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Welcome to the Campbell House Museum

CampbellHouse Built in 1851, the first house in the ele­gant Lucas Place neigh­bor­hood, the Camp­bell House was the home of renowned fur trad­er and entre­pre­neur Robert Camp­bell and his fam­ily from 1854 until 1938. The muse­um con­tains hun­dreds of orig­i­nal Camp­bell pos­ses­sions includ­ing fur­ni­ture, paint­ings, cloth­ing, let­ters, car­riages and a unique set of inte­rior pho­tographs tak­en in the mid-1880s.

CLOSED EASTER SUNDAY, March 31, 2024

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1508 Locust Street | St. Louis, MO 63103 | (314) 421‑0325

ON TV: Back of the House on 9 PBS

Our cur­rent spe­cial exhib­it At the Back of the House: Ser­vants and Slav­ery was recent­ly fea­tured on Nine PBS pro­gram “Liv­ing St. Louis.” Watch the seg­ment here.

ON THE RADIO: Servants and Slavery

The new Camp­bell House exhib­it is fea­tured in the May 19 edi­tion of St. Louis on the Air.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022–05-19/campbell-house-tells-the-story-of-eliza-rone-and-slavery-in-the-19th-century

More News
MARCH 30, 2020: ‘U.S.G.’ SILVER CUP

Any vis­i­tor to Camp­bell House will hear the sto­ry of the friend­ship between the Camp­bell fam­i­ly and the Ulysses S. Grant fam­i­ly.  How the fam­i­lies became acquaint­ed is unknown…

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Hours

Mon­day By Appoint­ment
Tues­day By Appoint­ment
Wednes­day 10 a.m. — 4 p.m.
Thurs­day 10 a.m. — 4 p.m.
Fri­day 10 a.m. — 4 p.m.
Sat­ur­day 10 a.m. — 4 p.m.
Sun­day 12 p.m. — 4 p.m.

Parking

Lim­it­ed free park­ing is avail­able in the lot direct­ly next to the Muse­um. Street park­ing is avail­able at park­ing meters (free on Sun­day) on both Locust and 15th Streets.

Directions

The Muse­um is locat­ed at the south­west cor­ner of 15th and Locust Streets in down­town St. Louis, just one block west of the St. Louis Pub­lic Library.


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