List of museums in Iowa
This list of museums in Iowa is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
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Name | Location | Region | Area of study | Summary |
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4-H Schoolhouse Museum | Clarion | School | information, located in Gazebo Park, operated by the town of Clarion | |
Abbie Gardner Sharp Cabin | Arnolds Park | Historic house | website, operated by the State Historical Society of Iowa, restored to 1856 appearance, history of 1857 Spirit Lake Massacre | |
Ackley Heritage Center | Ackley | Central | Open air | website |
Adair County Heritage Museum | Greenfield | West | Open air | website, includes country school, church, a late 1800s historic house, museum with local history artifacts, railroad depot |
African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa | Cedar Rapids | East | African American | website |
Albert City Historical Museum | Albert City | Local history | website | |
Allamakee County Historical Society Museum | Waukon | East | Local history | website, log cabin also on grounds |
Alton Historical Museum | Alton | Local history | website, 1800's replica of Alton, housed at the Alton Public Library | |
Altoona Area Historical Society | Altoona | Central | Local history | website, planned museum |
Amana Community Church | Homestead | East | Religious | website, 1865 Amana Community church building |
Amana Heritage Museum | Amana | East | Religious | website, religious and cultural history of the Amana Colonies displayed in three 19th century buildings |
American Gothic House | Eldon | East | Art | Site of Grant Wood's painting American Gothic |
Anamosa State Penitentiary Museum | Anamosa | East | Law enforcement | website, history of the Anamosa State Penitentiary |
Ankeny Art Center | Ankeny | Central | Art | website |
Ankeny Area Historical Society | Ankeny | Central | Local history | website |
Airpower Museum | IOttumwa | Central | Aviation | website |
Antique Car Museum of Iowa | Coralville | East | Automotive | website |
Armstrong Heritage Museum | Armstrong | West | Local history | information |
Audubon Public Library & Cultural Center | Audubon | West | Doll | information, houses the John James Audubon Cultural Center with an antique doll and toy museum |
Bartlett Museum & Carriage House | Story City | Central | Historic house | information, 1903 Queen Anne period house |
Bedstemor’s House | Elk Horn | West | Historic house | website, operated by the Danish Immigrant Museum, also known as the Christensen House |
Behrens-Rapp Service Station Museum and Tourist Center | Cedar Falls | East | Local history | website, operated by the Cedar Falls Historical Society |
Belle Plaine Area Museum | Belle Plaine | East | Local history | website |
Belmond Museum | Belmond | Central | Local history | website, operated by the Belmond Historical Society |
Big Creek Historical Society | Polk City | Central | Local history | website |
Bily Clocks Museum & Antonin Dvorak Exhibit | Spillville | East | Multiple | website, hand-carved clocks, exhibit about Czech composer Antonin Dvorak, log cabin |
Blanden Art Museum | Fort Dodge | Central | Art | website |
Bob Feller Museum | Van Meter | Biographical | website, baseball player Bob Feller | |
Boone County Historical Center | Boone | Central | Local history | information |
Bremer County Historical Society Museum | Waverly | East | Local history | information, information |
Brick Museum | Story City | Central | Local history | information, also known as Story City Museum |
Brucemore | Cedar Rapids | East | Historic house | 21 room Queen Anne mansion |
Brunnier Art Museum | Ames | Central | Art | website, part of Iowa State University |
Buena Vista County Historical Society | Storm Lake | Local history | website | |
Buffalo Bill Cody Homestead | Scott County | Central | Biographical | website, 1847 boyhood home of Buffalo Bill Cody |
Buffalo Bill Museum | Le Claire | Central | Biographical | website, exhibits about Buffalo Bill Cody, engineer James Buchanan Eads and inventor James Ryan |
Butler County Museum | Allison | Central | Local history | information, open during the Butler County Fair |
Calkins Square | Wyoming | Historic house | website, open by appointment, includes authentic country doctor's office | |
Camanche Depot & Museum | Camanche | Local history | information, open by appointment with the Clinton County/Gateway Genealogical Library | |
Camp Algona POW Museum | Algona | West | History | website, site of a German POW camp in World War II |
Carlisle Area Historical Society | Carlisle | Central | Local history | website, planned museum |
Carnegie Cultural Center | New Hampton | East | Local history | website |
Carrie Chapman Catt Girlhood Home and Museum | Charles City | Biographical | website, home of suffragette Carrie Chapman Catt | |
Carstens 1880 Farmstead | Shelby | Agriculture | website | |
Carter House Museum | Elkader | Historic house | website, operated by the Elkader Historical Society | |
Cass County Museum | Griswold | Local history | website | |
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art | Cedar Rapids | East | Art | website, includes large collection of works by Grant Wood |
Cedar County Historical Society Museum | Tipton | East | Local history | information |
Cedar Rapids Science Station | Cedar Rapids | East | Science | website, history of Linn County |
Cedar Rock State Park | Quasqueton | Historic house | website, also known as the Walter House or Lowell E. Walter House; designed by Frank Lloyd Wright | |
Christian Petersen Art Museum | Ames | Central | Art | website, part of Iowa State University, includes large sculpture collection of Christian Petersen, also site of Elizabeth and Byron Anderson Sculpture Garden |
Clay Castle Museum | Madrid | Doll | information | |
Clermont Museum | Clermont | East | Local history | information, operated by the State Historical Society of Iowa |
Clinton County Historical Museum | Clinton | East | Local history | website, operated by the Clinton County Historical Society |
Communal Agriculture Museum | South Amana | East | Agriculture | website, tools and equipment used on Amana's communal farms |
Communal Kitchen & Cooper Shop Museum | Middle Amana | East | History | website, restored 1932-era communal kitchen for the local Amana Colonies |
Country School Museum | Lake Mills | School | information, operated by the Lake Mills Historical Society | |
Curtis Mansion | Clinton | Historic house | information, restored Victorian home | |
Dairy Center | Calmar | Central | Agriculture | website, dairy education center that includes the Iowa Dairy Museum, milking parlor and barns |
Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute and Museum | Waterloo | East | Sports | website |
Danish Immigrant Museum | Elk Horn | West | Ethnic | website, history and culture of the Danish-American experience |
Danish Windmill Museum | Elk Horn | West | Mill | website, authentic working Danish windmill |
Delaware County Historical Museum Complex | Hopkinton | East | Open air | |
Depot and Rail Museum | Vinton | Railroad | website, operated by the Benton County Historical Society | |
Des Moines Art Center | Des Moines | Central | Art | |
Dexter Historical Museum | Dexter | Central | Local history | website |
Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center | Sioux City | Natural history | website, located in Stone State Park | |
Dubuque Museum of Art | Dubuque | Central | Art | web |
Dumont Museum | Sigourney | Agriculture | website, includes tractors, horse drawn equipment, buggies and gas engines, toys, dolls, and dishes, Roy Rogers memorabilia collection | |
Edinburgh Historic Village and Museum | Scotch Grove | Open air | website, operated by the Jones County Historical Society, reconstructed village includes a one-room schoolhouse, blacksmith shop, church, railroad depot and log houses | |
Effigy Mounds National Monument | Marquette | Native American | ||
Emmet County Historical Society Museum Complex | Estherville | West | Open air | information |
Family Museum | Bettendorf | Central | Science | website, also art |
Farmall-Land U.S.A. | Avoca | West | Agriculture | website, tractors and farm equipment |
Farnham Gallery | Indianola | Central | Art | website, part of Simpson College |
Farm House Museum | Ames | Central | Historic house | website, part of Iowa State University, 19th century farm house, open by appointment |
Faulconer Gallery | Grinnell | Central | Art | website, part of Grinnell College |
Felix Adler Children's Discovery Center | Clinton | Children's | website | |
Figge Art Museum | Davenport | Central | Art | |
Floyd County Museum | Charles City | Central | Local history | website, operated by the Floyd County Historical Society |
Forest Park Museum and Arboretum | Perry | Central | Open air | Arboretum and complex of historic buildings with period and local history exhibits |
Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center | Des Moines | Central | Military | website, honors the U.S. Army's first officer candidate class for African American men in 1917, and the establishment of the first Women's Army Auxilary Corps in 1942 |
Fort Museum | Fort Dodge | Central | Local history | website |
Fossil & Prairie Center | Rockford | Natural history | website | |
Franklin County Historical Museum | Hampton | Central | Local history | website, operated by the Franklin County Historical Society, includes period kitchens, clothing, entertainment, military history, machinery hall |
Franklin Pearson House | Keosauqua | East | Historic house | website, maintained by the Van Buren County Historical Society, 1840s house that was a station on the Underground Railroad |
Fred W. Woodward Riverboat Museum | Dubuque | Central | Maritime | website |
French Icarian Colony Living History Museum | Corning | West | Living | website, website, planned museum |
Froelich Village | Froelich | Open air | website, website, includes 1886 one-room school, 1891 General Store museum, 1800s shipping warehouse | |
George Maier Rural Heritage Center | Elkader | Rural | website | |
George Wyth House and Viking Pump Museum | Cedar Falls | East | Historic house | website, operated by the Cedar Falls Historical Society, decorated in Art Deco style |
German-American Heritage Center | Davenport | Central | Ethnic | website, planned museum |
Gilbertson Conservation Education Area | Elgin | Multiple | website, includes Gilbertson Nature Center, Mavis & Conner Dummermuth Building with farm tools and antiques, 1890s period Hart Dummermuth Historical House, petting zoo and trails | |
Glick-Sower House | Marshalltown | Central | Historic house | website, operated by the Historical Society of Marshall County by appointment |
Grafton Heritage Depot | Grafton | Central | Railroad | website, operated by the Worth County Historical Society |
Granger House Museum | Marion | Historic house | website, operated by the Marion Historical Museum, 1870s period home | |
Grant Wood Art Gallery | Anamosa | Art | website, life and paintings of Grant Wood | |
Greater Shenandoah Historical Society Museum | Shenandoah | West | Local history | website |
Greene County Historical Museum | Jefferson | Central | Local history | information |
Greene Historical Museum | Greene | Central | Local history | information |
Grout Museum | Waterloo | East | Multiple | Complex includes Grout Museum of History & Science, Bluedorn Science Imaginarium, Rensselaer Russell House Museum, Snowden House, and future Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum |
Grinnell Historical Museum | Grinnell | Central | Historic house | website |
Grundy County Heritage Museum | Morrison | Local history | information | |
Guthrie County Historical Village | Panora | Open air | website | |
Hagens-Van Willigen House | Pella | Central | Historic house | website, Dutch-inspired 19th century reproduction home |
Hanlontown Community Bank Museum | Hanlontown | Central | Local history | website, operated by the Worth County Historical Society |
Hardin County Farm Museum | Eldora | Agriculture | website, equipment, agricultural practices, life styles, and history of Hardin County farm families and agri-businesses during the period of 1850-1950 | |
Harker House | Storm Lake | Historic house | information | |
Harriman-Nielsen Farm | Hampton | Central | Historic house | website, operated by the Franklin County Historical Society |
Harrison County Historical Village | Missouri Valley | West | Open air | website, includes 1800s log cabin, general store and school |
Hearst Center for the Arts | Cedar Falls | East | Art | website |
Heartland Acres Agribition Center | Independence | Central | Agriculture | website, agriculture exhibits, farm equipment, period displays, one-room school, automobiles, animals |
Heartland Museum | Clarion | Central | Agriculture | website, farm equipment, store displays, teddy bears, streetscapes, operated by the Wright County Historical Society |
Hemken Collection | Williams | Automotive | website, features American convertibles | |
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site | West Branch | Biographical | Birthplace of President Herbert Hoover | |
Higgins Museum | Okoboji | West | Numismatic | website, collection of National Bank Note issues |
Historic General Dodge House | Council Bluffs | West | Historic house | website, operated by the State Historical Society of Iowa, exhibits about four western expansion trails: Lewis & Clark, Mormon Pioneer, California and Oregon |
History Center | Cedar Rapids | East | Local history | website, history of Linn County |
Hitchcock House | Lewis | Historic house | website | |
Hitchcock Nature Center | Honey Creek | West | Natural history | website |
Hockett House Museum | Earlham | Central | Historic house | website, operated by the Earlham Historical Society |
Hoggatt School | Ames | Central | School | website, operated by the Ames Historical Society |
Homestead Blacksmith Shop | Homestead | East | History | website, original village blacksmith shop and forge, working offset printing press and Linotype machine |
Homestead Store Museum | Homestead | East | History | website, Amana Colonies' industries and products |
Horridge House | Vinton | Historic house | website, operated by the Benton County Historical Society | |
Hotel Williams | Wyoming | Local history | website, also known as Wyoming Historical Museum | |
Humboldt County Museum | Humboldt | West | Open air | website, includes a Victorian farm house, school, barn with store displays, log cabin, antique vehicles and farm equipment, chicken house and jail |
Ice Cream Capital of the World Visitor Center | Le Mars | West | Food | website, information, history of ice cream, history of Wells Dairy, simulated production room |
Ice House Museum | Cedar Falls | East | History | website, operated by the Cedar Falls Historical Society, ice house, tools and implements |
Indian Creek Historical Museum | Hastings | West | Local history | information |
Iowa Aviation Museum | Greenfield | Aviation | web | |
Iowa Children's Museum | Coralville | East | Children's | website |
Iowa Civilian Conservation Corps Museum | Strawberry Point | History | Activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Iowa state parks; located in Backbone State Park | |
Iowa Gold Star Military Museum | Johnston | Central | Military | website, Iowa’s military past from statehood to the present |
Iowa Masonic Library, Museum and Administration Building | Cedar Rapids | East | History | website, Masonic artifacts, colonial, Indian and foreign exhibits, evolution of the written and printed word |
Iowa Railway Museum | Boone | Central | Railroad | website, operated by the Iowa Railroad Historical Society, also heritage railroad known as Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad & Museum |
Iowa Rock 'n Roll Music Museum | Arnolds Park | West | Music | website, includes a reproduction recording studio, 60's era radio broadcast booth, vintage recording equipment and hall of fame memorabilia |
Iowa Transportation Museum | Grinnell | Transportation | website, planned museum | |
Jackson County Historical Museum | Maquoketa | Local history | website, includes collection of agriculture equipment | |
Jasper County Historical Museum | Newton | Central | Open air | website, includes Iowa Native American diorama, theater, quilt exhibit, agriculture equipment, washing machine collection, 1930s period house, 1875 barn, general store, post office, barber shop, country school, church and dress & millinery shop |
Jefferson Telephone Museum | Jefferson | Central | Technology | information, historic telephone equipment |
Jenison-Meacham Memorial Art Center and Farm | Belmond | Central | Open air | website, includes art center/museum, prairie farmstead, rural schoolhouse, working farm and machinery museum |
John L. Lewis Memorial Museum of Mining and Labor | Lucas | Central | Mining | website, exhibits about John L. Lewis, coal mining,
labor and related topics |
Johnson County Historical Society Museum | Coralville | East | Local history | website |
John Wayne Birthplace Museum | Winterset | Central | Biographical | website, planned museum |
Jordan House Museum | Des Moines | Central | Historic house | website, 1880s Victorian period house, includes local history exhibits and Underground Railroad exhibit |
Kate Shelley Railroad Museum | Moingona | Biographical | information, information, story of Kate Shelley | |
Kellogg, Iowa Historical Museum | Kellogg | Open air | website, includes main museum building, factory/bank museum, country school, church and blacksmith shop, operated by the Kellogg Historical Society | |
Kensett Community Church Museum | Kensett | Central | Local history | website, operated by the Worth County Historical Society |
Kinney Pioneer Museum | Mason City | Central | Open air | information, information, Iowa frontier life and pioneer village |
Kiwanis Railroad Depot Museum Complex | Onawa | Railroad | information | |
Kline Museum | Prescott | West | Transportation | website, antique cars and farm vehicles, local memorabilia |
La Porte City FFA Historical and AG Museum | La Porte City | Central | History | website, antiques, local memorabilia |
Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum | Burr Oak | Central | Biographical | website, childhood home of Laura Ingalls Wilder |
Lenoir Model Train Museum | Cedar Falls | East | Railroad | website, operated by the Cedar Falls Historical Society |
Liberty Hall, Iowa | Lamoni | Central | Historic house | website, 1880s Victorian home of Joseph Smith III, president of Community of Christ |
Living History Farms Museum | Urbandale | Central | Living | Farm life in the years of 1700, 1850 and 1900 and 1875 small town life |
Loren D. Callendar Gallery | Sioux City | Local history | website, operated by [[Sioux City Public Museum], local history exhibits gallery located in City Hall | |
MacNider Art Museum | Mason City | Central | Art | website, American art and life, special collection of Bil Baird marionettes, hand puppets and ephemera |
Madison County Historical Complex | Winterset | Central | Open air | website, includes Madison County Historical Museum, Bevington-Kaser Mansion, Winterset Train Depot, Zion Church, Field Mercantile Store, Stone Barn |
Madrid Historical Museum | Madrid | Local history | information | |
Madrid Mine #7 | Madrid | Mining | information, replica of an underground coal mine and mining exhibits | |
Mamie Doud Eisenhower Birthplace | Boone | Central | Biographical | website, operated by the Boone County Historical Society |
Marble Rock Museum | Marble Rock | Local history | website, operated by the Marble Rock Historical Society | |
Marion County Historical Village & Museum | Knoxville | Central | Open air | information |
Marion Heritage Center | Marion | Local history | website, operated by the Marion Historical Society | |
Marshall Center School | Cedar Falls | East | School | website, part of University of Northern Iowa, 1920s period one-room school |
Marshall County Historical Museum | Marshalltown | Central | Local history | website, operated by the Historical Society of Marshall County |
Matchstick Marvels Tourist Center | Gladbrook | Central | Art | website, contains a museum with scaled models of life-like sculptures, intricate machines, and world renown architecture made from matchsticks |
Mathias Ham House | Dubuque | Central | Historic house | 1856 Victorian period house, 1833 settler's log cabin and a one-room schoolhouse, operated by the Dubuque County Historical Society |
Matthew Edel Blacksmith Shop | Haverhill | Central | Historic house | website, operated by the State Historical Society of Iowa, early 20th century blacksmith shop |
Maysville Schoolhouse | Hampton | Central | School | website, operated by the Franklin County Historical Society by appointment |
Melcher-Dallas Coal Mining and Heritage Museum | Melcher-Dallas | Mining | information, reconstructed coal mine and mining exhibits | |
Meredith Willson Museum | Mason City | Central | Biographical | website, boyhood home and museum about composer Meredith Willson |
Mills County Historical Museum | Glenwood | West | Open air | website, operated by the Mills County Historical Society |
Monona County Historical Museum | Onawa | Local history | information, operated by the Loess Hills Historical Society | |
Monona County Veteran's Memorial Museum | Onawa | Military | website | |
Monroe County Historical Museum | Albia | Central | Local history | information |
Montauk Mansion | Clermont | Central | Historic house | website, photos, operated by the State Historical Society of Iowa, home of Iowa's 12th governor, William Larrabee |
Montgomery County Historical Society History Center | Red Oak | West | Local history | website |
Muscatine Art Center | Muscatine | Art | web | |
Museum of Religious Arts | Logan | West | Art | website, religious meanings expressed through art |
National Balloon Museum and Ballooning Hall of Fame | Indianola | Central | Sports | website, exhibits history of ballooning and memorabilia |
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library | Cedar Rapids | East | Ethnic | website |
National Farm Toy Museum | Dyersville | Central | Toy | Toy farm equipment |
National Hobo Museum | Britt | Culture | website, hobo artifacts collection | |
National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium | Dubuque | Central | Maritime | Operated by the Dubuque County Historical Society, aquarium, historic boats and riverboat museum with cultural and natural history exhibits |
National Motorcycle Museum (Anamosa, IA) | Anamosa | Transportation | Motorcycles and memorabilia | |
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum | Knoxville | Central | Automotive | |
Nelson Pioneer Farm Museum | Oskaloosa | Open air | website, operated by the Mahaska County Historical Society, mid 1800s farmhouse, farm and other historic buildings | |
Nishna Heritage Museum | Oakland | Local history | website, operated by the Oakland Historical Society | |
Nodaway Valley Museum | Clarinda | West | Open air | website |
Octagon Center for the Arts | Ames | Central | Art | website |
Old Bradford Pioneer Village Museum | Nashua | East | Open air | website |
Old Creamery Museum | Northwood | Central | History | website, operated by the Worth County Historical Society, 1800s period household tools and antiques |
Old Jail Museum | Dubuque | Central | Prison | Operated by the Dubuque County Historical Society, also local history artifacts |
Old Stone House | Hampton | Central | Historic house | website, operated by the Franklin County Historical Society by appointment |
Olson/Linn Museum & Villisca Axe Murder House | Villisca | West | Multiple | website, museum with antique vehicles, farm equipment and displays of rural life, and historic house where several people were murdered in 1912 |
Oxford Junction Heritage Museum | Oxford Junction | Local history | website | |
Parker Museum | Spencer | West | Local history | website, includes Clay County Fair Museum |
Pearson Lakes Art Center | Okoboji | West | Art | website |
Pella Historical Village | Pella | Central | Open air | website, operated by the Pella Historical Society, over 20 historic buildings in a Dutch village setting and the Vermeer Mill |
Pixley Log House | Northwood | Central | Historic house | website, operated by the Worth County Historical Society, restored 1870s period log home and furnishings |
Pleasant Hill Village | Hampton | Central | Living | website, operated by the Franklin County Historical Society during the Franklin County Fair in mid-July |
Plum Grove Historic House | Iowa City | Central | Historic house | Operated by the Johnson County Historical Society |
Plymouth County Historical Museum | Le Mars | West | Local history | website |
Porter House Museum | Decorah | Historic house | website, includes collection of exotic butterflies | |
Prairie Learning Center | Prairie City | Central | Natural history | website, museum and education center for the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge |
Prairie Trails Museum | Corydon | Central | History | web |
Putnam Museum and IMAX Theater | Davenport | Central | Natural history | |
Quasdorf Blacksmith and Wagon Museum | Dows | Central | History | website, operated by the Dows Historical Society |
"R" Little Red School House Museum | Cedar Falls | East | School | website, operated by the Cedar Falls Historical Society |
RailsWest Museum | Council Bluffs | West | Railroad | website, operated by the Historical Society of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, railroad depot museum and model railroad display, outdoor railroad car displays |
Ray House | Vinton | Historic house | website, operated by the Benton County Historical Society | |
REA Power Plant Museum | Hampton | Central | Technology | website, operated by the Franklin County Historical Society, former power plant, exhibits show changes in farm life after the electrification of rural America |
Roland Museum | Roland | Central | Local history | website, operated by the Roland Historical Society |
Russell (Iowa) Historical Society Museum | Russell | Central | Local history | website |
Salisbury House | Des Moines | Central | Historic house | 1920s manor home |
Sanford Museum & Planetarium | Cherokee | West | Multiple | website, local history, natural history, art |
Schield International Museum | Waverly | East | Local history | information |
Schildberg Antique Car Museum | Greenfield | Automotive | website, open by appointment and for special local events | |
Scholte House Museum | Pella | Central | Historic house | website, mid-1800s 20 room house of Dutch pioneers |
Science Center of Iowa | Des Moines | Central | Science | website |
Sergeant Floyd River Museum and Welcome Center | Sioux City | Maritime | website, historic inspection boat of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, exhibits on Lewis and Clark Expedition and Missouri River transportation | |
Shelby County Historical Museum | Harlan | Local history | website, operated by the Oakland Historical Society | |
Shell Rock Historical Museum | Shell Rock | Central | Local history | website, information |
Sioux City Art Center | Sioux City | West | Art | |
Sioux City Public Museum | Sioux City | West | Local history | website |
Squirrel Cage Jail | Council Bluffs | West | Prison | website, operated by the Historical Society of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, railroad depot museum and model railroad display |
St. Ansgar Heritage Museum | St. Ansgar | Local history | information | |
State Historical Museum (Iowa) | Des Moines | Central | History | website, operated by the State Historical Society of Iowa |
Stockman House | Mason City | Central | Historic house | website, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright |
Swensrud School | Northwood | Central | School | website, operated by the Worth County Historical Society |
Taylor #4 School | Marshalltown | Central | School | website, operated by the Historical Society of Marshall County by appointment |
Terrace Hill | Des Moines | Central | Historic house | Official residence of the Governor of Iowa |
Toolesboro Indian Mounds | Toolesboro | Native American | Operated by the State Historical Society of Iowa, group of Hopewell mounds and education center | |
Traer Museum | Traer | Central | Local history | website, open by appointment |
Union Pacific Railroad Museum | Council Bluffs | West | Railroad | website, exhibits on the Union Pacific Railroad, development of the railroad and the American West |
University Museum, Iowa | Cedar Falls | East | Natural history | website, part of University of Northern Iowa, geology, biology, history, anthropology |
University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art | Cedar Falls | East | Art | website |
Ushers Ferry Historic Village | Cedar Rapids | East | Living | website, 1908 historic village |
Vander Haag's Yesterday's Memories | Sanborn | History | website, open by appointment, historic cars, trucks, tools, toys, dresses, household items | |
Vermeer Museum | Pella | Central | Technology | website, history of the Vermeer Company, manufacturer of agricultural, environmental and construction equipment |
Vernon Schoolhouse | Dows | Central | School | website, operated by the Dows Historical Society |
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum | Decorah | Cultural | ||
Victorian Home and Carriage House Museum | Cedar Falls | East | Historic house | website, operated by the Cedar Falls Historical Society, late 1800s Victorian home and museum of local history |
Voas Nature Area & Museum | Minburn | Central | Natural history | website |
Wagaman Mill Museum | Lynnville | Mill | website, operated by the Lynnville Historical Society | |
Waldemar A. Schmidt Art Gallery | Waverly | East | Art | website, part of Wartburg College |
Wallace House Museum | Des Moines | Central | Biographical | website, life of the Wallace Family, farm leaders |
Walnut Grove Pioneer Village | Long Grove | Open air | website, 1860s village with 18 historic buildings | |
Wapello County Historical Museum | IOttumwa | Central | Local history | information |
Wapsipinicon Mill | Independence | Mill | website, operated by the Buchanan County Historical Society, 1870s grist mill and artifacts | |
Waterloo Center for the Arts | Waterloo | East | Art | website |
Watson's Grocery Store Museum | State Center | Central | History | information |
Western Historic Trails Center | Council Bluffs | West | History | website, operated by the State Historical Society of Iowa, exhibits about four western expansion trails: Lewis & Clark, Mormon Pioneer, California and Oregon |
Wisecup Family Farm Museum | Missouri Valley | West | Agriculture | information, antique farm equipment, tractors, tools, transportation |
Witter Gallery | Storm Lake | Art | website | |
Worth County Machinery Museum | Northwood | Central | Agriculture | website, operated by the Worth County Historical Society, farming machinery and equipment |
Worth County Museum | Northwood | Central | Local history | website, operated by the Worth County Historical Society, local history exhibits and late 1800s period room displays |
Young Museum | Bellevue | Historic house | website, turn-of-the-century period house |
Defunct museums
- Hometown Perry, Iowa, Perry, Iowa, closed December 31, 2007 website[1]
See also
- Arboreta in Iowa (category)
- Aquaria in Iowa (category)
- Botanical gardens in Iowa (category)
- Historic landmarks in Iowa
- Houses in Iowa (category)
- Museums list
- Nature Centers in Iowa
- Observatories in Iowa (category)
- Registered Historic Places in Iowa
Resources
References
- ^ http://hpi.design.iastate.edu/content/HOMETOWN_PERRY.pdf Press release about closing