Saint Louis Art Museum

Forest Park, St. Louis

Address: 1 Fine Arts Dr, St. Louis, MO 63110

Wikipedia entry

“St. Louis has a cultural identity problem — not because the culture is weak, but because the city is congenitally modest about what it has built. The Saint Louis Art Museum is a genuine world-class institution with a permanent collection that rivals any museum in the country, and it is free every day of the year. The Grand Center Arts District puts opera, symphony, jazz, and emerging contemporary work in walking distance of each other. The music venues here — from the intimate Duck Room at Blueberry Hill to the mid-size glory of The Pageant — have hosted more historically significant performan”

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