Welcome to City Museum, where the imagination runs wild! Housed in the 600,000 square-foot former International Shoe Company, the museum is an eclectic mixture of children’s playground, funhouse, surrealistic pavilion, and architectural marvel made out of unique, found objects. The brainchild of internationally acclaimed artist Bob Cassilly, a classically trained sculptor and serial entrepreneur, the museum opened for visitors in 1997 to the riotous approval of young and old alike. Cassilly and his longtime crew of 20 artisans have constructed the museum from the very stuff of the city; and, as a result, it has urban roots deeper than any other institutions’. Reaching no farther than municipal borders for its reclaimed building materials, City Museum boasts features such as old chimneys, salvaged bridges, construction cranes, miles of tile, and even two abandoned planes! “City Museum makes you want to know,” says Cassilly. “The point is not to learn every fact, but to say, ‘Wow, that’s wonderful.’ And if it’s wonderful, it’s worth preserving.”
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Admission General Children 2 and under admitted free, $12.00 (plus tax)ages 3 years and upon $10.00 (plus tax)after 5pm Fri & Sat, Roof is available only with general admission and weather permitting. +$5.00 (plus tax),World Aquarium, World Aquarium is available only with general admission +$7.95 or +6.00 after 5pm Fri & Sat, Groups of 15 or more City Museum does not accept walk in groups, advance reservation is required. Educational, Scouting, Overnights, Birthday Parties, Rental Facility Vault Room, Architecture hall, Cabin Inn & Patio, First Floor & mezzanine, Shops, Concession, $8.00 (plus tax)