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ST. LOUIS -- The Titanic, Sesame Street, African-American quilts and John Singer Sargent are some of the attractions in St. Louis currently and upcoming.

A display of recovered artifacts and recreated rooms from the doomed luxury liner the Titanic is at the St. Louis Science Center through April 14.

Phone (800) 456-SLSC or visit the Web site www.slsc.org for more information.

The Missouri History Museum is hosting a 2,500-square-foot exhibition that allows visitors to step into Sesame Street where they can sit in Big Bird's nest and appear on-camera with the Muppets. Phone (314) 454-3150 or visit www.mohistory.org for information.

"African-American Quilts" is a traveling exhibition of 20 contemporary quilts created by 10 women from the South.

The exhibition has been called "the visual equivalent of jazz." The quilts are different from the more familiar European style because they combine African textile ideas and symbols with American traditions.

The exhibition opens Jan. 12 and continues through April 16 at the Center of Contemporary Arts in St. Louis.

For more information, phone (314) 725-6555 or visit www.cocastl.org.

Opening Feb. 9 at the St. Louis Art Museum is "John Singer Sargent Beyond the Portrait Studio: Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors from the Metropolitan Museum of Art."

Though Sargent is known for his portraits, the exhibition examines his talent with a wide range of subjects in a variety of media.

The show continues through May 12.

For information, phone (314) 721-0072 or visit www.slam.org.