STORIES
Editorial from the people who work here.
Curators, archivists, historians, and educators on what the collections hold, what the exhibitions argue, and what it means to do public history in St. Louis right now.
MILL CREEK THREAD · ANCHORED AT THE MUSEUM
Why we still talk about Mill Creek Valley.
Sixty-six years after the demolition, the neighborhood is still the most important story St. Louis hasn't finished telling.
[BYLINE · STAFF HISTORIAN] · Apr 22, 2026 · 11 min read
COMING HOME · EXHIBITION FEATURE
What the letters knew that the news did not.
From the Coming Home exhibit: correspondence between St. Louis families and their soldiers in Vietnam — and the months after the last letter arrived.
[BYLINE · CURATOR, MILITARY HISTORY] · Apr 4, 2026 · 7 min read
WE ARE ST. LOUIS · YEAR-IN-REVIEW
What 1,200 contributions taught us about the city.
Year one of We Are St. Louis — what people sent in, what they wrote about, and what the project will do next.
[BYLINE · DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY HISTORY] · Mar 18, 2026 · 6 min read