Hidden Museums /tags/hidden-museums Hidden Museums en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍřĚěĚĂ Tue, 03 Jan 2017 22:20:29 GMT St. Louis-based traveling museum highlights the achievements of often unsung black inventors /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-01-03/st-louis-based-traveling-museum-highlights-the-achievements-of-often-unsung-black-inventors In 1996, Loretta Ford founded the Museum of Black Inventors with the idea of highlighting the achievements of often unsung African Americans who… Tue, 03 Jan 2017 22:20:29 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-01-03/st-louis-based-traveling-museum-highlights-the-achievements-of-often-unsung-black-inventors Kelly Moffitt Retired Southwestern Bell workers unite to preserve telephone history in new St. Louis museum /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-09-01/retired-southwestern-bell-workers-unite-to-preserve-telephone-history-in-new-st-louis-museum Sometimes it is best to learn your history from someone close to the history itself. That’s certainly the case with the Jefferson Barracks Telephone… Thu, 01 Sep 2016 21:06:27 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-09-01/retired-southwestern-bell-workers-unite-to-preserve-telephone-history-in-new-st-louis-museum Kelly Moffitt Teeny tiny museum by Bevo Mill houses St. Louis miniaturists’ creations down to 1/44 inches in scale /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-07-26/teeny-tiny-museum-by-bevo-mill-houses-st-louis-miniaturists-creations-down-to-1-44-inches-in-scale When it comes to the world of St. Louis’ amateur miniaturists, you work with the supplies at hand.“I once painted with the whiskers of a cat,” said Joann… Tue, 26 Jul 2016 19:42:49 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-07-26/teeny-tiny-museum-by-bevo-mill-houses-st-louis-miniaturists-creations-down-to-1-44-inches-in-scale Kelly Moffitt Pups need museums too: St. Louis’ Museum of the Dog pairs fine art with our four-legged friends /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-07-14/pups-need-museums-too-st-louis-museum-of-the-dog-pairs-fine-art-with-our-four-legged-friends Fine art. Puppies. Never the twain shall meet, right? Wrong, says the American Kennel Club’s Museum of the Dog, a St. Louis County museum which allows… Thu, 14 Jul 2016 22:07:42 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-07-14/pups-need-museums-too-st-louis-museum-of-the-dog-pairs-fine-art-with-our-four-legged-friends Kelly Moffitt St. Louis’ Hidden Museums: Vacuum cleaner museum in St. James has a local backstory /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-06-29/st-louis-hidden-museums-vacuum-cleaner-museum-in-st-james-has-a-local-backstory Those of you who have grown up in St. Louis might remember the name and personality of Stan Kann, the 22-year resident organist at the Fox Theatre in St.… Wed, 29 Jun 2016 17:43:46 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-06-29/st-louis-hidden-museums-vacuum-cleaner-museum-in-st-james-has-a-local-backstory Kelly Moffitt St. Louis area holds nation’s only horseshoe pitching museum — yes, horseshoe pitching /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-06-16/st-louis-area-holds-nations-only-horseshoe-pitching-museum-yes-horseshoe-pitching Joe Faron, the vice president of the National Horseshoe Pitchers Foundation, says the museum he helped create is one of the best kept secrets in the… Thu, 16 Jun 2016 22:16:51 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-06-16/st-louis-area-holds-nations-only-horseshoe-pitching-museum-yes-horseshoe-pitching Kelly Moffitt Little-known St. Louis museum holds part of world’s largest private original manuscript collection /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-05-18/little-known-st-louis-museum-holds-part-of-worlds-largest-private-original-manuscript-collection The first draft of the Bill of Rights. The paper Einstein’s E=Mc2 was written on. Noah Webster’s first dictionary. These are three influential documents… Wed, 18 May 2016 22:14:46 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-05-18/little-known-st-louis-museum-holds-part-of-worlds-largest-private-original-manuscript-collection Kelly Moffitt