For the most up-to-date calendar of events happening in St. Louis around the days of the conference you can check out the Explore St. Louis events calendar. Below we have list of museums and other cultural institutions that are worth a visit and might have their own events going on. Note that many of the museums in St. Louis are free of cost, including our beloved Zoo. However, some have an entry fee.

Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA) 
Saint Louis University’s Museum of Contemporary Religious Art is the first museum to bring an interfaith focus to contemporary art. Through exhibitions, collections and educational programs, MOCRA highlights and explore the ways contemporary visual artists engage the religious and spiritual dimensions. MOCRA serves the diverse Saint Louis University community, and the wider public, by facilitating personal discovery, experience, and inspiration, while contributing to a wider culture of interfaith encounter and dialogue.

Saint Louis University Art Museum (SLUMA)
Reflecting its Jesuit heritage, values and traditions, aesthetic enrichment is an important component of a Saint Louis University education. The arts introduce us to myriad cultures and diverse interpretations of human life, the beauty of nature and the presence of God in all things. Through the arts, we have the opportunity to develop intuition, appreciation, imagination and insight.

Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM)
The Saint Louis Art Museum collects, presents, interprets, and conserves works of art of the highest quality across time and cultures; educates, inspires discovery, and elevates the human spirit; preserves a legacy of artistic achievement for the people of St. Louis and the world; and engages, includes, and represents the full diversity of the St. Louis community supporting it.

The Missouri History Museum has changing exhibits as well as a permanent exhibit on the upper level. It is worth checking their current exhibit calendar to see what is on display, as the changing exhibits usually cover a variety of topics.

Saint Louis Zoo
Home to over 14,000 animals, representing nearly 500 species, the Saint Louis Zoo is recognized worldwide for its innovative approaches to animal care and management, wildlife conservation, research and education. One of the few free zoos in the nation, the Saint Louis Zoo attracts approximately 3 million visitors annually and is the most-visited attraction in the region.  And as a free zoo, visitors are encouraged to come back again…and again! 

City Museum (less a museum and more fun for the whole family)
Housed in an old shoe factory in Downtown St. Louis, City Museum is an ever-evolving, always-thrilling, artist-built playground full of weirdly wonderful spaces to explore. From a passion project to an indoor, outdoor, underground playground that welcomes adventurous visitors from all over, we had no idea what City Museum would become when we first opened our doors.