Matching Membership Fund!
Dog Museum Memberships help support Paws For Reading Program
Through the generosity of the Ann A. H. Warner estate, the Dog Museum is able to match new and renewing memberships at 100% up to $100 to help with specialized training of support dogs used in reading programs for children and young adults.  St. Louis Support Dogs Paws For Reading Program utilizes volunteers from TOUCH (Therapy of Unique Canine Helpers) to assist in reading programs in various classroom and library settings. Paws For Reading Program teams must complete six weeks of TOUCH training and receive an endorsement from St. Louis Support Dogs to be certified and participate in the Paws For Reading Program.
Paws For Reading Program currently serves more than eight thousand children, ages five through twelve.
To become a member of the Dog Museum, call 314-821-3647.  Membership gift donations can be sent to AKC Museum of the Dog, 1721 South Mason Road, St. Louis, MO  63131
Membership Levels:
Patron $1,000
Supporting $500
Participating $100
Individual $35
Family/Dual $65
Student/Senior Citizen $25
This special matching fund program runs through December 2012.




Paws For Reading Fun Day - Sunday, December 4, 2011
From 1 - 3 pm
The Dog Museum and Support Dogs Inc. team up to host a holiday fun day for kids.  Four or more Support Dogs teams will be at the Dog Museum to greet and meet young visitors who can read stories to Fido or merely cozy up for a loveable hug of the doggy kind.
Take-home goodie bags filled with "fun stuff" will be given free to kids ages 14 and under.
Snacks, treats, and more!

Admission for kids ages 14 and under is free on Paws For Reading Fun Day.
Adults and Seniors, Regular admission.


Guest Dog of the Week 2012:
March 3    Meet the Grand Basset Griffon Vendeen
March 4    Meet "Bear" - a TOUCH therapy dog owned and presented by Kim Winkler
April 1      Meet the Samoyed
April 7 and April 14   Meet the Pug
April 21    Meet the Pyrenean Shepherd
April 22    Meet the Dalmatian
April 28    Meet the Old English Sheepdog
April 29    Meet the Kerry Blue Terrier
May 26     Meet the Shetland Sheepdog
June 3      Meet the German Shepherd Dog
Call 314-821-3647 for an updated list of Guest Dogs at the Dog Museum


Don't Miss Out!
The German Shepherd Dog Club of St. Louis will host its annual Outstanding Canine Awards Presentation at the Dog Museum on Sunday, May 22, 2011.  Awards are presented to police K9 teams in the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area who have shown outstanding service. This special event is sponsored by the members of the GSDC.  Check out our video on the awards presentation!

2011  Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Pepperoni, Guest Dog at the Dog Museum in March!






2011  Akita, Bekko, Guest Dog at the Dog Museum in April!
On the schedule for April: Italian Greyhound, Golden Retriever, Airedale, Scottish Deerhound, Australian Shepherd, Mastiff, Akita, and Shetland Sheepdog


2010  Updates! The Cam Lyman Gallery renovation is now complete with a new permanent exhibit Sled Dogs: Exploration and Endurance available to visitors.

2010  Updates! Renovations to The Constellation Room were completed in July 2010 with the installation of all new ceiling tiles and incandescent lighting that includes three decorative chandeliers.  The Constellation Room, located off the main level hallway, is used year-round for lectures, dog club meetings, parties, and wedding receptions.  Call 314-821-3647 for information on available dates and pricing.  The Cam Lyman Gallery, located in the lower level of the facilities addition, will be renovated in 2011.

2010 Events:



Col. Ronald J. Smith and "Flint" Winwards Chill'N With Flint in front of framed aeronautical airway chart at the November 2 presentation ceremony in The Constellation Room.


Ch. Winwards Shotgun Justice and owner Diana Edwards of St. Louis.


AKC Museum of the Dog receives gift donation of a Commemorative Centenary First Edition Airway Chart of the South Pole Expedition

Join us on Tuesday, November 2 at 2pm in The Constellation Room.  Major General Susan Y. Desjardins will present a Commemorative Centenary First Edition Airway Chart of the South Pole Expedition to The AKC Museum of the Dog on Tuesday, November 2. The aeronautical chart designed by USAF Col. Ron Smith, showing Airway 338 waypoints, was printed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and represents the sled dog teams of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (December 1911) and the pony pack team of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott (January 1912). The commemorative centenary chart is used in international flights from New Zealand to the Antarctica and is presented to The AKC Museum of the Dog on behalf of the Air Mobility Command.

2010 Fall Events
Greater St. Louis Shetland Sheepdog
Two-day Seminar on Breeding Better Dogs
October 30 and October 31

2010 Gateway Terrier Association
Terrier Daze
November 13

2010 Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club
of Greater St. Louis Fun Match
November 14

2010 Gateway Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club
of Greater St. Louis Fun Day
November 21

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