national great rivers museum
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This is a great place for all ages. There are so many interesting exhibits, my favorite is the "drive the barge" simulator. The tour was good, you go up in an elevator and across the lock, very informative. There is a bike trail nearby.
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This museum is well worth stopping at. It is smaller, but has excellent exhibits that appeal to all ages. Really does an excellent job of explaining the "lock and dam" mechanism. Even my 3 year old granddaughter enjoyed it.
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This place was not on our places to visit when taking a Spring Break trip to St Louis, but so glad we took the short drive to Alton. Very educational. There was a barge simulator and luck was with us as a real barge was coming thru the locks. The volunteer was wonderful. She spent time talking with our eight yr old. Pointed out things we had missed.
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A great little museum. I recommend taking the shuttle tour for eagle and bird watching. We spotted several eagles, and varieties of water fowl on the roof lookout spots and the shuttle tour. Friendly, knowledgable staff.
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Lots of history pertaining to life on the river and a good explanation of why we need locks and what barges do in comparison to other means of transportation. There's even an area where you can (through a video game type activity) steer a barge through the locks - the children visiting the museum seemed to love this along with the interactive displays! We visited on a July morning so it wasn't busy by any means and the price can't be beat (free!) although there are donation boxes right inside the door. There are tours of the dam available also.
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We were lucky to be here today to watch the Masters of the Sky exhibit. Beautiful exhibition of birds. The Centre is beautiful and is worthy of a 5 rating. Please stop when you go thru here.
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We came down for the weekend for the Great RIvers Festival, held at the museum. They had very nice attractions, vendors, music and more.
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My 12 year old grandson and I lucked out and arrived here just as a tow pushing 9 barges was entering the lock. We watched in amazement as the pilot steered the barges into the lock - then watched the lock doors close behind it - then the water rising and lifting the barges 17 feet - etc. My grandson didn't want to leave, but I was able to get him inside to the museum. Again he didn't want to leave - there are quite a few "hands on" exhibits and displays that truly are interesting. And yes, they do have a gift shop (actually very nicely stocked with affordable souvenirs).
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We were on our way home from another stop when we decided to check it out. A pleasant surprise. Where we live in New Hampshire there are the remains of locks from more than 150 years ago. We visited a lock in Seattle and the Weiland Canal near Niagara Falls. The museum and the tour by a very knowledgeable and friendly guide was amazing. There were lots of pelicans and a great blue heron. We watched 12 barges joined together enter the lock, be broken down into two 6 barge sections that then went through the lock one at a time. But the most interesting part was learning how the Mississippi flows from the source to the Gulf of Mexico and the dams control the flow maintaining high enough water levels for shipping and low enough to prevent flooding over the levees. We had an adventure too - a thunderstorm was visible in the West and rushing toward us as we were nearly at the end of our tour above the locks. Our guide finished the presentation back down in the museum.
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There were several exhibits on display, but one of the most fun things was to watch the lock for the large barge open and close (new experience) and see the barge go through. One could look right down on the action.