About
The Field House Museum is a historic house highlighting the lives of Eugene Field, the famous "Children's Poet", and his father Roswell Field, attorney for Dred Scott. Docent guided tours will take visitors through the historic house where your guide will tell you more about the Field family and what life would have been like in nineteenth-century St. Louis. Afterwards, visitors are welcome to spend as much time as they like exploring the rotating exhibit spaces, Eugene Field Library, and gift shop in the museum. Please visit our website for a list of current and upcoming exhibits. The Eugene Field House & St. Louis Toy Museum was opened December 18, 1936, as the first historic house museum in St. Louis. In 2007, the home was designated a National Historic Landmark.
634 S. Broadway
St. Louis,
MO
63102
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26 Reviews | Write a ReviewReviewed By Randall L July 2025
Great museum and history of the occupants. Learn about the beginning of the civil war and the Dred and Harriet Scott case.
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Reviewed By Davigeta January 2025This museum is downtown, not far from Busch Stadium. It was the childhood home of Eugene Field, the newspaper columnist/writer of children's stories. His father represented Dred Scott in the famous...
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Reviewed By JMCSTL January 2021My wife & I had not visited the historic Field House since our kids were in grade school, so we decided to give it another look on a wintry Sunday afternoon. The young lady who led our tour was...
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Wed.-Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun., noon-4 p.m.
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26 Reviews | Write a ReviewReviewed By Randall L July 2025
Great museum and history of the occupants. Learn about the beginning of the civil war and the Dred and Harriet Scott case.
Full ReviewInteresting home and museum
Reviewed By Davigeta January 2025This museum is downtown, not far from Busch Stadium. It was the childhood home of Eugene Field, the newspaper columnist/writer of children's stories. His father represented Dred Scott in the famous...
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Reviewed By JMCSTL January 2021My wife & I had not visited the historic Field House since our kids were in grade school, so we decided to give it another look on a wintry Sunday afternoon. The young lady who led our tour was...
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