Bob Cassilly, the founder and creative driving force behind the City Museum, has passed away. Condolences to his family, friends and co-workers. This is a huge loss to St. Louis and to its art community in particular. Sad day.
3 minute interview with Bob Cassilly from 2008.
Over the years I've seen many family videos of visits to the City Museum, and this is one of the better ones trying to explain what the City Museum is, since there really is no other instituion like it. I'm not even sure any other city could replicate it if they wanted to.
Tales from Technomadia: City Museum
The video does manage to capture a general sense of the place, but still doesn't mention so many other things to see - the hall of architectural artifacts, the shoelace factory, the room with the opera posters, Beatnik Bob's, not to mention the aquarium.
My blog post from 2 years ago on Stained Glass at The City Museum.
Posted by Tom at September 26, 2011 06:50 PM