. LouisJon DeJong · CC BY 2.0
  6. St. Louis City Museum (building outside)06St. Louis City Museum (building outside)Atomicdragon136 · CC BY 3.0

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Nearby museums

Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within a mile of City Museum; the closest, Campbell House Museum, is practically next door.