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Visit St. Louis’ iconic Gateway Arch. Discover amazing views from the top – at 630 feet. Explore more throughout the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.
The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-tall (192 m) monument in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch, [5] it is the world's tallest arch [4] and Missouri's tallest accessible structure.
Visit St. Louis’ iconic Gateway Arch. Discover amazing views from the top – at 630 feet. Explore more throughout the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.
Gateway Arch National Park commemorates President Jefferson’s vision of a continental nation, the individuals and cultural groups who helped shape its history, St. Louis’ role in westward expansion, and Dred and Harriet Scott, who sued for their freedom in the Old Courthouse.
Visit St. Louis’ iconic Gateway Arch. Discover amazing views from the top – at 630 feet. Explore more throughout the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.
As the nation's tallest monument, the Gateway Arch has welcomed visitors for fifty years with its iconic, awe-inspiring shape. The vision of renowned architect Eero Saarinen, the Gateway Arch commemorates Thomas Jefferson's vision and St. Louis' role in the westward expansion of the United States.
Things To Do. Explore the Museum, take a Ride to the Top, watch Monument to the Dream shop in the Museum Store and much more.
Interactive story galleries guide visitors through time from the founding of St. Louis in 1764 to the building of the Gateway Arch, completed in 1965. The new museum describes the westward expansion period of the United States with more perspectives from the cultures involved.
Gateway Arch, monument in St. Louis, Missouri, that sits along the west bank of the Mississippi River. The Gateway Arch takes its name from the city’s role as the “Gateway to the West” during the westward expansion of the United States in the 19th century.
There’s hardly a more recognizable landmark in the Midwest than St. Louis’s towering Gateway Arch, a 630-foot-tall monument to Thomas Jefferson and his ideas for America’s westward expansion.