The Millstone Gallery is located in the Center of Contemporary Arts [COCA], but I am not so sure…read morethat a lot of people know about this little gem. Admission is free, and they always have great exhibits going on. The current exhibit features a St. Louis artist names Peter Shank that is fanciful, colorful and most interesting. This is another one of those galleries that does not suffocate you while you are trying to enjoy the displayed art, and I am most grateful for that fact. Visitors are free to wander about, studying the art at their own pace.

I'm kind of conflicted with this review because while the house's architecture and decor are…read moregorgeous, there wasn't enough explanation throughout, and the "staff" was awful (instead of being at the front desk, they were sitting in the office watching TikTok on full volume. With that aside, it's free and has A/C, and worth a visit.

The house is open Tuesday-Saturday 11-4 and is $5 to non-SLU students (SLU students are free)…read more It's going to take you at least an hour to truly see the house. If you can bring a group of 8, a tour can be arranged, otherwise a very informative self-guided tour binder is available to you as well. Samuel Cupples was a man in the right place at the right time and built thriving businesses during a boom time in Saint Louis. There's so much more to read about him: http://www.slu.edu/cupples/history/samuel-cupples The house, though, is an amazing story. Not just for the amazing art, crystal, and antiques it hosts, but for it's very architecture. Built in the Romanesque style and with purple limestone, the home is majestic today...one can only imagine how it looked when it stood alone. When SLU started to expand, and the new buildings obstructed his view of the river, Cupples never forgave them and gave massive amounts of money to Wash U and stipulated that the home could never be sold to SLU. Clearly that got circumvented as the decades wore on (it now sits on the SLU campus). If you give yourself two hours, I think you'll really get a great "first taste" of its magnificence. PS Here's a bit more about the architecture: http://www.slu.edu/cupples/history/architecture-and-design

A peaceful gallery and a great place to visit in this area, and even compared to other areas. I…read morefind the art works I like and everyone can find their own pieces there. This art center holds workshops and exhibitions regularly. If you have children, then here is a wonderful choice for your families. Highly recommend

How can one review the Great Gondo? Gondo is the grandfather of DIY galleries in St. Louis. Shows…read moreare not curated - this is art in the raw. Like the work or not, Gondo is out there keepin' it real. The best times to be here are when the neighboring galleries and shops open on the same night. The owner is an artist and true supporter of the arts. He lives upstairs and it's a labor of love. I just used a lot of cliches to describe a place that defies cliche.

fort gondo is one of saint louis's many alternative art spaces where emerging artists can show…read moretheir work. because there is little review of artists' work by the owner, the artwork can be hit or miss, but there's bound to be something of interest in one of the three galleries on the block.

This is a beautiful, well curated gallery. It is sleek, classy and spotlessly clean. They show all…read morekinds of art, mostly from established artists.

The woman below me is an uneducated idiot (from Chesterfield, surprise!) who doesn't know what…read more"art" is. Art is about expressing yourself through whatever form appeals to you, and that includes "child-like" paintings. Everyone appreciates different types of artworks, and I saw paintings and mixed media. I like this gallery, it has big open space and I walked all over and looking at various paintings. It's also FREE, so if you like to hang out in CWE, you can slip in and look at some art and maybe strike up a friendly convo with somebody there.

Jasmine and Royce had wonderful information to share. They were so personable. Such talented and…read moreenjoyable guides for us.

My cousin, the late Bryan Cather, worked here before his death…read more Bryan encouraged me to go on a tour on my last trip up there. I found the tour well organized and very informative. Good restaurants nearby

This museum consists of the historic home of The Children's Poet Eugene Fields (really more his…read morefather's home, but they are both famous) and the extension, which includes gallery space and a research library. It is another excellent little museum in the area! I did not realize that I knew Field's poetry, but I recognized "The Duel" immediately. We were really here for the Weatherbird 125th exhibit and a talk given by the current cartoonist Mr. Dan Martin, but got there early enough to explore the other exhibits and take a guided tour of the house. The staff were very informative and great at answering our questions. I was also so impressed with the exhibit designs. I think this is WELL worth the 10 bucks entrance fee and parking downtown (they do have a small free lot, which is easy to drive right by). Im encouraging all my friends to catch the Weatherbird exhibit before it leaves at the end of March, and I'd be interested to see what they rotate in later.

The Field House in downtown St. Louis is one of the area's oldest surviving structures. Built in…read more1845 as a part of Walsh's Row, this is the only survivor out of a dozen houses. Roswell Field moved his family into the house in 1850, and his son Eugene was born the same year. Roswell Field was the lawyer who defended Dred Scott in the famous court case, and was one of the key proponents in getting the case moved to the Supreme Court. Eugene lived in the house as a boy, but was later sent to live with relatives back East. He went on to be a famed newspaper columnist and poet in his adult life, but in his later years and after his death at age 45, his children's poems became what he was remembered for. The St. Louis board of education had leased their property to build Walsh's Row back in 1845, and this became important in 1936, when the row was slated for demolition. The board decided to dedicate the Field House as a place where children could go to learn about local history, and it has remained open as a museum ever since. Much of Eugene's furniture was placed in the house after being moved from Chicago. In the 1960s, part of the house was used to display vintage toys, as Eugene was an avid toy collector in his adult life. More recently, the museum has opened an exhibit space next to the house, where many of the toys are kept, and has focused on restoring the house to look more as it would have in the mid 19th century. The tour is not very long, as this is an upper middle class house that isn't incredibly large, but there's lots of history here, and it gives a look into what life was like living in downtown St. Louis in the 1850s.

Staff very helpful and friendly. Merchandise awesome. Beautiful items. Alway a stop for me when…read morevisiting St Charles!

I have bought a couple of silver bracelts here that I have gotten compliments on so whenever I'm…read moreback in town I try my best to stop in. The prices have gone up (then again what hasn't) but the quality is still great. But even with that the prices range from very affordable to oh my! On my recent visit I just bought a couple of beautiful stone animal carvings. If you are in old town St. Charles and like Native American art work then by all means stop in. And be careful with the little parrot whose sign says "Yes I do bite. I love people they taste like chicken!" LOL