The Gateway Arch Visitor Center, located directly under the Gateway Arch, is the central location for the journey to the top, the Arch Museum, the film Monument to the Dream, the Arch Store and the Arch cafe. Enter the Visitor Center from Smith Square to the west of the Arch directly across from the Old Courthouse. The North and South legs of the Gateway Arch are exit only from the visitor center and museum.
This historic building features modern exhibits on the United States court system and on Dred and Harriet Scott, who sued for their freedom from slavery in a courtroom there nearly 200 years ago.