
Gateway Arch Visitor Center
About Gateway Arch Visitor Center
The Gateway Arch Visitor Center, located directly under the Gateway Arch, is the central location for the journey to the top, the Arch Museum, the film Monument to the Dream, the Arch Store and the Arch cafe. Enter the Visitor Center from Smith Square to the west of the Arch directly across from the Old Courthouse. The North and South legs of the Gateway Arch are exit only from the visitor center and museum.
Park Passport stamps are available here.
Adapted from National Park Service.
- Opened
- 1967
Photos of Gateway Arch Visitor Center
01Saint LouisG1B71 · CC0
02Inside Gateway Arch Visitor CenterMatthew Hoelscher · CC BY-SA 2.0
03Gateway Arch visitors centerMatthew Hoelscher · CC BY-SA 2.0
04Luther Ely Smith Square looking towards the west entrance to the visitor center. (bd929838---a807-1907eb85364a)NPS Photo · Public domain
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Nearby museums
Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within a mile of Gateway Arch Visitor Center; the closest, Contemporary Art Gallery, is about a mile away.


