Free Admission to the Gateway Arch

Visitors can check out the Gateway Arch for free Jan. 14-16, in recognition of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.

Tram rides to the top of the Arch usually cost $10 for adults and $5 for children.

Formally called the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, the Gateway Arch reflects the role of St. Louis in the Westward Expansion of the United States during the nineteenth century.

The National Park Service offers fee-free weekends at sites around the country several times a year.

• Read more: National Parks where admission is fee-free several times throughout the year.

Two other Missouri sites administered by the National Park Service  are also fee-free Jan. 14-16: the Harry S. Truman National Historic Site in Independence, and Wilson's Creek National Battlefield near Springfield. 

More National Park Service fee-free dates:

• Jan. 14-16
  Martin Luther King Jr. weekend
  
• April 21-29
  National Park Week
• June 9
  Get Outdoors Day
• Sept. 29
  National Public Lands Day
  
• Nov.10-12
  Veterans Day weekend