C-SPAN Cities Tour - St. Louis: Museum of Westward Expansion
Visit the Museum of Westward Expansion, where rare artifacts from the days of explorers Lewis and Clark are preserved. Explore the world of the 19th century pioneers who helped shape the history of the American West. The National Park Service's Historian Bob Moore will guide us through the exhibit and tell the story of St Louis' role in the push west.
St. Louis Gateway Arch Museum Opens with Exhibit Featuring Latter-day Saint History
When it comes to Latter-day Saints and Missouri in the 1830s, thoughts often go to the infamous 1838 extermination order issued by Governor Lilburn W. Boggs. A less familiar but more redeeming story, however, is that Latter-day Saints had friends on the other side of the state. St. Louisans defended Latter-day Saints and the city played a key role in their later migration to Utah.
This history, along with many others from the westward expansion of the United States, is being told at the renovated Gateway Arch Museum in St. Louis. The museum, located under the iconic arch, has undergone a state-of-the-art update to the 40-year-old museum’s aging materials and general history of the American West. The new exhibitions chronicle 200 years of history with valued artifacts and audiovisual materials and is focused specifically on the city’s role in the nation’s westward growth.
“We're very, very excited about our new museum experience,” says Bob Moore, a historian with the U.S. National Park Service. “It’s something that people will enjoy on a lot of different levels.”
Westward Expansion Museum St. Louis
American bison Museum of Westward Expansion St. Louis
recorded on March 12, 2013
Moving Image Archive Serge de Muller
Indien tent Museum of Westward Expansion St. Louis
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Moving Image Archive Serge de Muller
Places to see in ( Saint Louis - USA )
Places to see in ( Saint Louis - USA )
St. Louis is a major city in Missouri along the Mississippi River. Its iconic, 630-ft. Gateway Arch, built in the 1960s, honors the early 19th-century explorations of Lewis and Clark and America's westward expansion in general. Replica paddlewheelers ply the river, offering views of the arch. The Soulard district is home to barbecue restaurants and clubs playing blues music.
St. Louis, the largest metropolitan area in Missouri, is a major midwestern metropolis filled with culture. St. Louis planners have created an aesthetically beautiful city with green space at the street level. It is said that St. Louis is second only to Washington, D.C. in the number of free activities available in an American city. The Gateway Arch, the world's tallest man-made monument, forms a triumphant city skyline. An open mall surrounded by reflecting pools leads up to the historic court house, the site of the Dred Scott decision, facing the Gateway Arch.
The city is named after King Louis IX of France. St. Louis is known by the nickname of The Gateway to the West. The city was the last major stop before pioneers journeyed Westward to the Pacific coast. The city also played a large part during the steamboat era due to its position at the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St. Louis was acquired from France by the United States during President Thomas Jefferson's term in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase. The transfer of power from Spain was made official in a ceremony called, Three Flags Day. On March 8, 1804, the Spanish flag was lowered and the French one raised. On March 10, the French flag was replaced by that of the USA. In 1904, St. Louis hosted that year's World's Fair and the Summer Olympic Games. Many of the parks, buildings, and finer homes in St. Louis were built around this time period. While there are few, if any, living residents who attended the Fair, it holds an important place in the modern development of the city.
Slide into St Louis and revel in the unique vibe of the largest city in the Great Plains. Beer, bowling and baseball are some of the top attractions, but history and culture, much of it linked to the Mississippi River, are a vital part of the fabric. And, of course, there's the iconic Gateway Arch that you have seen in a million pictures; it's even more impressive in reality. Many music legends, including Scott Joplin, Chuck Berry, Tina Turner and Miles Davis, got their start here and jammin' live-music venues keep the flame burning.
A lot to see in Saint Louis such as :
Gateway Arch
Gateway Arch Museum
Missouri Botanical Garden
City Museum
Forest Park
Saint Louis Zoo
Cahokia Mounds
Saint Louis Art Museum
Busch Stadium
Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis
Anheuser-Busch St. Louis Brewery
Old Courthouse
Missouri History Museum
Soulard
Chain of Rocks Bridge
Tower Grove Park
Saint Louis Science Center
The Magic House, St. Louis Children's Museum
Citygarden Sculpture Park
Budweiser Brewery Experience
Delmar Loop
Laumeier Sculpture Park
Lafayette Square
MUSEUM OF WESTWARD EXPANSION
Laclede's Landing Neighborhood Association
Climatron
The Butterfly House
The Hill
The Jewel Box
Gateway Arch Riverboats
Gateway Arch - Odyssey & Tucker Theaters
Eads Bridge
Lewis and Clark State Historic Site
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
Cherokee Street
Stifel Theatre
The Old Cathedral The Basilica Of Saint Louis, King Of France
Art Hill
National Blues Museum
Bellefontaine Cemetery
Carondelet Park
World Aquarium...a children's place
Tilles Park
Steinberg Skating Rink
Pulitzer Arts Foundation
Forest Park Forever
Gateway Geyser
Graffiti Wall
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
Shaw Park
( Saint Louis - USA ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Saint Louis . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Saint Louis - USA
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William Clark in Museum of Westward Expansion
William Clark Animitron in the Museum of Westward Expansion in St. Louis, Mo.
MUSEUM OF WESTWARD EXPANSION
Holocaust Museum and Learning Center
The Holocaust Museum and Learning Center houses a 5,000 square foot core exhibition that provides a chronological history of the Holocaust with personal accounts of Holocaust survivors who immigrated to St. Louis. Photographs, artifacts, text panels, and audio-visual displays guide visitors through pre-war Jewish life in Europe, the rise of Nazism and events during the Holocaust between 1933-1945, post-war events including the Nuremberg Trials, and Jewish life after the Holocaust.
In 2012, HMLC installed its newest interactive exhibition entitled Change Begins with Me: Confronting Hate, Discrimination and Ethnic Conflict in our post-Holocaust world today. By August of 2015, HMLC will have toured approximately one half million visitors during its twenty year existence.
In addition, the HMLC sponsors temporary exhibits, public lectures, a monthly-film series, teacher-training workshops, and an annual Yom HaShoah community commemoration. The HMLC also houses a comprehensive video library with more than 500 titles and an oral history project with approximately 150 testimonies that are available to educators and the public. For further study of the Holocaust, the HMLC offers a range of books for sale at the Museum bookstore. A Garden of Remembrance is available outside the Museum for contemplation and reflection.
The Holocaust Museum and Learning Center (HMLC), a department of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, opened in May 1995 and was realized through the vision and generosity of many community leaders and Holocaust survivors.
Museum of Westward Expansion River Routes
United States Of America - The Gateway Arch
Built in 1965
The Gateway Arch was designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen in 1947.The monument opened to the public on June 10, 1967 it is located at the site of St. Louis's founding on the west bank of the Mississippi
The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot (192 m) monument in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch,it is the world's tallest arch, the tallest man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere,and Missouri's tallest accessible building. Built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States,and officially dedicated to the American people, the Arch, commonly referred to as The Gateway to the West is the centerpiece of Gateway Arch National Park and has become an internationally recognized symbol of St. Louis, as well as a popular tourist destination.
Attractions include the Tram Ride to the Top of the Gateway Arch, the Museum at the Gateway Arch (opened July 3, 2018), a documentary film about the construction of the Arch, shopping at The Arch Store, a new Arch Cafe, and cruises aboard the Riverboats at the Gateway Arch.
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Gateway Arch Experience in St. Louis, Missouri
Gateway Arch National Park, formerly known as the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial until 2018, is an American national park located in St. Louis, Missouri, near the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The Gateway Arch and its immediate surroundings were initially designated as a national memorial by executive order on December 21, 1935, and redesignated as a national park in 2018. The park is maintained by the National Park Service (NPS).
The memorial was established to commemorate:
the Louisiana Purchase, and the subsequent westward movement of American explorers and pioneers;
the first civil government west of the Mississippi River; and
the debate over slavery raised by the Dred Scott case.
The national park consists of the Gateway Arch, a steel catenary arch that has become the definitive icon of St. Louis; a 91-acre (36.8 ha) park along the Mississippi River on the site of the earliest buildings of the city; the Old Courthouse, a former state and federal courthouse where the Dred Scott case originated; and the 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m2) museum at the Gateway Arch.
The Gateway Arch:
The Gateway Arch, known as the Gateway to the West, is the tallest structure in Missouri. It was designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen and structural engineer Hannskarl Bandel in 1947 and built between 1963 and October 1965. It stands 630 feet (192 m) tall and 630 feet (192 m) wide at its base. The legs are 54 feet (16.5 m) wide at the base, narrowing to 17 feet (5.2 m) at the arch. There is a unique tram system to carry passengers to the observation room at the top of the arch.
Old Courthouse:
The Old Courthouse is built on land originally deeded by St. Louis founder Auguste Chouteau. It marks the location over which the arch reaches. Its dome was built during the American Civil War and is similar to the dome on the United States Capitol which was also built during the Civil War. It was the site of the local trials in the Dred Scott case.
The courthouse is the only portion of the memorial west of Interstate 44. To the west of the Old Courthouse is a Greenway between Market and Chestnut Streets which is only interrupted by the Civil Courts Building which features a pyramid model of the Mausoleum of Mausolus (which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) on its roof. When the Civil Courts building was built in the 1920s, the Chouteau family sued to regain the property belonging to the Old Courthouse because it had been deeded in perpetuity to be a courthouse.
Museum at the Gateway Arch:
Underneath the arch is a visitor center, entered from a circular entryway facing the Old Courthouse. Within the center, a project to rebuild the Museum at the Gateway Arch was completed in July 2018. The new museum features exhibits on a variety of topics including westward expansion and the construction of the arch, all told through a St. Louis lens. Tucker Theater, finished in 1968 and renovated 30 years later, has about 285 seats and shows a documentary (Monument to the Dream) on the arch's construction. A second theater was added in 1993 but removed in 2018 as part of the CityArchRiver renovation project. Also located in the visitor center are a gift shop and cafe.
Tram Ride to the Top:
Getting there is part of the adventure.
Gaze at over 43,000 tons of concrete and steel making an iconic, elegant arc 63 stories high into the Midwest sky. Shaped by the inspired design of Finnish-America architect Eero Saarinen, the Gateway Arch celebrates the westward expansion of the United States and the pioneers who made it possible. Since its completion in 1965, the monument has taken millions of visitors on the trip to the top to enjoy stunning views stretching up to 30 miles to the east and west.
Old Courthouse:
Landmark in Every Sense of the Word
Walk the halls where ordinary Americans made civil rights history. Built in 1839, the Old Courthouse is a prime example of mid-19th century federal architecture. But it is two landmark cases that secure its place in history.
Beginning in 1847, the enslaved Dred Scott twice sued for his and his wife Harriet’s freedom. But, the U.S. Supreme Court decided against them, ruling that African-Americans were not citizens and had no right to sue. In 1873, St. Louis suffragette Virginia Minor and her husband filed a civil suit arguing for women’s right to vote. Although their suit was denied, they brought great attention to the fight for voting rights for all U.S. citizens.
Caravan Far West photo Museum of Westward Expansion St. Louis
recorded on March 13, 2013
Moving Image Archive Serge de Muller
The St. Louis History Museum
Missouri History Museum | The Louisiana Purchase: Making St. Louis - Remaking America
Now at the Missouri History Museum, “The Louisiana Purchase: Making St. Louis – Remaking America”. When the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France, the country doubled in size and St. Louis became an American city. Designed for the whole family, the exhibit features the original Louisiana Purchase Treaty, the death mask of Napoleon, and William Clark’s elkskin journal. Visitors will learn about the Louisiana Purchase and its affects on St. Louis.
Photo Far West Museum of Westward Expansion St. Louis
recorded on March 13, 2013
Moving Image Archive Serge de Muller
Gateway Arch Tour - A 1 minute visit
A one-minute visit to Gateway Arch Tour at Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, Missouri. To learn more, visit nps.gov/jeff. For books and DVDs, visit jnpa.com.
The Arch towers 630 feet above the Mississippi River and is a symbol of St. Louis' role in the nations westward expansion. Under the Arch is the Museum of Westward Expansion where animated exhibits tell the story in the words of those whose lives shaped the American West, from the Louisiana Purchase to the closing of the frontier in 1890.
While the West was being settled, the issue of slavery was not. Here at the Old Courthouse, Dred Scott successfully sued for his freedom in 1850. Unfortunately, for millions of African-Americans, freedom wouldn't come until after the American Civil War.
In 1948, Architect Eero Saarinen won a national contest held to determine the design of the memorial. Over 5,000 tons of steel were used to build the triangular shaped arch. The entire surface of the Arch is stainless steel plates.
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Railway photo Museum of Westward Expansion St. Louis
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Moving Image Archive Serge de Muller
Museum of Westward Expansion Trails-n-Tales
Museum of Westward Expansion Exhibits Movie
A short tour of the Museum of Westward Expansion at the Gateway Arch featuring some of the exhibits that won't be used in the new museum after renovation.
Take the quiz after the presentation:
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