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 […]
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 […]
Local author (Distilled History) and Campbell House docent Cameron Collins explores a kaleidoscope of bygone places and events identified with the Gateway City. Places like Eat-Rite and Schneithorst’s are brought back to life and placed alongside famous St. Louis memories like the Admiral, Forest Park Highlands, and Phil the Gorilla. Free, reservations not required. Limited […]
The History and traditions of Saint Louis are a fascinating, complex subject. This book and lecture is one element in the story which, until now, has evaded a full telling. To most St. Louisans of long presence in the town, the mention of Vandeventer Place conjures up a mixture of amazement and mystery. The finest […]
