Past Annual Meetings – 2018

Coming to Saint Louis for the MRCG conference? Give yourself a little extra free time to enjoy all the Gateway City has to offer! St. Louis Favorites according to local experts Raina Chao, Katherine Langdon, Crista Pack, Julie Ribits, and Claire Winfield:

Museums and Attractions

Forest Park and Nearby

• Forest Park https://www.forestparkforever.org/

• Saint Louis Art Museum https://www.slam.org/

• Missouri History Museum http://mohistory.org/museum

• Saint Louis Science Center https://www.slsc.org/

• Saint Louis Zoo https://www.stlzoo.org/  

• World Chess Hall of Fame and Museum https://worldchesshof.org/

• Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis http://cathedralstl.org/

Grand Center / Midtown

• Grand Center Arts District https://www.grandcenter.org/

• Contemporary Art Museum https://camstl.org/

• Pulitzer Foundation https://pulitzerarts.org/

• International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum http://iphf.org/

• Sheldon Art Galleries https://thesheldon.org/index.php

• Missouri Botanical Garden http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/

• Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA, at Saint Louis University) https://www.slu.edu/mocra/index.php

• Saint Louis University Museum of Art https://www.slu.edu/sluma/index.php

Downtown

• Soldier’s Memorial Military Museum http://mohistory.org/memorial

• Gateway Arch & Museum https://www.gatewayarch.com/

• City Museum https://www.citymuseum.org/

• National Blues Museum https://www.nationalbluesmuseum.org/

• Central Library https://www.slpl.org/locations/CENTRAL/

• Soulard Farmers Market http://www.soulardmarket.com/

• Anheuser-Busch/Budweiser Brewery Tour https://www.budweisertours.com/  

Further Afield!

• Laumeier Sculpture Park http://www.laumeiersculpturepark.org/

• Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park https://ebsworthpark.org/

• Grant’s Farm https://www.grantsfarm.com/

• St. Louis Mercantile Library at UMSL https://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/

• The Magic House Children’s Museum https://www.magichouse.org/

• Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site https://cahokiamounds.org/

Restaurants and Bars

The Delmar Loop

• Fitz’s Root Beer

• Corner 17

• Salt & Smoke

• Mission Taco

• Fork & Stix

• Blueberry Hill

• Pi Pizzeria

• Publico

• Thai Country Cafe

• HopCat

• Three Kings

• Piccione Pastry

Central West End

• Dressel’s Public House

• Pi Pizzeria

• Mission Taco

• Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams

• Sub Zero Vodka Bar

• Gamlin Whiskey House

• Kampai Sushi Bar

• Taste

• Brasserie by Niche

• International Tap House

Dogtown / Maplewood / The Grove

• Stone Turtle

• Felix’s Pizza Pub

• Heavy Riff Brewing Company

• Robata

• Schlafly Bottleworks

• Boogaloo

• Boardwalk Waffles

• Las Palmas

• Strange Donuts

• Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken

• Urban Chestnut Brewery and Bierhall

• Sameem Afghan Restaurant

• Grace Meat + Three

• Sanctuaria

Clayton

• Louie

• Clementines Naughty and Nice Ice Cream

• Pastaria

• Bar Les Freres

• Nami Ramen

• Barcelona Tapas

• 801 Chophouse

• Yen Ching

Grand Center / South Grand

• The Fountain on Locust

• Turn

• Urban Chestnut Midtown

• Pappy’s Smokehouse

• The Dark Room at the Grandel

• Ices Plain and Fancy

• The Shaved Duck

• Lulu’s Local Eatery

• Meskerem Ethiopian

Further Afield / Miscellaneous Favorites

• Ted Drewes Frozen Custard

• Sugarfire Smoke House & Pie Shop

• The Block

• Cyrano’s

• Chris’s Pancake & Dining

• Civil Life Brewery

• Four Hands Brewery

• Schlafly Taproom

• The Royale Food and Spirits

• Planter’s House

See also: Venues for the 2018 MRCG Symposium, which includes several museums and libraries.

Click the links below for more information about the 2018 Annual Meeting:

• Hotel Accommodations

• Symposium Schedule

• Abstracts of Presentations

• Business Meeting Ballot Items

• Transportation and Carpooling

• Symposium Venues

• Deadline passed: 2018 Emerging Professionals Scholarship