30-05-2025
Where the Wild Children's Museums Are
Hiding behind a deceptively boring name lies one of the strangest and most unique family attractions in the US — City Museum in St. Louis.
Sited in a 600,000-square-foot former shoe warehouse and built using salvaged objects like baking pans, bowling balls, and conveyor belt rollers, the museum looks more like a giant outsider art installation than a family-friendly attraction in a Midwest city. There's a real school bus hanging halfway off the roof, a decommissioned airplane atop a crane accessible only by clambering through scaffolding, and paths, tunnels and slides leading in all directions.
