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7:00pm

Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World

Narrated by Academy Award-winning performer Susan Sarandon, this dazzling 90-minute documentary reveals the variety and diversity of Islamic Art....

6:30am

National Bike to Work Day

Stretch your legs and your transportation dollars! Join us for a continental breakfast and "pit stop" during your bike commute to work.
In partnership with...
10:30am

Storytelling: Fun with Elephant and Piggie

Come listen to books by Mo Willems featuring these two lovable characters.

11:00am

Family Fun Day: Celebrate Summer

Come find out what kind of family fun we'll be offering all summer long and celebrate the opening of our special exhibition, FIRE! Friend and Foe. Hang out with Fredbird (11am-1pm only)...
11:00am

FIRE! Friend and Foe Opening Weekend

Bring your cameras to the opening weekend celebration of our newest exhibition, FIRE! Friend and Foe, and get your picture taken with Smokey Bear! Plus, view an exhibit of Smokey Bear...
11:00am

The Making of Fire! Friend and Foe

The Making of Fire! Friend and Foe

Saturday, May 19, 2012
11am
AT&T Multipurpose Room

Come on in for the members-only preview of Fire! Friend and Foe...
1:00pm

The Creole Ancestry and Its Secrecy

Jari Honora shares the intricacies involved with tracing one's Creole ancestors.
This program is part of our monthly African American History and Genealogy Workshops, presented by the...
3:00pm

Stories of Resilience: The Wilma Chestnut Story

In 1971, St. Louis police rescued a teenager from an apartment where she was babysitting. Wilma Chestnut was bleeding from both eyes. In this program, Chestnut tells her unforgettably uplifting...

1:00pm

FIRE! Friend and Foe Opening Weekend

Bring your cameras to the opening weekend celebration of our newest exhibition, FIRE! Friend and Foe, and get your picture taken with Smokey Bear! Plus, view an exhibit of Smokey Bear...
2:00pm

The Battle of Fort San Carlos

Using illustrations combined with great storytelling, Doug Harding, a national park ranger at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Gateway Arch), re-creates the British attack on St. Louis...

7:00pm

Not in Our Town: Light in the Darkness

In 2008, a series of attacks against Latino residents of Patchogue, New York, culminated with the murder of Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant who had lived in the Long Island village for 13...

10:30am

Storytelling: How Does Your Garden Grow?

Join us in the trolley on the Museum's front lawn for stories about beautiful blooms.

2:00pm

If I Can't Be a Soldier

Hear a Civil War nurse's tale, based on the journal of Emily Elizabeth Parsons, head nurse at Benton Barracks.
3:00pm

The Trial of Marcus Garvey

The trial of Marcus Garvey is regarded by some as the prosecution of Garveyism in the United States. This dramatic reading of excerpts from Garvey's mail fraud trial sheds light on the...