Contact: Kara Wall
(314) 651-5907
For Immediate Release
City Museum to Acquire World's Largest Pencil
City Museum, a museum that displays many of the World's Most Interesting Items, is proud to announce the acquisition of the World's Largest Pencil. This mother-of-all writing utensils weighs in at 21,500 lbs and stretches to 76 feet long.
The pencil was built in New York by Ashrita Furman and many talented craftsmen. After a 950-mile journey, the pencil will be arriving at City Museum on Monday, January 28. The pencil will be cut in two to fit on the truck, but will be permanently reassembled in its World-Record-holding glory at City Museum.
What: The World's Largest Pencil at City Museum
Where: City Museum
701 North 15th Street
St. Louis, MO 63103
When: Arriving to a closed City Museum on Monday, January 28.
Why: To contribute to the eclectic, zany, and nothing-like-itness of City Museum
Who: Bob Cassilly, who else?
Contact: For more information on the pencil or City Museum's plans, please contact Kara Wall at 314.651.5907 or email KWall@CityMuseum.org
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Housed in the 600,000 square-foot former International Shoe Company, City Museum is an eclectic mixture of art installation, children's playground, funhouse, surrealistic pavilion, and architectural marvel made out of unique, found objects. The brainchild of internationally acclaimed artist Bob Cassilly, a classically trained sculptor and serial entrepreneur, the museum opened for visitors in 1997 to the riotous approval of young and old alike.
