Free Things to Do with Kids in Saint Louis

Within 25 miles, with dates, ages, prices and distance.

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Dinoroarus

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Saint Louis Zoo Free – $5.95 October 27 | Recurring Event (See all) The Saint Louis Zoo presents Dinoroarus starting Friday, June 19th! The Saint Louis Zoo will transport guests millions of years back in time starting Friday, June 19, at Dinoroarus, a returning, temporary attraction for all-ages. The walk-through experience will feature 20 animatronic dinosaurs and sculptures that will move, roar, spit and chomp their way through the Zoo’s Historic Hill, in […] Arts & Entertainment Festivals & Special Events <img width="300" height="200" src="https://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Begin-Again-50-Years-and-Counting-at-Laumeier-Sculpture-Park-300x200.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting at Laumeier Sculpture Park." decoding="async" loading="

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Collected: St. Louis History Brought to Life

Today · 10 AM – 5 PM

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FREEAll agesMuseums

Missouri History Museum Free October 27 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Recurring Event (See all) For more than 150 years, St. Louisans have entrusted the Missouri Historical Society with countless objects: photographs, diaries, home movies, clothing, books – items that future generations can turn in order to help make sense of the past. Some of these pieces mark defining moments in the region’s history such as Missouri’s pivotal role in […] Museums and Exhibits <img width="300" height="200" src="https://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Picturing-Independence-at-Saint-Louis-Art-Museum-300x200.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="On view at the Saint Louis Art Museum, this quilt shows national symbols of America." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Picturi

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Picturing Independence

Today · 10 AM – 5 PM

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Saint Louis Art Museum Free October 27 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Recurring Event (See all) Marking the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, this exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum features more than 50 works created between 1770 and 2018. Featured works include silver by Paul Revere, paintings by George Caleb Bingham and Benjamin West and prints by Norman Akers and Jacob Lawrence. Picturing Independence […] America250 Museums and Exhibits <img width="300" height="200" src="https://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Women-Impressionists-and-the-Land-at-Saint-Louis-Art-Museum-300x200.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="This Impressionist painting of a haystack by Blanche Hoschedé Monet is featured in a St L

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Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting

Today · 7 AM – 8 PM

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Laumeier Sculpture Park Free October 27 @ 7:00 am - 8:00 pm | Recurring Event (See all) Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting marks Laumeier’s 50th anniversary by celebrating five decades of artist commissions and exhibitions. Featuring hundreds of artists and rarely seen works from Laumeier’s collection, the exhibition highlights the Park’s unique position at the intersection of public art, contemporary museum practice, and the natural world. Centering on artworks that have […] Arts & Entertainment Museums and Exhibits Outdoor Recreation <img width="300" height="200" src="https://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Waka-Garden-at-Laumeier-300x200.jpg" class="attachment-medium size

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Wak’a Garden

Today · 7 AM – 8 PM

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Laumeier Sculpture Park Free October 27 @ 7:00 am - 8:00 pm | Recurring Event (See all) Begin Again: Wak’a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built from natural materials Laumeier’s grounds, features ceramic hive-shaped vessels and a chemical-free teaching garden. It will serve as a multisensory space for reverence, gathering, educational […] Arts & Entertainment Museums and Exhibits <img width="300" height="200" src="https://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Fall-into-Economics-at-the-Economy-Museum-300x200.jpg" class="attachment-medium s

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The Literary Garden: The Cultivation of Plants and Gardens in Narratives

Today · 9 AM – 5 PM

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Missouri Botanical Garden Free – $16 October 27 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | Recurring Event (See all) The upcoming special exhibition at the Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum explores the myriad ways that different cultures represent plants and gardens through literary media, such as herbals, novels, poems, comics, and other types of stories. Highlighting Garden collections, and using books, images, objects, and botanical specimens, The Literary Garden highlights how authors and creators […] Arts & Entertainment Museums and Exhibits Outdoor Recreation <img width="300" height="200" src="https://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/

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The 1904 World’s Fair Exhibit

Today · 10 AM – 5 PM

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Missouri History Museum Free October 27 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Recurring Event (See all) The 1904 World’s Fair was a fascinating yet complex event that continues to evoke a range of emotions. It was grand and shameful. It was full of fun and full of indignity. Now, 120 years after it opened in St. Louis, the 1904 World’s Fair exhibit at the Missouri History Museum will reintroduce audiences to […] Museums and Exhibits <img width="300" height="200" src="https://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Missouri-History-Museum-300x200.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="The Missouri History Museum has an "I Love STL" sign in front." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Missouri-History-Museum-300x200.jpg 300w, https://explorestlouis.com/wp-co

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Quilts and Coverlets: American Needlework in White

Today · 10 AM – 5 PM

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Saint Louis Art Museum Free October 27 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Recurring Event (See all) Focusing on 19th-century works, Quilts and Coverlets: American Needlework in White presents superlative whitework textiles, which are characterized by embroidery done in white thread on white fabric. In the U.S., whitework was predominantly practiced by women who not only had ample time and superb skill but who also enjoyed the means to carefully select and […] Museums and Exhibits <img width="300" height="200" src="https://explorestlouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Yours-Forever-Forest-Park-at-150-at-the-Missouri-History-Museum-300x200.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Yours Forever: Forest Park at 150 at the Missouri History Museum." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://explorestlouis.com/wp-conte

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Yours Forever: Forest Park at 150

Today · 10 AM – 5 PM

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Missouri History Museum Free October 27 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Recurring Event (See all) America’s best urban park turns 150 years young in 2026. Over the course of the last century and a half, Forest Park has hosted pivotal moments in St. Louis history: the 1904 World’s Fair, Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 speech to more than 100,000 people following his historic flight across the Atlantic, and even a surprise Janis […] Museums and Exhibits <path d="M9.7 14.4l-1.5 1.5L.3 8 8.2.1