Moss 2003 Links
This brief guide to the Conference and to other attractions has been compiled by Anne and David Cove, who as visitors to St. Louis, have visited many more places than the real residents.
Accommodation and Eating
| Chevy's Mexican Restaurant The location for Tuesday evening's meal. It's fairly near the Danforth Center | http://www.chevysfreshmex.com |
| Drury Inn, Creve Coeur The conference accommodation is booked here. It's (fairly) near the Danforth Center |
http://www.druryhotels.com/properties/crevecoeur.cfm |
Academic Links
| Deep Gene Co-sponsor of Moss2003, providing grants to attent the conference. |
http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/bryolab/deepgene/ |
| Department of Biology, Washington University Co-host |
http://www.biology.wustl.edu |
| Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Co-host and location of the conference |
http://www.danforthcenter.org |
| Missouri Botanical Garden Co-sponser. The location of the conference dinner on Monday evening. There will also be an opportunity to tour the garden then |
http://www.mobot.org |
| Washington University in St. Louis Worth a visit not just for the science but for the architecture too! |
http://www.wustl.edu |
Sightseeing-General
| Explore St. Louis a general St. Louis website |
http://www.explorestlouis.com |
Sightseeing-Downtown
| Anheuser Busch Brewery The Clydesdale horses are worth seeing and you get to drink some beer too, but it's not compulsory. |
http://www.budweisertours.com/docs/stltour.htm |
| Gateway Arch Riverboats A one hour cruise on the Mississippi is worthwhile, and gives an excellent view of the arch |
http://www.gatewayarchriverboats.com/ |
| St. Louis Union Station This is full of shops and food outlets, but there is some architecture that's worth seeing too. |
http://www.stlouisunionstation.com/ |
| The Gateway Arch and Old Courthouse Seeing the Arch is surely a must,- you may need to queue to visit the museum (underground) but it is certainly worth a visit. The Old Courthouse has some interesting exhibits in it, is architecturally worthwhile, and is much less crowded |
http://www.nps.gov/jeff/main.htm |
Sightseeing-Forest Park and Central West End
| Central West End An area full of restaurants, antique shops and galleries. |
http://www.slfp.com/CentralWestEnd.html |
| Forest Park Currently being renovated in advance of the 100th anniversary of the 1903 World Fair, but there are still parts without earthmovers. |
http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/parks/forestpark | St. Louis Science Center Excellent site especially worth visiting with children |
http://www.slsc.org |
| St. Louis Zoo One of the world's best urban zoos. |
http://www.stlzoo.org/home.asp |
| Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis In the Central West End,-this is said to contain "the world's largest collection of mosaic art" and that's not difficult to believe. |
http://www.cathedralstl.org/home.htm |
Sightseeing- further West
| Museum of Transportation It contains the biggest locomotives we've ever seen, but much more besides |
http://www.museumoftransport.org/ |
| The Butterfly House, Faust Park You can walk through the butterfly cages and have butterflies flying all around you (and settling on you too) |
http://www.butterflyhouse.org |
| The Magic House- St. Louis Children's Museum We've not been there, but it is reported to be wonderful for children. |
http://www.magichouse.org |
| St. Louis Art Fair This takes place in the streets of Clayton, a prosperous area of St. Louis, on the weekend September 5th-7th. The standard of all sorts of art on sale in very high but you'll need your credit cards. |
http://www.saintlouisartfair.com/ |
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