Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting marks Laumeier’s 50th anniversary by celebrating five decades of artist commissions and exhibitions. Featuring hundreds of artists and rarely seen works from Laumeier’s collection, the exhibition highlights the Park’s unique position at the intersection of public art, contemporary museum practice, and the natural world. Centering on artworks that have […]

Begin Again: Wak’a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built from natural materials Laumeier’s grounds, features ceramic hive-shaped vessels and a chemical-free teaching garden. It will serve as a multisensory space for reverence, gathering, educational […]

The High Low Gallery presents a new exhibition, Night Comfort, featuring works by St. Louis artist Jeremy Rabus, opening Friday, March 27 and running through Sunday, June 14. Night Comfort explores nostalgia through abstract paintings inspired by 1980s video imagery, including Scanimate graphics from commercials and TV intros. Colors and shapes are drawn from archived VHS tapes and […]

The National Museum of Transportation is proud to announce a special exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of historic Route 66. Titled “Roads, River, Rooms, and Reels,” the exhibit will open to the public on March 14, 2026, and will explore the stories, memories, and modes of travel that shaped America’s most iconic highway and the […]

Celebrate the strength of the human spirit and rediscover the ways we are all connected! Meditative paintings and poetry by St. Louis artist Angela L. Chostner invite viewers to journey within. This solo exhibition features vibrant acrylic paintings, poems to reflect upon, and a participatory room for self expression. Consider what happens when we choose […]

The geometric and glowing art of HYBYCOZO is coming to St. Louis this spring and summer, on display for daytime visitors of the Missouri Botanical Garden and during special illuminated evening hours throughout the spring and summer. Daytime Experience – “Patterns in Nature: The Art of HYBYCOZO” April 10–September 26 | 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (last […]

The upcoming special exhibition at the Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum explores the myriad ways that different cultures represent plants and gardens through literary media, such as herbals, novels, poems, comics, and other types of stories. Highlighting Garden collections, and using books, images, objects, and botanical specimens, The Literary Garden highlights how authors and creators […]

The 1904 World’s Fair was a fascinating yet complex event that continues to evoke a range of emotions. It was grand and shameful. It was full of fun and full of indignity. Now, 120 years after it opened in St. Louis, the 1904 World’s Fair exhibit at the Missouri History Museum will reintroduce audiences to […]

For more than 150 years, St. Louisans have entrusted the Missouri Historical Society with countless objects: photographs, diaries, home movies, clothing, books – items that future generations can turn in order to help make sense of the past. Some of these pieces mark defining moments in the region’s history such as Missouri’s pivotal role in […]

Majestic marble sculptures, vivid plaster frescoes, bronze artifacts and glass vessels chronicle life at the height of the Roman Empire in this ticketed exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum. Ancient Splendor: Roman Art in the Time of Trajan speaks to the enduring power of art as a political and social tool, showcasing how Emperor […]

This free exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum presents exceptional weavings by Aymara artists alongside related works from the Central Andes. Dating primarily to the 18th and 19th centuries, these skirts, mantles and ponchos demonstrate how artists in Bolivia maintained and reinvented ancient artistic practices to express Indigenous identities during the colonial era. While […]

Peruvian sculptor Blas Isasi creates sculptures in a wide range of materials and colors informed by ancient Andean cosmology and the landscape of the Peruvian desert. This free exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum focuses on the violent meeting between two radically different world views – those of the Indigenous Andeans and those of […]

Visions of Antiquity explores the power and persistence of Greek and Roman antiquity in art at the Saint Louis Art Museum, with works ranging from 1500 to the present. Organized into three broad sections – “Knowledge and Order,” “Triumph and Tragedy” and “Remnants and Ruins” – the free exhibition takes a thematic approach to the […]

From its origin at the turn of the 20th century to its destruction in 1959 in the name of urban renewal, Mill Creek Valley was a center for Black life in St. Louis. With a population of nearly 20,000 people and more than 5,000 buildings, Mill Creek was a city within a city, noted for […]

America’s best urban park turns 150 years young in 2026. Over the course of the last century and a half, Forest Park has hosted pivotal moments in St. Louis history: the 1904 World’s Fair, Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 speech to more than 100,000 people following his historic flight across the Atlantic, and even a surprise Janis […]

If you’ve been to Third Degree within the past year, you’ve most likely seen studio director Cole Harmon in the hot shop doin’ his thing — which could mean blowing glass, narrating a demo, leading a team building, fixing equipment, or sprucing up the joint. Titled Happy-Go-Lucky/Devil-May-Care, his upcoming exhibition May 7-June 26 will feature […]

“Game Plan” taps into what makes Saint Louis unique: a place where world-class chess and deep-rooted sports culture intersect. Spanning all three galleries and running through Spring 2027, the exhibition explores how strategy, discipline, and competitive spirit connect the mental game of chess with the physical world of sport. Curated by Shannon Bailey and Emily […]

Opening Reception | Friday, April 17, 2026 | 6:30-8 pm Opening Reception: April 17, 2026 | 6:30-8 pm Clearly Human VI, an all-media group exhibition of artwork focused on the human figure. Clearly Human VI gives a comprehensive look at the many ways of representing the human figure, from traditional to contemporary, realistic to fanciful, […]

Robots are being spotted at City Museum just in time for the VEX Robotics World Championship being held April 21-30 at the America’s Center convention complex in St. Louis. These particular, peculiar robots are built with everyday objects by St. Louis artists Bill Christman and Dave Rudis. Guests can visit the Robot Renaissance exhibit at the […]

Start your morning with a soulful escape at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center’s Coffee Concert Series. Step into the intimate, relaxed atmosphere of the Strauss Black Box Theatre on Tuesday, May 19, where the coffee is endless and the music is world-class. It’s the perfect mid-morning pick-me-up for anyone who appreciates great tunes in a […]