Campbell House Museum

76th Anniversary Free Day
2019-02-08 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Campbell House Museum, 1508 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103
In celebration of the 76th Anniversary of the opening (Feb. 6th, 1943) of Campbell House and Robert Campbell’s 215th Birthday (Feb. 12, 1804) — we will be offering free tours on Friday, February 8th and Saturday, February 9th! Our hours for both days will be 10-4 p.m. (last tour starting at 3:30).
No reservations are required. We will have plenty of docents here ready to give tours.

Native Americans and the Presidency of U.S. Grant
2018-07-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, 7400 Grant Rd., St. Louis, MO, 63123
Andy Hahn, Executive Director at the Campbell House Museum, will explore Grant’s “Peace Policy”, Grant’s progressive step of appointing a Native American to the post of Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and the formation of a new Board of Indian Commissioners which included St. Louisan Robert Campbell.
Event is FREE and open to the public.
Please call 314–842‑1867 ext. 230 to RSVP.

Native Americans and the Presidency of U.S. Grant
2018-07-18 14:00 - 15:00 | Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, 7400 Grant Rd., St. Louis, MO, 63123
Andy Hahn, Executive Director at the Campbell House Museum, will explore Grant’s “Peace Policy”, Grant’s progressive step of appointing a Native American to the post of Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and the formation of a new Board of Indian Commissioners which included St. Louisan Robert Campbell.
Event is FREE and open to the public.
Please call 314-842-1867 ext. 230 to RSVP.

Robert Campbell Documentary Premiere
2018-06-18 07:00 - 21:00 | Public Media Commons, 3653 Olive St., St. Louis, MO, 63108
A new one hour documentary titled “Robert Campbell, Mountain Man” was commissioned by the BBC for a series of famous Irish immigrants who become successful in America, Robert Campbell was the first person they picked! Last June, Alan McFarland and Michael Beattie (producer/director) were accompanied by an Irish film crew in the U.S. for 13 days of filming. Viewers are treated to stunning new footage of the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains and interviews with the Campbell House staff and experts on the history of the fur trade. Watch a preview of the documentary.
There will be a panel discussion immediately after the screening with director Michael Beattie and presenter Alan McFarland.
Screening is FREE and open to the public. Reservations are requested, please reserve online at nineNET.org/campbell or by calling 314-421-0325.
Parking is free in the lot adjacent to Nine Network, enter on Spring Street. The event is outdoors, bring chairs for seating.
Can’t attend this event? Watch the broadcast one Nine PBS on Monday, July 2 at 8 P.M.

Lucas Place Walking Tour
2018-04-28 13:00 - 14:30
Join the staff of the Campbell House Museum for a walking tour of the 1875 neighborhood of Lucas Place, St. Louis’ first private place and an enclave of Gilded Age wealth and nineteenth century elegance. Spanning from 13th to 16th Streets in Downtown St. Louis, participants will walk a street once lined with expansive homes, today the site of a resurgent early twentieth century business district. Tours will begin and end at the Campbell House Museum and will last approximately 90 minutes.
Please call 314–421‑0325 to purchase tickets. Campbell House members are free, but require a reservation.

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Lucas Place Walking Tour
2018-04-23 13:00 - 15:00 | Campbell House Museum, 1508 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103
Join the staff of the Campbell House Museum for a walking tour of the 1875 neighborhood of Lucas Place, St. Louis’ first private place and an enclave of Gilded Age wealth and nineteenth century elegance. Spanning from 13th to 16th Streets in Downtown St. Louis, participants will walk a street once lined with expansive homes, today the site of a resurgent early twentieth century business district. Tours will begin and end at the Campbell House Museum and will last approximately 90 minutes.
Please call 314–421-0325 to purchase tickets. Campbell House members are free, but require a reservation.

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Free parking available in lot directly next to the house.

Annual Campbell House Museum Lecture
2018-03-18 14:00 - 15:00 | St. Louis Public Library (Central Library), 1301 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103, United States
Non-Parallel Lines: Virginia Campbell, Bridget, & Sally
In his essay, “Self-Reliance,” Ralph Waldo Emerson, whose lifespan is almost identical to fur trader Robert Campbell’s, echoed Socrates: “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Certainly, the life of the successful St. Louis businessman has been recorded and scrutinized in books and articles. About Virginia Kyle Campbell there is one interpretive article, published locally. Viewing this imbalance of examination through a gendered lens, we might deduce that –although she was the wife of a very prominent citizen—Virginia‘s life was somehow not worth examining. In her life as a nineteenth-century woman, bound by what we now call “the cult of domesticity,” Virginia gave birth to thirteen children, only three of whom survived, and numerous miscarriages and still births. However, if we know little about Virginia, we know even less about other women who lives were intimately intertwined with hers—the Irish domestic servant, colloquially known as “Bridget,” and the enslaved females—often called “Sally”– who were part of the property that became Robert’s when they wed in 1841. Using the letters of Virginia Campbell, this essay explores the details of her life as an individual upper-class female who inhabited the binary gendered world of home and marketplace. It will also investigate the experiences of the Irish domestic female servant in the Campbell home and in St. Louis. Little is known about the enslaved people owned by the Campbell family, but there is some detail about the lives of enslaved women in St. Louis, and that is the third narrative that will be considered.
Presented by Dr. Kathleen Nigro
Director: Gender Studies Program,
University of Missouri – St. Louis
The lecture is held in the Central Branch Auditorium. Lecture is FREE and open to the public. Reservations are no required. Parking is free on Sundays.

Urban Museum Collaborative Lecture
2018-02-28 19:00 - 20:00 | Prairie Commons Branch
Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes
Step into history and take “a walk into the past” with the Urban Museum Collaborative. See how artifacts, documents, and “character cards” bring into focus the compelling narratives of individuals associated with two historic house museums–the Campbell House and the Field House. The issue of freedom is central to the story of two women and two men who lived in the tumultuous times surrounding the Civil War. Their struggles and issues of compassion, advocacy, resilience, and justice connect to our communities today.
Prairie Commons Branch
915 Utz Ln.
Hazelwood, MO
Lectures starts at 7 p.m.

Victorian Christmas Open House
2017-12-07 17:00 - 20:00 | Campbell House Museum, 1508 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103
Join the two jewels of historic preservation in St. Louis for a special holiday open house, featuring the Campbell House Museum and Magic Chef Mansion. On this holiday evening, guests will have the opportunity to see both homes in all their Christmas splendor.
ADVANCE TICKET PURCHASES FOR THE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7 OPEN HOUSE HAVE ENDED. DAY OF TICKETS ($35 EACH) WILL BE AVAILABLE AT BOTH LOCATIONS BEGINNING AT 5 P.M. ON DECEMBER 7.
The Campbell House Museum was built in 1851 and has been completely restored to the high-Victorian opulence of the 1880s. The home or renowned fur trader and entrepreneur Robert Campbell and his family, the Museum contains hundreds of original family possessions including furniture, paintings, clothing, letters and carriages. Campbell House is located at 1508 Locust Street in downtown St. Louis.
The Magic Chef Mansion was built in 1908 for Charles Stockstrom who was the founder of the Quick Meal and Magic Chef Stove Company. Designed by architect Ernst Janssen, the 12,000 square foot home cost $49,600 and took only one year to build. This restored mansion, today a private residence, sits on two acres and also features the original carriage house. The Magic Chef Mansion is located at 3400 Russell Boulevard near Tower Grove Park. For more information visit Magic Chef Mansion.
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR of either house for $35 per person. Tickets are non-refundable.
No tickets will be mailed. Your reservation will be under your name at each location.
Free parking at the Campbell House Museum is available in the YMCA lot immediately west of the Museum. Street parking is available on Russell Blvd. in front of the Magic Chef Mansion.

Drink Up Tweet Up 2017
2017-10-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Campbell House Museum, 1508 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103
Join the Campbell House Museum and Distilled History for an evening of music, food, and potent potables. Explore St. Louis’ history through the lens of beer and spirits in and around the walls of one of America’s most accurately-restored 19th century buildings.
Enjoy food donated by Maya Cafe and beer donated by Schlafly and Urban Chestnut. Distilled History`s, Cameron Collins, will be providing homemade gin and Campbell themed beer. This event is completely FREE to the public, but limited to the 21 and over crowd.

Decoration Day Celebration
2017-06-10 09:30 - 16:00 | Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum, 4947 West Florissant Avenue, St. Louis, MO, 63115, United States
This year’s Decoration Day Celebration at Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum will acknowledge some of the early St. Louisans who helped shape our city and impacted Western Expansion. In attendance on this day will be Fur Traders, War of 1812 Veterans, noted gentleman who took part in the 1817 Benton-Lucas Duel, and many others.
Re-enactors will portray in first person the historical figures including, William Clark, Mary Hempstead, Thomas Hart Benton, Susan Magoffin, General Daniel Bissell and Charlotte Charless.
Bellefontaine Cemetery’s Redbud Valley will be transformed into the 1832 Pierre’s Hole, Idaho – rendezvous and play backdrop to the 1817 Bloody Island duel between Thomas Hart Benton, and Charles Lucas. Historic Home Museums and St. Louis Parks agencies will also be on site to share their stories with attendees.
Due to parking dynamics, timed registrations for arrival are mandatory. Please visit Bellefontaine Cemetery to order your tickets. Once on the grounds, you may choose to stay as long as you like until the event closes at 4:00 PM.

Arias in the Afternoon
2017-06-04 13:00 - 16:00 | Campbell House Museum, 1508 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103
You are invited to join Union Avenue Opera and the Campbell House Museum for an afternoon celebrating cultural partnerships in St. Louis, featuring performances by Union Avenue Opera artists. Experience the magnificent restored interiors of the Campbell House and the new exhibit— Taxidermy…
A light lunch will be provided featuring Virginia Campbell’s
original recipes for Roman Punch. Complimentary wine.
Free parking.
Tickets:
Patron: $75 per person (includes a $35 tax deduction) or Adult: $40 per person
Food provided by: The Social Affair
Wine provided by: Ces & Judy`s
For tickets call U.A.O. at 314-361-2881 or visit Union Avenue Opera,

Spring Member's Party
2017-04-30 16:00 - 19:00 | Campbell House Museum, 1508 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103
Annual members are the Campbell House Museum’s lifeblood – they fund education programming for local schools, help keep the lights on in our historic buildings and preserve St. Louis history and heritage. Join us in the garden of the Campbell House Museum for wine, hors d’oeuvres and members receive a 20% discount on the Museum Store’s new line of Spring merchandise. This year two local authors will join members to discuss and sign copies of their nationally renowned books.
Maureen Kavanaugh
Author of the new book “Hidden History of Downtown St. Louis”
Cameron Collins
Author of “Lost Treasures of St. Louis”
All are welcome to attend, no reservations are required. Free parking is available in the YMCA lot.
We hope you can join us! For more information on becoming a member of the Campbell House Museum, click here.

Annual Lecture: The St. Louis Slave Trade in the Era of Robert Campbell
2017-04-09 14:00 - 16:00 | St. Louis Public Library (Central Library), 1301 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103, United States
The 2017 Annual Lecture will be presented by Dr. Kenneth Winn, Historian and Former Archivist of the State of Missouri.
During the 1850s St. Louis’s preeminent slave trader Bernard Lynch handled the trade for St. Louis’s elite. While Lynch sold slaves locally, he sold more “down the river” to places like Natchez and New Orleans. Most wealthy St. Louisans became involved with slavery in one manner or another, including. Robert Campbell. This talk unveils previously unknown information about Bernard Lynch’s pernicious trade, and puts Robert Campbell’s slaveholding into the context of its time.
St. Louis Public Library, Central Auditorium
1301 Olive Street (please use the Locust St. entrance)
Saint Louis, MO 63103
All metered parking is free on Sundays.
THANK YOU TO THE ST. LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR BEING THE VENUE SPONSOR FOR THIS LECTURE.

Lucas Place Walking Tour
2016-11-12 13:00 - 15:00
Join the staff of the Campbell House Museum for a walking tour of the 1875 neighborhood of Lucas Place, St. Louis’ first private place and an enclave of Gilded Age wealth and nineteenth century elegance. Spanning from 13th to 16th Streets in Downtown St. Louis, participants will walk a street once lined with expansive homes, today the site of a resurgent early twentieth century business district. Tours will begin and end at the Campbell House Museum.
Please call 314–421-0325 to purchase tickets. Campbell House members are free, but require a reservation.

Free parking available on the YMCA lot immediately west of the Museum.

Halloween Twilight Tours and Snap Apple Night
2016-10-31 18:00 - 20:00 | Campbell House Museum, 1508 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103
See the parlor dressed for mourning and hear about mourning customs, explore the Museum after dark and learn about the ancient customs and folklore surrounding Snap-Apple Night, an old Scots-Irish tradition celebrating Halloween. A Victorian mourning dress will be in special display for the event.
Cost: $15 per person, members are $5, reservation required. Please make a reservation below by selecting one of the five tour times. Each tour will last approximately 90 minutes. Free parking available in the YMCA lot.

Tour Times (select one)

6:00 p.m. Tour6:30 p.m. Tour7:00 p.m. Tour7:30 p.m. Tour8:00 p.m. Tour

Lucas Place Walking Tour
2016-10-02 13:00 - 15:00 | Campbell House Museum, 1508 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103

Tweet Up Drink Up 2016
2016-09-30 17:00 - 19:30 | Campbell House Museum, 1508 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103
Join the Campbell House Museum and Cameron Collins, award-winning author of local history blog Distilled History for an after-work evening celebrating St. Louis history through the lens of beer and spirits. Grab a beer and a bite to eat, tour the historic Campbell House.
This outdoor event is free to members of the public aged 21+.

Arias in the Afternoon
2016-05-22 13:00 - 16:00 | Campbell House Museum, 1508 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103
Join Union Avenue Opera and the Campbell House Museum on for the 5th Annual Arias in the Afternoon benefiting the Campbell House Museum and Union Avenue Opera
Ces and Judy’s Catering will provide a light lunch and there will also be featured items from Virginia Campbell’s own original recipes for Roman Punch, and deserts from the new book The Gilded Table. Complimentary wine from Peaceful Blend Vineyard
Experience the magnificent restored interiors of the Campbell House and the new exhibit — Dining Decorum in the Gilded Age.
Sunday, May 22, 2016
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
performance starts at 2:00 p.m.Campbell House Museum
1508 Locust Street
St. Louis, MO 63103
Free parking in the YMCA lot next to the museum
TICKETS:
Patron: $75 per person (include a $35 tax deductible donation)
Adult: $40 per person

Advance reservations are required.

Spring Members Party
2016-05-01 16:00 - 19:00 | Campbell House Museum, 1508 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103
Annual members are the Campbell House Museum’s lifeblood – they fund education programming for local schools, help keep the lights on in our historic buildings and preserve St. Louis history and heritage. Join us in the garden of the Campbell House Museum for wine, hors d’oeuvres and a special 20% discount on the Museum Store’s new line of Spring merchandise. This year three local authors will join members to discuss and sign copies of their nationally renowned books.
Maureen Kavanaugh
Author of the new book “The Campbell Family of St. Louis: Their Public Triumphs and Personal Tragedies”
NiNi Harris
Author of “Downtown St. Louis”
Carol Ferring Shepley
Author of “St. Louis: An Illustrated Timeline”
We hope you can join us! For more information on becoming a member of the Campbell House Museum, click here.

The Cholera Years: How St. Louis Solved its First Environmental Crisis
2016-04-17 15:00 - 16:00 | St. Louis Public Library (Central Library), 1301 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103, United States
UPDATE: This venue for the 2016 Campbell House lecture has been changed to the AUDITORIUM of CENTRAL LIBRARY. Please use the Locust Street entrance. The date and time of the lecture remain the same. Because of the venue change, reservations are no longer required.
Join the Campbell House for our annual lecture in the spring. This year’s lecture is presented by Dr. Andrew Hurley, Professor of History at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and focuses on the impact cholera had on St. Louis. For much of the 19th century, St. Louis was held in the grip of fear by the deadly scourge of cholera (the Campbell’s first-born son James died in the 1849 epidemic). Although advances in medical knowledge and sanitation eventually eradicated the disease, environmental reforms designed to improve public health raised an entirely new set of challenges that we still grapple with today.
Please call 314-421-0325 for more information.

Celebrate the Gilded Table at the Missouri History Museum
2015-12-06 11:00 - 16:00 | Missouri History Museum, 5700 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO, 63112
Yuletide Traditions: From the Gilded Age to Today | Throughout the Missouri History Museum
The Gilded Table: Recipes and Table History from the Campbell House, written by food historian and St. Louis author Suzanne Corbett, features 178 recipes from Virginia Campbell’s original handwritten collection and provides an intimate glimpse at how the wealth created by Robert Campbell’s rugged wilderness life as a pioneering fur trader transformed into a wealthy lifestyle of sumptuous dinners and high society events during the 1860s and ’70s. Join us for a day filled with family-friendly activities, including:
11 am to 4 pm: Ongoing hands-on activities including gingerbread decorating (while supplies last)
12 pm: “Entertainment in the Gilded Age” video vignettes by Etc. Senior Theatre
1 pm: The Gilded Table presentation and book signing with Suzanne Corbett
2:30 pm: Panel discussion — Changing holiday tables and traditions
Don’t forget to treat yourself to a “Gilded Brunch” at Bixby’s!

Food in Nineteenth Century St. Louis
2015-11-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Church of St. Michael & St. George, 6345 Wydown Blvd, Clayton, MO, 63105, United States
Join Campbell House Museum and Hanley House Directors Andy Hahn and Sarah Umlauf for a special presentation on food in nineteenth century St. Louis city versus St. Louis county. In honor of the recent publication of The Gilded Table: Recipes and Table History from the Campbell House, the presentation will be followed by a tasting of nineteenth century dishes prepared by Gilded Table author and food historian Suzanne Corbett.
This event will be held in the Great Hall of the Church of St. Michael & St. George (Clayton, MO) and is completely free to the general public, but reservations are required. Click here to contact the Clayton Century Foundation or call (314) 290-8553 to reserve your spot.

Twilight Tours on Halloween Night
2015-10-31 18:30 - 20:00 | Campbell House Museum, 1508 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103
Spend All Hallow’s Eve exploring the Campbell House after dark!
Guests have the rare opportunity to experience Campbell House after dark and take a closer look at the unhappy chapters of loss and despair that defined much of the Campbell family’s 84 years spent at #20 Lucas Place (today 1508 Locust Street).
Guests are encouraged to come in costume, we’ll have ours on too!
Advance reservations in one of the four time slots (6:30, 7:00, 7:30 and 8:00 p.m.) are required, tickets are $13 per person.
Click below or call the CHM office at (314) 421‑0325 to reserve your spot!
Free parking available on the YMCA lot immediately west of the Museum.
UPDATE (10/31/2015 11:13 a.m)
Call 314-421-0325 to check for ticket availability.

Gilded Table Book Release and Tasting
2015-10-06 18:00 - 21:00 | River City Casino, 777 River City Casino Blvd, St. Louis, MO, 63125, United States
Join Campbell House Museum for an evening of toasting and tasting to celebrate the publication and release of The Gilded Table: Recipes and Table History from the Campbell House. The evening at the 1904 Steak House at River City Casino & Hotel will feature vintage plates from The Gilded Table by Suzanne Corbett & inspired small plates created by River City Casino Executive Chef John Johnson.
Tickets to the event are tiered at $50 for general admission and $75 for patron tickets, purchase quickly and securely via PayPal at the drop down menu below or by calling the Campbell House Museum at (314) 421-0325. Patron level attendees receive a complimentary copy of The Gilded Table signed and inscribed by author Suzanne Corbett. Please note: a PayPal account is NOT required to complete your purchase.
Event made possible by the generous support of River City Casino. Proceeds to benefit Campbell House Museum special projects.

CALL 314-421-0325 for ticket availability.

#DrinkupTweetupSTL with Distilled History
2015-09-25 17:00 - 19:30 | Campbell House Museum, 1508 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103
Join the Campbell House Museum and Cameron Collins, award-winning author of local history blog Distilled History for an after-work evening celebrating St. Louis history through the lens of beer and spirits. Grab a beer and a bite to eat, tour the historic Campbell House and enjoy a live performance by local music sensation Typhoon Jackson (back by popular demand!)
This outdoor event is free to members of the public aged 21+.

Lucas Place Walking Tour
2015-09-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Campbell House Museum, 1508 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103
Join the staff of the Campbell House Museum for a walking tour of the 1875 neighborhood of Lucas Place, St. Louis’ first private place and an enclave of Gilded Age wealth and nineteenth century elegance. Spanning from 14th to 18th Streets in Downtown St. Louis, participants will walk a street once lined with expansive homes, today, the site of a resurgent early twentieth century business district. Tours will begin and end at the Campbell House Museum.
Cost to attend for the general public is $10 and payment may be made by clicking the “Buy Now” button. Members of the Campbell House and Missouri History Museum attend for FREE and can make their reservations by calling 314/421-0325 or emailing events@campbellhousemuseum.org.
Free parking available on the YMCA lot immediately west of the Museum.

Lucas Place Walking Tour
2015-07-18 10:00 - 12:00 | Campbell House Museum, 1508 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103
Join the staff of the Campbell House Museum for a walking tour of the site of the once-grand Lucas Place neighborhood, one of St. Louis’ first private places and an enclave of Gilded Age wealth and nineteenth century elegance. Spanning four city blocks in Downtown St. Louis, participants will walk a street once lined with expansive homes, today the site of an early twentieth century business district in the midst of a resurgence. Tours will begin and end at the Campbell House Museum.

7/16/2015 – This event is SOLD OUT. We hope you can join us for the next Lucas Place Walking Tour on Wednesday, September 16!

Pictorial St. Louis: Metropolis of the Mississippi
2015-06-14 14:30 - 15:30 | Missouri History Museum, 5700 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO, 63112
Join Campbell House Museum Executive Director Andrew Hahn for a presentation on Compton and Dry’s intricately detailed 1875 map of St. Louis, hosted by the Missouri History Museum in conjunction with their new blockbuster exhibition, “A Walk Through 1875”.

Lucas Place Walking Tour
2015-06-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Campbell House Museum, 1508 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103
Join the staff of the Campbell House Museum for a walking tour of the site of the once-grand Lucas Place neighborhood, one of St. Louis’ first private places and an enclave of Gilded Age wealth and nineteenth century elegance. Spanning four city blocks in Downtown St. Louis, participants will walk a street once lined with expansive homes, today the site of an early twentieth century business in the midst of a resurgence. Tours will begin and end at the Campbell House Museum.
Cost to attend for the general public is $10 and payment may be made by clicking the “Buy Now” button below. CHM Members attend for FREE and can make their reservations by calling the office at 314/421-0325 or emailing sam@campbellhousemuseum.org.
