After something like three years of construction, the new museum under the Arch had a sneak prview yesterday morning for members of the Gateway Arch Foundation. It opens to the public over Fourth of July weekend.The theme is American westward expansion. It is much bigger and more detailed than the old one. This time, the exhibits take a candid look at all the violence and cruelty involved, taking vast tracts of land from Mexicans and Native Americans at any cost.
More to come. We can consider whether Laclede and Chouteau, the French traders and explorers who founded our city, were right.
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Sometimes revising a museum requires, rightfully, to face up to the fact that history has its dark sides. Our museum of history underwent that process.
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