Ready to book? Register online or call our Reservations Specialist, Margie Gropp, at 314-361-9017. We are currently taking reservations beginning in March.
Bus money is available to qualifying schools! Please download this form to begin the process of applying for this reimbursement.
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Bring your students to the Museum for a comprehensive, interactive experience that includes an exhibit tour and a hands-on workshop. Throughout your visit, we use object-based teaching methods proven to engage students and increase their understanding. Nearly all Gallery+Classroom Experiences are free of cost to schools and all are designed for the full range of K-12 education. Plan for 2 hours at the Museum an be sure to give us at least 2 weeks' advance registration.
- Featured Program: Movement with Meaning (Katherine Dunham)
- Featured Program: From Slave to Scholar (George Washington Carver)
- Featured Program: Gee's Geometry (The Quiltmakers of Gee's Bend)
- Thematic Tours
Join our talented docent staff at the Museum as they lead your students on an adventure through the sights and sounds of St. Louis' past. Our themed tour programs use our permanent galleries to provide in-depth experiences that reflect subjects covered in school. Plan for 1 hour in the exhibits, and be sure to register at least 2 weeks in advance.
- Featured Program: Saint Louis in Black and White (offered in support of this year's Big Read pick, To Kill a Mockingbird!)
- Outreach
Let history come to you! For a small fee, you can enrich your programs by bringing theater and historical objects to your classroom.
Book a docent to come to your classroom with a “box” full of artifacts and other interesting items.
These programs are designed to bring history to life in short, one-person theatric interpretations. The performances are combined with historical object and classroom activities.
Theatre in the Museum offers dramatic interpretations of historical figures and topics. Most theatre programs can be combined with thematic tours to create a complete museum experience.
- LIBRARY AND RESEARCH CENTER OFFERINGS
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Public Hours: Tuesday–Friday: noon to 5 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Ø Class visits can be arranged for Mondays and mornings as well
For information, call (314) 746-4500.
Find the facts! The
· Neighborhoods and buildings
· 1904 World’s Fair
· Charles Lindbergh
· Westward expansion
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· Lewis and Clark
· The fur trade
· American Indians
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The Library includes newspapers (some on microfilm, some in original
paper copies); historic maps; city directories (listing
You may start your search on the library’s online catalog at http://slrlc.org/search~S2/
Services and Classes
Working one-on-one with you, we can suggest and provide copies of our historic materials that you can use to develop or enhance your lesson plans.
To make an appointment, visit the
Library and
Students may register to use the Library. Staff will provide a personalized orientation, suggest research strategies, and make photocopies.
For Classes: “Show and Tell”
The session offers an overview of
the
For Classes: Structured Research Visit (Limit 25 students)
Teachers can submit a list of student research projects. The Library staff pre-selects materials for the students’ research session. A limited number of photocopies can be made to take home.
For more information or to make an appointment to bring a class, call librarian Emily Troxell Jaycox at (314) 746-4508 at least one week in advance.
History Day students get ten free photocopies per project (additional copies are 25 cents per page). Please have students identify themselves as History Day students. Materials may not be checked out.