![]() ![]() ![]() *Consider a stroller or baby carrier if infants/toddlers are coming but know the stroller will mainly be used for nap time or resting – not to be used while exploring. (although the food price is extremely reasonable in the museum!) *Bring $$ for food & drinks – you can NOT bring food from outside in. *Bring your camera, but consider that it will be difficult to crawl and slide around with it if it’s bulky like a DSLR. *MUST FOR KIDS – Write your phone number on your child’s wristband in case they get lost! Missouri Caves in History and Legend (Missouri Heritage Readers 1). Parking is available literally right in front of the museum. We did bring our stroller in for our 16 month which helped with the long day but it was tight. There IS food and seating inside the museum as well as bag check and an elevator which allows access to only some of the museum (since much of it must be climbed!). The building is meant to be climbed on, in and through.Įxplored. There are (almost) no rules except for a few safety height requirements. Just look at SOME of the playground outside! It is no easy feat to walk through there if you’re terrified of heights like I am! It IS, however, the PERFECT place for my daredevil boys! Safety with the feeling of terror. The City Museum is like a living breathing work of art.Īn old shoe factory originally- it is evolving constantly with new additions. Co., 2004.OK now that we’ve gotten the incredulous 10 story slide out of the way let’s talk about the rest of the museum and my tips on how to survive the City Museum St. Adventures Underground in the Caves of Missouri. Thank you for coming along with me as we unearthed the answers to our question, "Is there an unknown underground of St. I have added a tour of one for you to have the same adventurous enlightening experience that I did below. There are scientific groups of people that still do cave exploration here beneath our city streets. Look at the small statuesque formations in the background. He is a cave explorer from his helmet fitted with a lamp to his attire. There is a large formation in the front left center of the picture in contrast to the man in mass and height. (Left) The raw beauty of tans and browns of stalactite's and stalagmites are everywhere. It appears cool in here and you can taste air clean in this cave picture. There are beautiful caverns in the south side of the city and county still. ![]() What I found out today, when you research even further, you find that there are natural rock formations remaining that were not destroyed or filled in to allow for the cities highway expansion. Turn west on Cherokee one block and then right onto Demenil Place. I 55 to Broadway, follow that to Cherokee Street. This was done for using the land for interstate I-55. Beneath the area of Broadway and I-55 in south St. What truly saddens me is the fact that in 1961 the city bought the land that was the entrance to Cherokee Caves, destroyed most of what was left, and filled it in. (left-has crystals forming shapes like spaghetti drying) (seen on the postcard to the left) Some of the other highlights of the cave tour were the Black Dahlia (a spring falling and forming a stalactite) and The Spaghetti Room. Bones from a peccary (wild boar) were found that are dated before the last ice age and were a huge attraction to visitors. Thought to be the only cave to store such a volume of prehistoric bones anywhere. In the Cherokee caves she says, more than three thousand prehistoric animal bones have been unearthed. (Powell, 1953) Powell helps fill us in on some of the history of what's below. In the library I discovered Adventures Underground in the Caves of Missouri. Before there was Anheuser Busch, there was the Lemp Brewery, established in 1840 and built on top of the Cherokee Cave System. In 1945 the property above the cave system was bought and a museum building was erected with the entrance to Cherokee Cave below it. Of the city’s 37 caves, 24 have been associated with early breweries, Williams said, citing Joe Light of the caving group Meramec Valley Grotto. Once a booming museum tour exhibit and now a distant memory, the Cherokee cave is still a big part of the history of St. I was pleasantly surprised to learn of Cherokee Cave. I expected to find only concrete, wires and pipes and sewers on our fact finding journey. ![]()
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