THREADS
One archive. Three buildings. Five threads.
A thread is a conversation the Society is having with St. Louis right now. Each thread weaves together exhibits, stories, events, collections, and collecting initiatives across all three properties — so the archive becomes the substrate and the buildings are the surfaces.
Anchored at Museum
Mill Creek Valley
Sixty-six years after the demolition, the neighborhood is still the most important story St. Louis hasn't finished telling.
8 pieces · across exhibits, stories, events, collections
Anchored at Memorial
Coming Home
From the front to the kitchen table — letters, recordings, and an exhibition about the months after the last letter arrived.
4 pieces · across exhibits, stories, events, collections
Anchored at Society
We Are St. Louis
An open invitation for the region to add its own evidence to the historical record.
8 pieces · across exhibits, stories, events, collections
Anchored at Museum
1904 World's Fair
Postcards, official photography, and family snapshots from the fair that still shapes how St. Louis sees itself.
1 pieces · across exhibits, stories, events, collections
Anchored at Library
Papers of a City
Rotating manuscripts from the Library's vault — what's most asked-for and least seen.
3 pieces · across exhibits, stories, events, collections