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City MuseumvsMissouri Botanical Garden
City Museum and Missouri Botanical Garden are both recommended by expert reviewers. On balance, Missouri Botanical Garden ranks slightly better than City Museum. Missouri Botanical Garden comes in at 93 with positive reviews from 7 reviews such as Where, Travel + Leisure and Frommer's.
City Museum
Lonely Planet
Fodor's
Michelin Guide
Afar Magazine Afar Magazine
Where
Atlas Obscura
701 N 15th St, Saint Louis, MO 63103
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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
Fodor's "You can crawl through fish-head trees, participate in a real circus, and escape from an enchanted castle via a slide and tunnel system." 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
Missouri Botanical Garden Fodor's Lonely Planet
Travel + Leisure Michelin Guide Where Afar Magazine
Frommer's
4344 Shaw St, Saint Louis, MO 63110
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Fodor's "Highlights include a Japanese garden... an Ottoman Turkish style garden; and a 2-acre children's garden." Full review
Lonely Planet "Gardens hold a... carnivorous plant bog and Victorian-style hedge maze." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Stroll the lush grounds year-round." Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"A labor of love by wealthy merchant Henry Shaw, the 79-acre garden opened in 1859." Full review
Where "Seventy-nine acres of trees, gardens and conservatories, a must-see for any visitor, any time of year." Full review
Afar Magazine "Opened in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is tops." Full review
Frommer's "The country's oldest and one of the world's top-rated botanical gardens." Full review
