As part of our Saint Louis road trip we took in mid October the Yogi’s visited their City Museum near downtown. It is a unique fun mish mash institution. It has everything from caves to explore that finish with a wild 7 story corkscrew slide, the “Monstrocity” outside a very big jungle that soars about 30 or 40 feet in the air and incorporates two airplance fuselages and a castle tower, a small but fun aquarium, a museum of Mirth, Mystery, and Mayhem, and in interesting collection of terra cotta and stone remnants of torn down buildings.
Sweetie and SuperPizzaBoy in front of Monstrocity. (We climbed up to the airplanes.)
SPB taking off!
Here comes Sweetie climbing through the maze.
Inside the museum building SPB heading up into the caves.
Deep within the bowels of the caves you come upon this massive organ.
Here is a view of the slides. There is no elevator to the top. You climb. Quick ride down. No coffee needed the rest of the day. A girl behind me said “You can go a lot faster if you lay down on your side.” Thanks kid for letting me know what not to do.
I loved their architectural remnants from long gone buildings.
I’ve had days like this
And Bob’s Big Boy – Been a while since I’ve seen one of those. I love SPB’s smile in this one.
They have a little aquarium at City Museum. They were featuring doctor fish. Stick your hands in there for about 5 to 10 minutes and you get a great manicure. They just mob your hands and eat off the dead skin and hangnails. After the initial surprise of getting nibbled by dozens of fish it actually feels good, and it worked as advertised also.
I saved the worst for last. A video of me going down a kiddy slide at City Museum. Of course the only part of me you can see is my shoes.
I rate City Museum in Saint Louis a solid 4 out of 4 stars. Budget at least half a day. Bring some good shoes and loose fitting clothes. This a fun place for the whole family.
I dont know if i could handle that kiddie slide…it looks like it goes a lil too fast for me…
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Great pics-we are going to have to take a trip to St louie one day
Looks like a fun place! What a long cool slide.
We have enjoyed several museums in Saint Louis but have not been to the city museum. It looks like fun. The slide looks like fun but the climb up might not work for an old guy in a wheel chair. Your little zip camera takes good video.
The happy expressions on your son’s face tell the story of this fun place. It’s so nice to see a family having such a good time together. Great pictures and I love the slide.
Sunny 🙂
I’m laughing at Georgie. I was just thinking that was the SLOWEST dang slide I’ve ever seen!
Sounds like a fun place though!
What a great post and wonderful photos of an absolutely amazing museum. I got tired just reading about everything you guys did!!! Thanks for sharing.
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I absolutely love City Museum. I was in St. Louis just a few months ago during the Brewers’ Festival, and this museum was some of the best fun I had while I was there. Next time, I take the boy. So glad you all enjoyed it, too, and I love your photos of the place.
This looks like a great adventure for the grandcrew.
What a great interactive museum. I loved the shot of your son at the airplane controls. My boy has just gone to university to study aeronautical engineering, so all things aero have been big in our house.