The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog

We will miss this museum. Sadly it is moving to NY which I totally agree with because of the community here and their lack of appreciation in the history and culture of mans best friend. They work so hard to appease with events, shows and book signings but get little return from the community. I was glad to have my pups visit this place and will be happy for their move to a civilization that will adore their experiences.

Worth seeing for the dog lover in your family. Located in the historic Jarville House, surrounded by beautiful gardens. Filled with art ranging from figurines to furniture to walls filled with paintings of dogs. On day of our visit the museum had a dog show as well as guest dogs that visitors could pet. Scenic dog park outside. On our Saturday afternoon visit museum itself was quiet. Of note, we heard that the museum will be moving to New York in September, though no mention was made at museum itself. Receptionist friendly and knowledgeable. Worth allocating approximately 1.5 hours to enjoy visit at a relaxing pace.

Dog lovers will be rolling on their backs and racing back and forth across the room at this museum. It hosts hundreds upon hundreds of artifacts and pieces of art about Mans Best Friend... ceramics, paintings, metal sculptures -- from serious to silly. Youll easily spend an hour or two enjoying every little nook.

Very welcoming and so many awesome pieces of dog art! Our dogs were welcomed and staff were all happy...we lost our poo bags inside and were surprised to find out they had closed as soon as we left! :/ We had no idea the ladies were waiting for us to leave! As we were exiting the parking lot, a staff member came to the car with the bags!

So sad theyre moving so far away! I could have spent hours more here, but my boyfriend wanted to leave. A great place for the thoroughly dog obsessed!

We had our rehearsal dinner here, and we loved it! The staff is so easy to work with, and the rental space was inexpensive. As dog lovers, we could not think of a better place to celebrate with friends and family. People loved getting to go through part of the museum during our event!

Oh my God is all I can say. I have wanted to visit this place for years, and so glad that I did. It will soon be moving to New York City and I doubt Ill be making a trip up there unless I was going to Westminster for the weekend. The artwork is spectacular. The grounds are beautiful. Any place thats on the property is open to you and your dogs. Be respectful of the area, and leave it as you found it. There is artwork inside that just makes you realize how long the love of dogs has existed in the world. There were metal collars that dated to the 13th century, the oldest piece of artwork I saw was in the early 1700. Again just lovely and the curator was one of the most Pleasant people.

Dogs and Art. If you like these two things, this is the place for you. Luckily, for my wife these are two of her favorite things and she enjoyed her entire time at this museum.There are three stories with the top level filled with quite a few paintings ranging from the the 18th to 21st century. The ground floor had a lot of dogs painted and sculpted in a more modern style. The bottom floor consisted mostly of the history of military and police dog with an emphasis on the K-9 Department of St. Louis County.It was a nice trip for my wife and I though I think that the six dollar fee was a bit steep.

Great place to spend a relaxing couple of hours. Lots of interesting artifacts from the past...seeing how ancient breeds were used to work, old hand-forged metal collars, rare breed information. Bigger than you might expect this place to be.

This place is fantastic. If you are looking for a place to hold a wedding, or any event for that matter, look this place up. Ive seen everything to weddings to pug play days (all pugs, all day). They are wonderful to work with and inexpensive as well. Plus, their gift shop is very nice as well. They hold dog days, where a breed of dog comes in to show how they are, and this is for the public!

The AKC dog museum with different sections to visit and marvel. Each section has independent literature and pictures to read. I enjoyed the extra effort put in to recognize emergency rescue dogs, mine detection dogs, law enforcement dogs and military service dogs. It was a nice touch.

Really great museum where you can take the dogs. Great park surrounding the museum as well.

If you like or ( love ) your Dog this is a wonderful place

Website and hours show open. Though the building is empty and closed for good.

Beautiful museum dedicated to artwork showing dogs of all breeds. Loved reading the history and tributes to dogs who worked alongside man in wars and other service jobs. I dont know of any other museum that is dedicated to honoring mans best friend in such a poignant way!

Wonderful collection. Worth the visit. It will do well in NYC when it moves there.

My daughters & I really enjoyed the museum! The scavenger hunt made it fun.

Great place to go. Changes at every so often. Why is AKC moving the museum?

LOVE the museum and its variety of events and special speakers; today was Meet The Poodle day!! Sad theyre moving to NYC.

Closed down, so sad, went back to film and gone. Glad we were able to see it two years ago, just wish we had our You Tube channel then.

Very nice staff and museum. The grounds are lovely, as is the historic house.

Lots of great paintings of dogs. If you like these, Im sure youll enjoy their galleries.

Excellent experience! Highly recommend everyone to see the Museum!

Grrrrrrr8 job! Presenting history of dogs

This place is amazing!! Sad the are closing at the end of the year! Paw it out!!

Great place with many exhibits!

Its nice to be able to bring your dog and there are some unique paintings and sculptures.

Nice museum to walk around and was neat that they allow dogs to walk through as well.My favorite exhibit was the Dogs in Service.

Nice dog related art work, porcelains and bronze dog sculptures. I anticipated a more posh presentation from AKC.

If you love dogs this is the place to visit.

Great Dog museum. Itll be sad when it closes at the end of Sept to move from St Louis to NYC

This museum was fairly fun if you enjoy art and dogs. The art did get a bit repetitive and it felt small for the entry fee.

Loved the museum when it was in st.louis

Closings there doors loaded almost all the artifacts moving to New York City

Too many dogs for me. Bitten too many times as a child.

Great history of Dogs

Neat place, lots of cool exibits

If you love dogs, this museum is just the best.

Great place for dog related artworks!

If you love Dogs you need to visit the Dog Museum

Permanently closed. Moved to NYC

I was very impressed

Painting, sculpture. Dont expect more. Must have missed Old English Sheepdog.

Beautiful

Did not see a single dog

5/7 Doggies Pweeeez

Cute little museum

Will be sorry to see this place leave!!! See it now before the end of the year!

Beautiful place

They have an extensive collection of dog artwork.

This for my project for school this the best

A must for Dog People, and art lovers alike.