Now I'm reaping the benefits of this report and the replies to it! Going in Mid-October. GTG?

Fall is a perfect time to go to St. Louis. If the Cardinals are still playing, score some tickets!

There is so much to see in St. Louis, it's a nice city.

Have fun!

Faina- You'll have a good time in St Louis. Enjoy!

Faina - Yes a GTG sounds great!!

Keep in touch as the date gets closer!!! I travel a lot in Oct though, I hope I do not miss a possible gtg.....

Anne

Just re-reading my trip report from over a year ago. Interesting to read that I wrote about the St Louis Art Museum having a huge Max Beckmann collection...

I was at a art exhibition today at the Kimbell Museum in Fort Worth, and learned that Beckmann left for the US after WWII and taught at Washington Univ in St Louis. Now THAT explains the Beckmanns at SLAM! From SLAM's website:

"The Museum boasts 39 paintings by Beckmann-the largest public collection of Beckmann paintings in the world."

The St Louis Art Museum is now hosting

Symbols of Power: Napoleon and the Art of the Empire Style - it is the first venue in the US to host this. Many pieces are from collections in UK and France - even Versailles.

I plan to go this week . It has bben open for a couple of weeks and will be here till sept.

As the search is not working, I'm taking this to the top. Or over the top

I'll be there October 14-24, the first week in the city.

Faina - I still need to get in touch with you...
WE need to post for a mini get together!!!
I think I am actually in town - and it si my busy travel season at work!

Anne, my e-mail is [email protected]

somebody else posted his/her e-mail for a GTG, and I can't find the thread

Thanks for excellent report, yk -- find we'll be in STL over Easter and above information is very helpful, especially re Art Museum which we've somehow missed on previous stays.

There are some great things to check out -

Free Italian Film Festival at Washington U. this weekend and an exhibit at St Louis u on Russian Relics.

I will try to post links later today - I am at work!!

http://www.italianfilmfestivalstlouis.com/index.html
It is free!
April 10-25, 2009
Brown Hall 100, Washington University

and,

Relics of a Glorious Past. Imperial Russian Artifacts from the Collection of Dr. James F. Cooper
Judith and Adam Aronson Gallery, 1st Floor
February 27 - December 20, 2009

Just some ideas!!

I would also suggest the Missouri History Museum. We took the light rail there from downtown, so we didn't have to drive, which was nice. Good museum, very enjoyable if you like history.

We also visited the zoo on our trip, and we laughed a bit about how the free zoo outing ended up costing us about $75 by the time we paid for parking, lunches for four, and some special thing that I can't recall now (children's zoo? carousel?). We really liked St. Louis and will return.

Appreciate the new information -- I should have explained that this is really a family visit, so we will be doing well to visit the Art Museum. Happy Easter & thanks!

nyse - Enjoy the family and Happy Easter!!!
Sat is supposed to be nice and Sun it is supposed to be sunny for the early part of the day!

Thanks, Anne. We've enjoyed the Italian film fest in previous years, and I didn't realize it was on now.

We had some French houseguests who liked the Aronson gallery a lot, though they thought the American habit of naming things after big benefactors was funny.