Be sure to visit the St. Louis Art Museum which was built for the fair. This summer the St. Louis Zoo completed the first phase of the River's Edge, a lush exhibit area that houses Raja, a popular young elephant, and cheetahs. When it is finished in 2001, River's Edge will cover 10 of the zoo's 90 acres. Discovery is the name of the game at the St. Louis Science Center, which features exhibits on the physical world, flight, the computer age, and ecology and environment. The Omnimax Theater entertains with large-screen movies, and the Exploradome showcases various traveling exhibitions.
Admission is free to the museum, zoo, history museum and science center.
Depending on the season, you can enjoy other activities, such as rides on the lake, walks, golf, ice skating and more at 1,300-acre Forest Park, which is bigger than New York's Central Park. After exploring Forest Park, venture into one of St. Louis' most popular entertainment areas, a nearby neighborhood known as the Central West End. A collection of restaurants, pubs and shops, the Central West End is busy with nighttime activity. This summer, the Fox launched its first extensive refurbishment since it reopened in 1982. Soulard, south of downtown, is the place to hear the blues.