St. Louis Museum Offers Thrills, Chills, and Lawsuits

theodp writes "Despite the whiff of danger, or perhaps because of it, the WSJ reports that the City Museum is one of St. Louis's most popular attractions. Housed in a 10-story brick building, the City Museum shows none of the restraint or quiet typical of most museums. It boasts a five-story jungle gym with two real-life jets kids can climb on, an enclosed Monster Slide that drops riders the length of three staircases, and a rooftop Ferris wheel. Sure, there are the occasional severed fingers and skull fractures, but museum founder Bob Cassilly contends that it is as safe as it can be without being a bore. 'They [lawyers] are taking the fun out of life,' says Cassilly, adding that 'when you have millions of people do something, something's going to happen no matter what you do.'"

Comments

Slashdotted?

[CannonballHead]

It appears to be slashdotted. Service Unavailable. I guess the web administrator is in the jungle gym...

Re:Kids?

[BarryJacobsen]

They're kids on the inside

Possibly drunk on the inside, as well. :P

Re:Not for the timid

[bar-agent]

One word of caution though, there are some places there (that i found while trying to keep up with my son) that can trigger claustrophobia.

That is a good educational experience right there. Most people don't normally get to see what claustrophobia is like until they go crawling around in caves.