Sheldon Art Galleries
September 8, 2023 - January 20, 2024
Pattie Chalmers’ Mudmaid Museum is an exploration of folklore and legends that blurs the lines between myth and reality. Chalmers has created her own museum of catfish-beings, referred to as “Mudmaids,” believed to exist in the Mississippi River in a distant past. This unique concept of a museum within a gallery plays with the definitions of fact and fiction, featuring artifacts created by Chalmers. The Mudmaid Museum exhibition reveals an alternate history, a museum filled with artifacts from when Mudmaid apparitions were encountered in American waterways. In the Mudmaid Museum visitors will see books, woodcarvings, photographs, rag dolls, diaries, letters, whisker oil bottles and much more from the foggy past.
Free
Visiting Hours:
Tuesday - Friday: Noon - 5 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 2 pm
Sunday & Monday: Closed
Venue:
Sheldon Art Galleries
3648 Washington Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri