City Focus: St. Louis
With a rich history, the Gateway City is always an excellent choice to visit for varioussized groups, and it also is one of the most affordable vacation spots around. Depending on your mood, St. Louis has something for everyone, whether your group wants to visit the city’s beautiful botanical garden, its plethora of educational exhibits spread throughout the city or if you just want to attend one of several sporting events or spend some time at a casino.
If you haven’t been to the Missouri Botanical Garden within the last year, then you’re in for a treat. Several new gardens have been added including the Ottoman Garden with its exotic plants, fountains and garden artifacts initially from Turkey.
There also is the George Washington Carver Garden that is dedicated to the “plant doctor;” included in the garden is a memorial statue of him, native plantings and an educational laboratory for the youth.
Finally, visit the Victorian country home of garden founder Henry Shaw, the Tower Grove House, which has been reopened after the installation of a new exhibit on life at the garden in the 19th century.
At the Missouri History Museum there is a new exhibit for visitors to see. Katherine Dunham: Beyond the Dance, which commemorates one of the great innovators of dance in the 20th century, opened in November. The exhibit sends guests on an interactive and historical experience through objects, costumes, stage settings, recorded media and live performance spaces. The museum also hosts several concerts every week on “Twilight Tuesdays.” These concerts are reminiscent of many of the concerts in the late ’60s and early ’70s.
The Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM) has a couple of key exhibits open to the public in 2008. The first is an exhibition of 50 quilts from the Winterthur collection. The quilts were made between 1760s to the 1850s and are not only beautiful but tell the story of America through fashion, social history, politics and international trade. This exhibit will run from March 2-May 26.
SLAM’s next exhibit is devoted to the documentary and portrait photos of Gordon Parks, a photographer who delved into such topics as race, poverty The Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM) has a couple of key exhibits open to the public in 2008. The first is an exhibition of 50 quilts from the Winterthur collection.
By Simon Mounsey
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