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    Opened in 1859, Henry Shaw's Museum was the scientific heart of the Missouri Botanical Garden for more than a century.

    It housed the Garden’s original library, herbarium and natural history specimens. Over the years it also was used as office space, a research lab and as a restaurant. The museum building was closed to the public in 1982 and only opened on special occasions including annually on Henry Shaw’s Birthday. When Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson became president of the Garden in 2010, he recognized the importance of reopening this important building.

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    Rain or shine, head over to the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House to see the natural habitat in which butterflies thrive. The Butterfly House is family friendly and a place for people of all ages to enjoy. The conservatory is lushly planted with nearly 100 species of exotic flowering tropical plants. In the Emerson Theater, people can learn about a butterfly’s life cycle before seeing the butterflies themselves. 

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    The Missouri Botanical Garden grows more than 250 magnolia specimens, which can be seen from late March through mid-June in Magnolia Grove. Magnolia Grove, also known as Kiefer Magnolia Walk, provides a beautiful walking path between the Linnean House and the Climatron. Head to the Garden to see these flowers that have been frozen in time, yet remain vibrantly alive.

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    There’s a small taste of the historic Ottoman Empire right here in St. Louis at the Missouri Botanical Garden.  The Ottoman Garden is a unique quarter-acre walled garden that carries on the little known but great gardening tradition of the Ottomans. 

    The Ottoman Garden provides a visually lush and peaceful setting. Visitors can enjoy the refreshing sound of water, earthy patina of the surrounding walls, antique brick and stone and the myriad of plants whose primary functions are for fragrance, fruit and color.

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    Youngsters can go on a “Missouri adventure” in the Doris I. Schnuck Children’s Garden at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The Children’s Garden teaches kids 12 and under about the interdependence of all nature – humans, insects, animals and plants – in a variety of ecosystems.

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    People of all ages can tickle their senses by visiting the Zimmerman Sensory Garden. This garden gives visitors an opportunity to draw on their senses. People enjoy smelling popular herbs like rosemary, lemon thyme and lavender. A whiff of the chocolate flower is sure to tempt any guest’s sweet tooth. The sounds of the Shell Fountain and the Solari bell will engage guests as they make their way through this garden.

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