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City Museum Outside Area St Louis

City Museum St Louis, Missouri: Tips, Pictures & Riding The 10 Storey Slide!

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It’s hard to find the words to describe just how crazy the City Museum in St Louis is.  The best I can come up with is a ‘giant creative steam punk playground’. It’s definitely not your typical museum! It’s literally a giant mash of sculptures, where everything can be climbed on/up/through or slid down! This is the work of Bob Cassilly and his team of 20 other artists and sculptors. The City Museum opened in 1997 and is built in a disused building that was part of the International Shoe Company Factory.

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National Leprechaun Museum Dublin

4 Reasons To Visit The National Leprechaun Museum Dublin | Ireland

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One of my favourite places in Dublin is the National Leprechaun Museum.  So much so that I visited the museum on both of my trips to Ireland!  What I love about it, is that it’s an extremely sensory museum.  There’s only one small section, right at the beginning, which has the traditional displays showing you how leprechauns have been perceived over the years.  From their size, to how to dress, to how they have been represented in movies.  From there, you then step into a magical world of folklore and story telling for the duration of the tour!

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Sock Monkey Rockford Illinois

The Home of the Rockford Sock Monkey | Illinois USA

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Once a year in Rockford Illinois, the Midway Village Museum hosts the Sock Monkey Madness Festival celebrating all things sock monkey in its official home! The Sock Monkey is recognised around the world and started right here in the Midwest, and yes they are made completely from a pair of socks!

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