In September, we welcomed Executive Director Michael Allen and Collections Manager Emery Cox from the National Building Arts Center.
Michael started us off with a slide presentation, which you can view below:
Here are some useful NBAC links:
Urban Archaeology: Lost Buildings of St. Louis (exhibition at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation through Feb 4, 2024)
Rescuing Architecture — an account of my first visit to the NBAC
Next Month
Do you like bricks and the history of the built environment? Following on the heels of the NBAC talk, in October, we will welcome Mitch Goist, who will be taking us on a journey through the history of St. Louis bricks.
Mitch is a tour guide for SeeSTL, the Missouri History Museum’s tour program, and is currently restoring a home in Soulard. He’ll have lots of interesting stories to tell about how and why St. Louis is built out of bricks, the different kinds of bricks, how to date buildings based on the types of bricks used, and more.
If you’ve ever talked to me about STL history for more than five minutes, you’ll probably understand why I’m excited about this topic, and I hope you come out to learn about the history of the city through some of the most ordinary objects we encounter every day.
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Unseen STL History Talks - The National Building Arts Center