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The Saint Louis Science Center, founded as a planetarium in 1963, is a collection of buildings including a science museum and planetarium in St. Louis, Missouri, on the southeastern corner of Forest Park. With over 750 exhibits in a complex of over 300,000 square feet (28,000 m 2), it is among the largest of its type in the United States.
The Academy of Science, St. Louis (sometimes rendered as Academy of Science - St. Louis) is a non-profit organization in St. Louis, Missouri, dedicated to science literacy and education. Founded in 1856 by a group of scientists and businessmen, including George Engelmann and James B. Eads , the Academy has been involved in many science-related ...
Archon is a multigenre convention that has been held annually in Collinsville, Illinois and is hosted by St. Louis Science Fiction, Ltd. It is the largest convention of its type in the St. Louis, Missouri area, bringing a few thousand fans of science fiction, fantasy and horror each year. Archon is held at the beginning of October.
The 27th World Science Fiction Convention , also known as St. Louiscon, was held on 28 August–1 September 1969 at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The chairpersons were Ray Fisher and Joyce Fisher. The supporting organization was OSFA, the Ozark Science Fiction Association.
Thom Walla, Merlin Hayes, and Mary Hayes founded HobbyTown Unlimited, Inc. in 1985 and opened the first franchise store in 1986. As of 2023, HobbyTown USA has 106 franchise stores are located in 35 states in the continental United States.
The Magic House from Kirkwood Road. The Magic House is a not-for-profit children's museum located in Kirkwood, Missouri, just outside St. Louis.The Magic House opened as a children's museum in 1979 with the mission of engaging children in hands-on learning experiences that encourage experimentation, creativity and the development of problem-solving skills within a place of beauty, wonder, joy ...
Born in Hagerstown, Maryland, Jacob (born 1786) and Samuel (born October 26, 1792) were brought up by their father, Christian Hawken, to become gunsmiths. [2] Despite the fact that local folklore sets the establishment of their shop in 1807 the evidence suggests that Jacob worked for the Harpers Ferry Armory from 1808 until at least 1818, when he moved to Missouri and bought 160 acres (0.65 km ...
Eric Pfeiffer Newman (May 25, 1911 – November 15, 2017) was an American numismatist. [1] [2] [3] He wrote several "works about early American coins and paper money considered the standards on their subjects", as well as hundreds of articles. [4]