Experts' Choice Award City Museum
What the experts agree on
This vast converted shoe factory blends art, architecture, and playful chaos—crawl through sculptures, slide through tunnels, and explore four floors of reclaimed treasures that blur the line between museum and interactive playground.
“You can crawl through fish-head trees, participate in a real circus, and escape from an enchanted castle via a slide and tunnel system.”
– Fodor's
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Possibly the wildest highlight to any visit to St Louis is this frivolous, frilly fun house in a vast old shoe factory." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"Mixing magic with the mundane, City Museum combines ordinary objects into a creative brew of art and ideas." Full review
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Don't miss the kitschy delights in the Museum of Mirth, Mystery, and Mayhem on the third floor.
Afar Magazine "It is a combination of random museum exhibits and a giant metal playground.Outside of the city museum is a giant metal playground park. It goes about 5 stories high at some points." Full review
Afar Magazine "The City Museum is a funhouse for young and old, displaying reclaimed articles in a 600,000 sq." Full review
Where "Four floors of wildly eclectic experiences and a rooftop theme park, one of the most memorable places in St. Louis." Full review
Atlas Obscura "Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers. " Full review
National Geographic
