Soldiers Memorial Military Museum · Downtown
We remember by name.
St. Louis's tribute to those who served — and a deepening conversation about the cost and meaning of military service across generations.
Hours
- Wednesday – Sunday10am – 5pm
- Monday – TuesdayClosed
Address
1315 Chestnut Street
St. Louis, MO 63103
Admission
Free general admission.
Parking
Metered street parking; nearby garages downtown.
MEMORIAL EXHIBITIONS
On view at Soldiers Memorial.
Coming Home: St. Louisans Return from Vietnam
Letters, photographs, and recorded conversations from veterans and their families about the years immediately after Vietnam.
Court of Honor Gallery · Soldiers Memorial · Downtown
Declaration 1776: The Big Bang of Modern Democracy
How the Declaration of Independence became a template — at home and abroad — for nations declaring themselves into being. Soldiers Memorial's contribution to America's 250th.
Soldiers Memorial Military Museum · Downtown
St. Louis in Service
Nearly 300 artifacts across the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, both World Wars, and the War on Terror — the city's wartime story told through the people who served.
Soldiers Memorial Military Museum · Downtown · signature galleries
UPCOMING
At Soldiers Memorial this season.
Memorial · Sat, Apr 18 · 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Veterans Listening Session: Coming Home
An invited, structured listening session with St. Louis-area Vietnam veterans, paired with the new exhibit.
WHAT SOLDIERS MEMORIAL DOES
Honoring service without flattening it.
Built in 1938 as the city's monument to St. Louisans lost in World War I, Soldiers Memorial today carries the names and stories of those who served in every conflict since. Exhibitions are designed in conversation with veterans, gold star families, and historians of the long civilian cost of war.