Rainy Day Activities in St. Louis

Enter another world at Adventures of Intrigue. The open-concept escape room offers 12 quests for a story-driven experience that begins with the turn of a page. As you find clues and solve puzzles, you’ll ignite your curiosity, activate your ingenuity and forget all about the rain.

As Barbra Streisand insists in Funny Girl, no one’s allowed to rain on your parade. So, when the weather isn’t cooperating, get a seat to The Big Show at Alamo Drafthouse where the entertainment never stops. Harnessing cutting-edge technology, it’s the biggest, boldest, purest way to see a film!

Amp Up Action Park guarantees fun at every turn. Zip around a custom-built track in the most technologically advanced indoor kart in the world and complete a heart-pounding adventure in the three-level, black light-lit laser tag arena, among other all-ages activities.

If you’re searching for sunshine, duck into the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis in the Central West End. Boasting the largest mosaic collection in the world outside Russia, its sheer scale and radiant beauty will brighten your day.

Escape into a sunny story at the St. Louis Public Library – Central Library. Occupying an entire city block, the cultural beacon offers some of the finest examples of Beaux-Arts and Neoclassical architecture in the U.S., which you can explore on a guided tour. 

City Museum has areas to play inside and out. Rainy day activities at this iconic attraction include multistory slides, enchanted caves and unexpected collections, including the world’s largest pencil and the world’s largest underwear!

Leave the storm clouds outside and join Lady Luck inside DraftKings at Casino Queen. Across the Mighty Mississippi, the casino offers a 38,000-square-foot gaming floor – plus, five distinctive restaurants where you’ll find something that tickles your taste buds. 

You won’t have to make it rain to enter the Economy Museum at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The free, interactive museum teaches visitors about scarcity, market equilibrium, global trade and the function of the Federal Reserve in unexpected and amusing ways.

Flight Club has revolutionized the traditional game of darts, bringing it into the 21st century for your amusement. The “social darts” concept combines fast-paced multiplayer games with groundbreaking tracking technology and instant scoring that doesn’t require a calculator!

Frank Lloyd Wright’s unique designs dazzle in any weather. The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park is based on an equilateral parallelogram with a complex floor plan of intersecting parallelograms, which you can explore on a guided tour of the property.

Need to appease a large group with rainy day activities in St. Louis? Game Show Battle Rooms in Chesterfield allows you to face off in epic competitions that will test your general knowledge and skills.

The idea of wandering around Green Door Art Gallery while a storm rages outside the window has great appeal. You can stay warm and cozy as you marvel at unique pieces from 36 resident artists; however, if you want a more hands-on experience, book a class!

Calling all history buffs! The Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum invites you to reminisce about the comical lack of privacy on a party line, the juvenile joy of three-way calling, the newfound freedom of cordless phones and other happy memories of telephonic communication.

Your youngsters won’t feel cooped up at this 7,000-square-foot makerspace created by The Magic House. Suitable for ages four to 14, MADE for Kids features an immersive makers workshop, artists studio, design lab and entrepreneurs marketplace for innovative play.

Rain or shine, summer or winter, Meramec Caverns remains a cool 60 degrees. Beneath the rolling hills of the Meramec Valley, the underground oasis dazzles visitors with astounding formations, including glistening stalactites, magnificent stalagmites and an ancient “wine table.”

Nestled on the wonderfully grand campus of Washington University in St. Louis, this historic teaching museum has an impressive legacy of acquiring leading contemporary art that represents major international aesthetics. Covering a variety of topics, public tours are offered on Saturdays.

Learn to appreciate the little things in life at the Miniature Museum of Greater St. Louis. Full of meticulously constructed dollhouses and room boxes, the distinctive museum spotlights historic scenes on a one-inch scale, encouraging us to understand and appreciate more with less.

Utilizing thousands of artifacts, the Missouri Civil War Museum helps preserve a visual record of America’s most defining moment in history while explaining the state’s complicated role in the conflict. If the rain stops, nearby Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery is also worth a visit.

An iconic attraction in Forest Park, the Missouri History Museum explores the storied history of St. Louis, from its founding in 1764 to the 1904 World’s Fair to the present day. Collected, a new permanent exhibit, uses countless archival objects to further the museum’s storytelling mission.

See art from a different angle. The Museum of Contemporary Religious Art showcases the various ways that contemporary artists engage with religious and spiritual dimensions, facilitating personal discovery, inspiration and creativity among visitors.

Like the local weather, the Museum of Illusions St. Louis is unpredictable. Here, nothing is as it seems, and visitors of all ages become mesmerized by perspective-changing rooms, enthralling installations and spellbinding images.

A combination children’s museum, science museum and indoor playground, Myseum has 30 unique exhibits to explore. Every visit offers something new, educational and, above all, fun for growing minds. Just remember to bring socks!

We’ll spare you the bowling puns and get straight to the point: Pin-Up Bowl is fun at any age. Located in the Delmar Loop, the intimate bowling lounge is known for its bowling memorabilia, 1940s pin-up girl collectibles and late-night eats.

Not your typical mini golf course, Puttshack features Instagram-worthy, tech-infused holes that level up the game. Upbeat tunes, global flavors and craft cocktails will prepare you to face the over-the-top challenges on the courses – think half pipes, Tetris boards and trivia questions.

Marvel at the magical nuances of Monet’s water lilies. Debate the symbolic significance of Chagall’s dreamscapes. And decipher the opaque allegories of Beckmann’s bold narratives. The Saint Louis Art Museum is one of the most captivating and vibrant rainy day activities in town.

Fun, fascinating and free, the Saint Louis Science Center specializes in “Aha!” moments. As you test the laws of physics, sneak by a life-size Tyrannosaurus rex, explore the night sky and build a replica of the Gateway Arch, you’ll connect with curiosity like never before.

Let the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House transport you to the tropics. In its conservatory, more than 60 species of tropical butterflies dance among more than 150 tropical plants for one of the most enchanting rainy day activities in St. Louis.

Hey, there’s a shark on track 36! The St. Louis Aquarium was retrofitted in a 19th-century train station, and visitors of all ages will love discovering which creatures now live along the tracks. Keep an eye out for green sea turtles, paddlefish, sea dragons and blue lobsters.

An epic adventure for preschoolers and young children, The Magic House offers hands-on interactive exhibits, where they can explore a child-size village, investigate scientific wonders, discover a new culture and take on the role of a doctor or veterinarian.

Buckle up! At Victory Raceway, the electric go-karts reach speeds up to 45 miles per hour on the indoor racetrack. There are no two-seaters – everyone drives – and kids have to be at least six years old and 50 inches tall to get behind the wheel.