ST. LOUIS — When the Missouri History Museum reopens an updated and enhanced version of its 1904 World’s Fair exhibit later this month, officials want visitors to take away a different and more complex narrative than perhaps they've heard in the past.
The museum, at 5700 Lindell Blvd. in Forest Park, on April 27 will reopen the exhibit, which was closed a year ago for the update.
The new exhibit’s centerpiece is an expansive 1:400 scale model of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition’s fairgrounds. An image of what the grounds look like now is periodically projected on top of the model, giving visitors an understanding of the fair’s size and layout.
The museum invested about $2.5 million to construct the exhibit, financed in part by the Eric P. and Evelyn E. Newman Foundation, museum officials said.
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