Tour the Old Courthouse + Galleries
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Last went: 2017
Will go again: 2033
Cost: Free
While 2025 was dedicated to 20th century history, some of the locations asked that I schedule a tour with them in 2026 (i.e. a FLW house, Powell Symphony Building), thus, you are getting a preview of 2026. In 2026, our tours will focus on the earliest days of St. Louis.
The ranger-led tour of the Old Courthouse is at 2:15. I have notified the Old Courthouse that they may have a large crowed on this day. We will meet earlier - about noon - to see the 4 new museum galleries and 2 restored courtrooms.
"The Old Courthouse was the site of the first two trials of the pivotal Dred Scott case in 1847 and 1850. It was also where Virginia Minor's case for a woman's right to vote came to trial in the 1870s." ( https://www.nps.gov/jeff/planyourvisit/och.htm)