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The Creation Station is a hands-on learning environment dedicated to introducing children to all modes of transportation while focusing on developing and enriching the primary early learning skills.
This exhibit features helpful hints and tips to lead you down the eco-friendly path this season. Discover ideas for simple, eco-friendly crafts and decor, and get green gift-giving inspiration. Learn
The outdoor collection features 27 diesel or other internal combustion locomotives, 10 electrics, one gas-turbine, 45 freight cars, 31 passenger train cars, plus street, interurban and rapid transit c
Experience the color, beauty and fragrance of orchids in bloom in the middle of winter. The annual Orchid Show features a lush indoor garded of French-inspired, curvilinear design, resplendent with up
The Saint Louis Art Museum's Decorative Arts and Design collection features European and American furniture, ceramics, glass, metalwork, textiles, arms and armor, architectural elements and perio
The Museum's collection of Ancient art includes works from the Egyptian, Near Eastern and Classical civilizations. Islamic art is represented by a small but select group of ceramics, metalwork, g
Artist Marc Swanson works in diverse media, including video, sculpture, drawing, photography and installation. 'Dark Room,' made in conjunction with the esteemed musician and video editor Ne
Ceremonial textiles have long played a central role in African societies conveying wealth, status, artistry and fashion. Most are characterized by the striking combinations of colors and bold designs
This exhibit advances Shonibare's inventive investigation of African identity and European colonialism. In this visually and conceptually engaging work akin to a treasure hunt, Shonibare has plac
The collection of American art encompasses paintings and sculpture from Colonial portraiture through the modernist and abstract art of the first half of the 20th century.
The museum's collections of Pre-Columbian and American Indian art are diverse and comprehensive. The Pre-Columbian collection explores the entire artistic history of this vast region, until Europ
The museum's collection of Ancient art includes works from the Egyptian, Near Eastern and Classical civilizations. The most popular object in the collection is the mummy Amen-Nestawy-Nakht, with
The Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs includes nearly 14,000 works of art on paper. There are more than 8,500 prints, approximately 3,000 photographs, and nearly 1,500 drawings, watercol
The collection features very high quality figure sculptures of bronze, clay, wood, and brass by the Fang, Kota, Yoruba, Mende, Akan, Chokwe, Bankoni, Nok, Djenne, Pangwe, Kuba, and the Giriama peoples
The Saint Louis Art Museum is one of the nation's leading comprehensive art museums with collections that include works of art of exceptional quality from virtually every culture and time period.
The Museum's Asian collection comprises works from China, Japan, Korea and South Asia. In 1916, the museum began to collect ancient Chinese bronzes, which has formed the foundation for one of the
The Early European collection includes exceptional examples of medieval and Old Master works. Medieval art includes metalwork; architectural fragments; stone, wood and ivory sculpture; manuscript illu
Public guided tours are available on days of operation according to season and on Sundays.
This is the month that Purple Martins arrive back to the St. Louis area. After a long flight from South America, they will need insects and nesting sites. Participants will learn about these great tra
The Oceanic collection focuses on art produced by people living in the Pacific islands. These include Melanesia (New Britain, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Ireland, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu)