St. Louis Information

 

Affectionately referred to as The Gateway to the West, St. Louis offers visitors an exciting array of local attractions.  In fact, St. Louis offers more free, major visitor attractions than anyplace outside of the nation’s capital, including the Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis Zoo, Cahokia Mounds, Museum of Westward Expansion, St. Louis Science Center, Missouri History Museum, Anheuser-Busch Brewery, Grant’s Farm and more.  The Consortium encourages conference participants to get out and enjoy what this exciting city has to offer.  Here is just a small sampling of local attractions. 

 

General Venue Information

Family Friendly St. Louis

• Grant's Farm

• Laumeier Sculpture Park
• Magic House, St. Louis Children's Museum
• City Museum
• Missouri Botanical Garden
• Forest Park  (Map of Forest Park )
  • St. Louis Art Museum
  • St. Louis Science Center
  • St. Louis Zoo
  • Jewel Box
  • World’s Fair Pavilion
  • The Boathouse
  • The Muny
  • The Missouri History Museum
• Raging Rivers Water Park
• Six Flags Theme Park
• Other Family Attractions

Further A Field

• Scott Air Force Base Tours
• Six Flags Theme Park
• Cahokia Mounds State Park
• Wineries
• Historic St. Charles
• Mark Twain’s Hannibal, MO
• Kimmswick, MO
• French Colonial Territory

Museums

• St. Louis Art Museum
• Missouri History Museum
• Gateway Arch (Jefferson National Expansion Memorial)
• St. Louis Science Center
• Black World History Wax Museum
• Daniel Boone Home
• Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum
• City Museum
• International Bowling Museum & Hall of Fame
• Jefferson Memorial
• The Magic House, St. Louis Children's Museum
• Museum of Transportation
• Museum of Westward Expansion
• Old Courthouse

 

Performing Arts

• Center of Contemporary Arts (COCA)
• The Fox Theatre
• Grandel Theater
• The Muny
• Opera Theatre of St. Louis
• The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
• St. Louis Ballet
• St. Louis Black Repertory Company
• St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra
• Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

 

Newspapers and Magazines

• St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Riverfront Times
• St. Louis Business Journal
• St. Louis Journalism Review

 

TV Stations

• KTVI Channel 2 (FOX)
• KMOV TV Channel 4 (CBS)
• KSDK TV Channel 5 (NBC)
• KETC Channel 9 (PBS)
• KPLR TV Channel 11 (WB)
• KDNL Channel 30 (ABC)

 

Sports

• St. Louis Blues Hockey
• St. Louis Cardinals Baseball
• St. Louis Rams
• St. Louis Sports Online
• The SAVVIS Center

 

St. Louis Malls

• Crestwood Plaza
• Saint Louis Galleria
• Mid Rivers Mall
• Northwest Plaza
• Jamestown Mall
• Plaza Frontenac
• St. Louis Union Station
• West County Centre

Fun Facts

• The Gateway Arch, at 630 feet, is the nation’s tallest man-made monument.
• St. Louis was the first American city to host the Olympic Games (1904).
• Peanut butter was invented here.
• The soft drink Dr. Pepper, the ice cream cone and iced tea were invented at the 1904 World’s Fair.
• The largest collection of mosaic art in the world graces the walls and ceilings of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis in the Central West End neighborhood.
• Famous writers, T.S. Eliot, Maya Angelou, Tennessee Williams and Eugene Field were from St. Louis.
• The Missouri Botanical Gardens is among the top three botanical gardens in the world.

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Information and pictures provided by:

St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission

http://www.explorestlouis.com/

&

St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association

http://www.stlrcga.org/