who built the city museum in st louis
City Museum City Museum was founded by artist Bob Cassilly and his then-wife Gail Cassilly. The museum's building was once an International Shoe Company factory and warehouse but was mostly vacant when the Cassillys bought it in 1993. Construction began in January of 1995, and the museum opened to the public on October 25, 1997. Within two years, it was drawing 300,000 visitors a year.[4] Cassilly remained the museum's artistic director until his death in 2011.[5]