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As I was sliding head first down an old spiral grain shute, at considerable speed, screaming at the top of my lungs, a thought passed through my mind: surely this the most fun anyone can have in a museum! The City Museum in St. Louis has none of the hushed reverant atmosphere of a normal museum. What it does have is tons of children, teenagers, and adults alike, running around with complete abandonment, and making as much noise as possible, in what is essentially a three storey playground created mostly from reused and recyled materials. The experience for me was one of constant wonderment and surprise. That anything like this could be created, let…

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Filed under: Main on April 30th, 2007