List of public art in St. Louis

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This is a list of public art in St. Louis, in the United States. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artworks in museums. Public art may include sculptures, statues, monuments, memorials, murals, and mosaics.

Image Title / subject Location and
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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialWikidata Notes

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Apotheosis of St. Louis Saint Louis Art Museum in Forest Park

38°38′23″N 90°17′39″W / 38.63980°N 90.29409°W / 38.63980; -90.29409 (Apotheosis of St. Louis)
1906Charles Henry Niehaus Equestrian statueBronze Q4780753

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Citygarden St. Louis Gateway Mall

38°37′37″N 90°11′38″W / 38.627°N 90.194°W / 38.627; -90.194 (Citygarden)
Various (Opened 2009) Sculpture gardenVarious Q5124067
Dred and Harriet Scott Statue Gateway Arch National Park

38°37′31″N 90°11′21″W / 38.62539°N 90.18905°W / 38.62539; -90.18905 (Dred and Harriet Scott Statue)
2012Harry Weber StatueBronze Q75117035
Freedom Suits Memorial Civil Courts Building

38°37′39″N 90°11′48″W / 38.6275°N 90.19667°W / 38.6275; -90.19667 (Freedom Suits Memorial)
2022Preston Jackson MemorialBronze

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Gateway Arch Gateway Arch National Park

38°37′28″N 90°11′05″W / 38.6245°N 90.1847°W / 38.6245; -90.1847 (Gateway Arch)
1965Eero Saarinen ArchCarbon steel
Concrete
Stainless steel
Q2027162
Memorial to the Confederate Dead Forest Park (Removed)

38°38′40″N 90°16′47″W / 38.64432°N 90.27964°W / 38.64432; -90.27964 (Memorial to the Confederate Dead)
MemorialStone Q39079112 Removed June 2017.
Monument to General Nathaniel Lyon St. Louis Arsenal

38°35′37″N 90°12′39″W / 38.59359°N 90.21091°W / 38.59359; -90.21091 (Monument to General Nathaniel Lyon)
1874Adolphus Druiding ObeliskGranite

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The Captains' Return Laclede's Landing

38°37′36″N 90°10′58″W / 38.62667°N 90.18287°W / 38.62667; -90.18287 (The Captains' Return)
2006Harry Weber StatueBronze Q75127716 Depicts Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Seaman.
The Mural Mile (Floodwall) Kosciusko

38°36′53″N 90°11′17″W / 38.61469°N 90.18794°W / 38.61469; -90.18794 (The Mural Mile (Floodwall))
1997-PresentVarious GraffitiConcrete, paint Public collaborative graffiti project on a Mississippi River floodwall.
The Naked Truth Compton Hill Reservoir Park

38°21′55″N 90°08′31″W / 38.36523°N 90.14206°W / 38.36523; -90.14206 (The Naked Truth)
1914Wilhelm Wandschneider StatueBronze Q110782965
Police Memorial Civil Courts Building

38°37′40″N 90°11′52″W / 38.62772°N 90.19781°W / 38.62772; -90.19781 (Police Memorial)
1988Rudolph Torrini MemorialBronze
Statue of Christopher Columbus Tower Grove Park (Removed)

38°36′18″N 90°14′35″W / 38.60512°N 90.24303°W / 38.60512; -90.24303 (Statue of Christopher Colombus)
1884 Statue Q96406476 Removed June 2020.
Statue of David R. Francis Francis Park

38°35′04″N 90°18′05″W / 38.58431°N 90.30131°W / 38.58431; -90.30131 (Statue of David R. Francis)
StatueBronze
Statue of Frankie Muse Freeman Kiener Plaza

38°37′34″N 90°11′24″W / 38.62606°N 90.19006°W / 38.62606; -90.19006 (Statue of Frankie Muse Freeman)
2017Brian Owens StatueBronze
Statue of George Washington Lafayette Square

38°36′53″N 90°12′58″W / 38.61481°N 90.21606°W / 38.61481; -90.21606 (Statue of George Washington)
1856 (Original 1785-92)Jean-Antoine Houdon StatueBronze Bronze casting of Statue of George Washington by Houdon.
Statue of George Washington Washington University in St. Louis

38°38′53″N 90°18′28″W / 38.64809°N 90.3078°W / 38.64809; -90.3078 (Statue of George Washington)
2003 (Original 1785-92)Jean-Antoine Houdon StatueBronze Bronze casting of Statue of George Washington by Houdon.
Statue of Thomas Hart Benton Lafayette Park

38°36′58″N 90°12′59″W / 38.61606°N 90.21644°W / 38.61606; -90.21644 (Statue of Thomas Hart Benton)
1864Harriet Hosmer StatueBronze
Turtle Park Forest Park

38°37′55″N 90°17′35″W / 38.63194°N 90.29306°W / 38.63194; -90.29306 (Turtle Park)
1996Bob Cassilly Sculpture gardenConcrete Q22060360

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