Museum at the Gateway Arch

Museum Galleries

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  Colonial St. Louis

  Discover the Indigenous and Creole culture of St. Louis before the Louisiana Purchase

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  Jefferson's Vision

  Thomas Jefferson had a vision for the United States

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  New Frontiers

  Explore how people settled and lived in the West, the myths that became the West's cultural legacy, and the changes caused by industry

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  The Riverfront Era

  The first steamboat to arrive in St. Louis changed the city forever

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  Manifest Destiny

  the United States was determined to move west

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  Building the Dream

  Learn how the Gateway Arch became a reality