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Wednesday March 5, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm CST
Soldiers Memorial Military Museum opened in downtown St. Louis in 1938 as a memorial to the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War I. Over the decades following its opening, the scope of memorialization increased as we lost service members. The exhibition galleries, originally built to hold the “relics of war,” also increased in scope and number of artifacts. By 2014, public concern had grown over the condition of the artifacts that had been on perpetual display, the lack of accessibility to the building, and the overall sad state of the building and its memorial grounds from decades of deferred maintenance.
With the support of local philanthropists, the City of St. Louis transferred operations to the Missouri Historical Society in 2015. In February 2016, the museum was closed and underwent a +$30 million renovation. It reopened on Veterans Day 2018. Learn about the museum’s dramatic transformation, while retaining its historic charm and integrity, from the Project Manager, Lead Architect, Landscape Architect, and Accessibility Consultant.
The tour will begin in the museum’s assembly hall with an introduction to the building and to the tour guides who were involved with the project. Visitors will then move throughout the museum and outdoor space with the four different tour guides addressing their areas of expertise. Visitors will have time to self-explore the exhibition galleries following the guided tour.
Wednesday March 5, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm CST
Soldiers Memorial Military Museum 1315 Chestnut St, Saint Louis, MO 63103

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