St. Louis Mercantile Library

⏳ Please note that our hours have changed until further notice:

St. Louis Mercantile Library:
Monday-Friday: 8am-5pm
Saturday-Sunday: CLOSED

The Wallace Herndon Smith Gallery of Art*:
Monday: Noon-4pm
Tuesday-Friday: 10am-4pm
Saturday-Sunday: CLOSED
*Selected weekday evenings are available by appointment for private visits and tours. Please call (314) 516-5920 for more information.

To view more hours, please visit https://libguides.umsl.edu/hours.

📣 Check out the Mercantile's cover story in the latest issue of Town & Style Magazine!
https://townandstyle.com/explore-art-history-st-louis-mercantile-library-at-umsl/

🎤 In this interview with Emerita Curator of Fine Art Collections, Julie Dunn-Morton, she discusses Sylvester's impact on his fellow St. Louis artists --a few of which made the front cover! Clockwise from lower-left: Fred Greene Carpenter (1882-1965), "Cape Girardeau," 1941, oil on canvas; Kathryn Bard Cherry (1880-1931), "Down the Road, Elsah," n.d., oil on canvas; Dawson Dawson-Watson (1864-1939), "River Birches," c. 1904, oil on canvas.

👀 See these works up close and learn more by scheduling a free docent tour! Details are in the cover story.

🎫 Tickets for the June 12 Coffee in the Gallery closing reception are still available but selling fast! Call 314-516-7248 to register today.

📚 We still have plenty of "Sylvester & His Circle" exhibition catalogues in stock. Treat yourself to a gift and take the exhibition with you in this beautiful hardcover book! $40 ($36 for Mercantile Members!)