List of museums in Iowa

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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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NameLocationCountyRegionArea of studySummary
4-H Schoolhouse Museum Clarion Wright CentralSchoolLocated at Heartland Museum Complex, operated by Heartland Museum [1]
Abbe Creek School Cedar Rapids Linn EastEducationOne-room schoolhouse, operated by the Linn County Conservation Board
Abbie Gardner Sharp Cabin Arnolds Park Dickinson WestHistoric houseOperated by the State Historical Society of Iowa, restored to 1856 appearance, history of 1857 Spirit Lake Massacre
Ackley Heritage Center Ackley Hardin CentralLocal history website includes museum and soda shop, Prairie Settlement I-House, one room schoolhouse
Adair County Heritage Museum Greenfield Adair WestOpen airIncludes country school, church, a late 19th-century historic house, museum with local history artifacts, railroad depot, operated by the Adair County Historical Society [2]
Adams County House of History Corning AdamsWestLocal historyLocated in a former jail [3]
African American Museum of Iowa Cedar Rapids Linn EastAfrican AmericanAfrican American heritage and culture of Iowa
Airpower Museum Ottumwa Wapello CentralAviationIncludes historic aircraft, engines, propellers, photos and original art
Albert City Historical Museum Albert City Buena Vista WestLocal history [4] [5]
Allamakee County Historical Museum Waukon Allamakee EastLocal historyLocated in the former county courthouse, log cabin also on grounds, operated by the Allamakee County Historical Society
Allee Mansion Newell Buena VistaWestHistoric houseOperated by the Newell Historical Society, Victorian-period house and museum with of coffee pots, art work and artifacts from around the world
Alton Public Library & Historical Museum Alton Sioux WestLocal history website
Altoona Area Historical Society Museum Altoona Polk CentralLocal history website
Amana Community Church Homestead Iowa EastReligious1865 Amana Community church building, one of seven Amana village churches of the Community of True Inspiration, operated by the Amana Heritage Society [6]
Amana Heritage Museum Amana IowaEastReligious website, religious and cultural history of the Amana Colonies displayed in three 19th-century buildings
American Gothic House Eldon WapelloCentralArtSite of the house used as the background for Grant Wood's painting American Gothic
Ames History CenterAmesStoryCentralLocal history website, operated by the Ames Historical Society
Anamosa State Penitentiary Museum Anamosa Jones EastLaw enforcementHistory of the Anamosa State Penitentiary
Andy Williams Birthplace Home Wall Lake SacWestHistoric house1930s home of singer Andy Williams [7]
Ankeny Art Center Ankeny PolkCentralArt website
Ankeny Area Historical Society MuseumsAnkenyPolkCentralLocal history website
Antique Car Museum of Iowa Coralville Johnson EastAutomotive website, includes over 90 cars ranging from year 1899 to the mid-1970s, an early 20th-century Skelly Oil gas station
Antique Tractor Showcase Carlisle Warren CentralTractor Facebook site, open by appointment, tractors are rotated through showcase [8]
Appanoose County Historical & Coal Mining Museum Centerville Appanoose SouthMining website, coal mining, transportation, local history
Armstrong Heritage Museum Armstrong Emmet WestLocal history website, open by appointment
Armstrong House Britt HancockCentralHistoric houseVictorian house, operated by the Hancock County Historical Society [9]
Arts on Grand Spencer ClayWestArt website, community visual arts center with exhibitions
Audubon County Historical Society Museum Exira Audubon WestLocal historyLocated in the county's first courthouse [10]
Audubon Public Library & Cultural Center Audubon AudubonWestDoll website houses the John James Audubon Cultural Center with an antique doll and toy museum
Bedstemor's House Elk Horn Shelby WestHistoric houseOperated by Museum of Danish America, also known as the Christensen House, 1910 period house
Behrens-Rapp Service Station Museum and Tourist Center Cedar Falls Black Hawk EastLocal historyOperated by the Cedar Falls Historical Society, 1925 historic gas station with visible glass pumps, vintage signage, and other gas station items [11]
Belinda Toy And Antique Museum Chariton Lucas WestToyToy airplanes, tractors, dolls, trains, and tin and cast-iron toys, open by appointment [12]
Belle Plaine Area Museum Belle Plaine Benton EastLocal history website
Belmond Museum Belmond WrightCentralLocal history website, operated by the Belmond Historical Society
Bennett School West Des Moines PolkCentralSchool[ website], operated by the West Des Moines Historical Society, mid 20th-century one-room schoolhouse
Big Creek Historical Society Museum Polk City PolkCentralLocal history website, located in the historic City Hall
Bily Clocks Museum & Antonín Dvořák Exhibit Spillville WinneshiekEastMultiple website, hand-carved clocks, exhibit about Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, log cabin
B.J. Palmer Mansion Davenport ScottEastHistoric housePart of Palmer College of Chiropractic, Victorian mansion
Blakesburg Community Museum Blakesburg WapelloCentralLocal history website, operated by the Blakesburg Historical Preservation Society
Blanden Memorial Art Museum Fort Dodge Webster CentralArt website, collection includes modem American and European paintings, African sculptures, and 16th-20th-century American, European and Japanese prints
Blue Bunny Ice Cream Parlor and Museum Le Mars Plymouth WestFood website, history of ice cream, history of Wells Dairy, simulated production room
Bob Feller Museum Van Meter Dallas CentralBiographicalBaseball player Bob Feller [13]
Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad Boone Boone CentralRailroadOperated by the Iowa Railroad Historical Society, heritage railroad and museum
Boone County Historical Center BooneBooneCentralLocal historyOperated by the Boone County Historical Society
Bremer County Historical Society Museum Waverly Bremer EastLocal history website, located in the Waverly House
Brucemore Cedar RapidsLinnEastHistoric house21 room Queen Anne mansion
Brunnier Art Museum Ames Story CentralArtPart of Iowa State Center of Iowa State University, features a fine and decorative arts collections including ceramics, glass, dolls, ivory, jade, enameled metals, prints, paintings, sculptures, textiles, carpets, wood objects, lacquered pieces, silver, and furniture
Buena Vista County Historical Society Museum Storm Lake Buena VistaWestLocal history website
Buffalo Bill Cody Homestead McCausland ScottCentralBiographical1847 boyhood home of Buffalo Bill Cody
Buffalo Bill Museum Le Claire ScottEastLocal historyExhibits about Buffalo Bill Cody, engineer James Buchanan Eads and inventor James Ryan, life along the Mississippi River
Burlington Northern Depot & WWII Memorial Museum Red Oak MontgomeryWestMilitary website, restored 1903 railroad depot containing collection of materials and artifacts pertaining to sacrifices of Montgomery County Iowa citizens on the war front and home front during WWII, railroad history research library, gift shop, and meeting facilities.
Butler County Museum Allison Butler CentralLocal historyOpen during the Butler County Fair [14]
Calhoun County Museum Rockwell City Calhoun WestLocal history [15]
Calkins Square Wyoming JonesEastHistoric house website, open by appointment, mid 19th-century house, includes authentic country doctor's office
Calliope Village Hawarden SiouxWestOpen airRe-creation of Sioux County's first county seat, 16 buildings [16] [17] [18]
Camanche Depot Camanche Clinton EastRailroadOpen by appointment, restored 1951 Milwaukee/Soo Line caboose and railroad depot [19]
Camanche Historical MuseumCamancheClintonEastLocal historyOpen by appointment with the Clinton County/Gateway Genealogical Library [19]
Camp Algona POW Museum Algona Kossuth WestHistory website, site of a German POW camp in World War II
Cannonball 457Mason CityCerro GordoCentralRailroad website, restored 1920s-period Minneapolis & St Louis Railroad steam locomotive #457
Carlisle Area Historical Society Museum Carlisle WarrenCentralLocal history website, Randleman House open for events
Carnegie Cultural Center New Hampton Chickasaw EastToy website, toys, dolls, model trains, model circuses, doll houses, local history
Carrie Chapman Catt Girlhood Home Charles City Floyd CentralBiographical website, home of suffragette Carrie Chapman Catt
Carnegie Historical Museum Fairfield JeffersonLocal history website, located in a former Carnegie library building
Carroll County Historical Museum Carroll CarrollLocal historyOperated by the Carroll County Historical Society in a former Carnegie library building
Carstens 1880 Farmstead Shelby PottawattamieWestAgriculture website, open for events
Carter House Museum Elkader Clayton EastHistoric houseOperated by the Elkader Historical Society, 19th century period mansion
Cass County Historical Museum Griswold Cass WestLocal history website
Catholic Historical Center at St. Boniface ClintonClintonEastReligiousArea Catholic heritage
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Cedar RapidsLinnEastArtIncludes large collection of works by Grant Wood
Cedar County Historical Society Museum Tipton Cedar EastLocal history website, features a local history museum and a prairie village
Cedar Rock State Park Quasqueton Buchanan EastHistoric houseAlso known as the Walter House or Lowell E. Walter House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Central Community Historical Society Museum DeWitt ClintonEastLocal history website
Christian Petersen Art Museum AmesStoryCentralArtPart of Iowa State University, includes large sculpture collection of Christian Petersen, also site of Elizabeth and Byron Anderson Sculpture Garden
Clarinda Carnegie Art Museum ClarindaPageWestArtLocated in a former Carnegie library,
Clark Museum Of Area History/ Clark's Antique Acres Milford DickinsonWestLocal historyIncludes photos, memorabilia, signs, and Amusement Park game displays [20] [21]
Clarke County Historical Museum Osceola ClarkeLocal historyOperated by the Clarke County Historical Society [22] [23]
Clay County Heritage Center Spencer ClayWestLocal history website, operated by the Clay County Heritage
Clear Lake Arts Center Clear Lake Cerro GordoCentralArt website, community visual arts center with galleries
Clermont Historical Society Museum Clermont Fayette EastLocal historyOpen by appointment [24]
Clinton County Historical Museum Clinton ClintonEastLocal history website, operated by the Clinton County Historical Society
Clive Historical Society - Swanson CampusClivePolkCentralLocal History http://clivehistoricalsociety.org/ Operated by Clive Historical Society
Columbus Community Heritage Center Columbus Junction Louisa EastLocal historyOperated by the Louisa County Historical Society
Communal Agriculture Museum South Amana IowaEastAgricultureTools and equipment used on Amana's communal farms, operated by the Amana Heritage Society [6]
Communal Kitchen & Cooper Shop Museum Middle Amana IowaEastHistoryRestored 1932-era communal kitchen for the local Amana Colonies, operated by the Amana Heritage Society [6]
Conrad Heritage Hall and Museum Conrad GrundyEastLocal history website, open by appointment
Correctionville Museum Correctionville WoodburyWestLocal history [17]
Country Life Center Orient AdairCentralBiographical website, birthplace farm of Henry Cantwell Wallace, operated by the Wallace Centers of Iowa
Country School Museum Lake Mills WinnebagoCentralSchoolOperated by the Lake Mills Historical Society [25]
Curtis Mansion ClintonClintonEastHistoric houseRestored Victorian home
Dairy Center Calmar WinneshiekCentralAgriculture website, dairy education center that includes the Iowa Dairy Museum, milking parlor and barns, operated by the Northeast Iowa Dairy Foundation
Danish Windmill Museum Elk HornShelbyWestMill website, authentic working Danish windmill
Davis County Historical Society Museum Bloomfield DavisOpen airIncludes the Findley home, a Mormon log cabin, livery barn, school, and church [26]
DeBoer Grocery Museum and Little House Museum Ashton OsceolaWestHistoryPeriod grocery store and 1882 house [27]
Delaware County Historical Museum Complex Hopkinton Delaware EastOpen airIncludes nine buildings
Depot and Rail Museum Vinton BentonEastRailroadOperated by the Benton County Historical Society [28]
Des Moines Art Center Des Moines Polk CentralArtCollection of paintings, sculpture, modern art and mixed media
Des Moines County Heritage Center Museum Burlington Des Moines EastLocal history website, operated by the Des Moines County Historical Society, also operates the Phelps House and Hawkeye Log Cabin
Dexter Historical Museum Dexter Dallas CentralLocal history website
Dickinson County Museum Spirit Lake DickinsonWestLocal history website, operated by the Dickinson County Historical Society in a former depot [29]
Donna Reed Heritage Museum Denison CrawfordWestBiographical website, life of actress Donna Reed, located in the Donna Reed Performing Arts Center
Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center Sioux City Woodbury WestNatural historyLocated in Stone State Park
Dover Museum New London Henry EastLocal history website, operated by the Dover Historical Society, period room and business displays
Dow House Dow City Crawford WestHistoric houseOperated by the Crawford County Conservation Board, late 19th-century house
Dubuque Museum of Art Dubuque Dubuque EastArt website, concentrates on 20th-century American art with an emphasis on American Regionalism
Dumont Museum Sigourney Keokuk EastAgriculturewebsite], includes tractors, horse drawn equipment, buggies and gas engines, toys, dolls, and dishes, Roy Rogers memorabilia collection, model train layout
Dysart Historical Center Dysart Tama CentralLocal history website
Eagle Grove Historical Museum Eagle Grove WrightCentralLocal history
Eddyville Historical Museum Eddyville WapelloCentralLocal historyOpen by appointment and for events [30]
Edinburgh Pioneer Village Scotch Grove JonesEastOpen 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 Harpers Ferry AllamakeeEastNative AmericanArchaeology and natural history of the more than 200 prehistoric mounds built by Native Americans
Eldon Depot MuseumEldonWapelloCentralRailroad website, located in a historic Rock Island Railroad depot
Ellston Pioneer Museum Ellston Ringgold EastOpen airIncludes restored Cornwall Pioneer Home, a rural school, and the National Old Thresherman's Hall of Fame [31]
Emmet County Historical Society Museum Estherville Emmet WestOpen airIncludes the museum, school, church, blacksmith shop, farm heritage building [32]
Family Museum Bettendorf ScottEastChildren's website
Farmall-Land U.S.A. Avoca PottawatomieWestAgriculture website, tractors and farm equipment
Farnham Galleries Indianola WarrenCentralArt website, part of Simpson College in Mary Berry Hall
Farm House Museum AmesStoryCentralHistoric housePart of Iowa State University, 19th-century farm house, open by appointment, 1860 farm home with 19th- and early 20th-century decorative arts, furnishings and material culture reflecting Iowa State and Iowa heritage
Faulconer Gallery Grinnell PoweshiekEastArtPart of the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts at Grinnell College
Felix Adler Children's Discovery CenterClintonClintonEastChildren's website
FFA Historical and Ag Museum La Porte City Black HawkCentralLocal history website, antiques, local memorabilia; also operates the Rural Iowa Heritage Center
Figge Art Museum DavenportScottEastArtKnown for its extensive collection of Haitian, Colonial Mexican and Midwestern art, particularly pieces by Thomas Hart Benton, Marvin Cone and Grant Wood
Floyd County Historical Museum Charles City FloydCentralLocal history website, operated by the Floyd County Historical Society
Fonda Museum Fonda Pocahontas WestLocal historyAntiques, small-town memorabilia [17] [33]
Forest Park Museum and Arboretum Perry DallasCentralOpen airArboretum and complex of historic buildings with period and local history exhibits
Fort Atkinson State Preserve Fort Atkinson WinneshiekEastMilitaryMid 19th century U.S. Army frontier post created to keep the peace between various Native American tribes as well as prevent white settlers from encroaching on Indian lands
Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center Des MoinesPolkCentralMilitaryHonors the U.S. Army's first officer candidate class for African American men in 1917, and the establishment of the first Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942
Fort Museum Fort DodgeWebsterCentralOpen air website, frontier trading post, military and 19th century furniture exhibits
Fossil & Prairie Center Rockford FloydCentralNatural history website, Devonian fossils and natural history of the Fossil & Prairie Park Preserve
Franklin County Historical Museum Hampton Franklin CentralLocal history website, operated by the Franklin County Historical Society, includes period kitchens, clothing, entertainment, military history, machinery hall
Franklin Pearson House Keosauqua Van Buren EastHistoric house website, maintained by the Van Buren County Historical Society, 1840s house that was a station on the Underground Railroad
French Icarian Colony Living History Museum Corning AdamsWestLiving website, history of six Icaria Colonies in America in the 1840s
Froelich Village McGregor ClaytonEastOpen air website, includes history of the tractor invented by John Froelich, 1886 one-room school, 1891 General Store museum, 19th-century shipping warehouse
Garnavillo Historical Museum Garnavillo ClaytonEastOpen airOperated by the Garnavillo Historical Society in a former church
George Maier Rural Heritage Center Elkader ClaytonEastHistoryArtifacts from rural Iowa history (1890 - 1950) [34]
George M. Verity River Museum Keokuk Lee EastMaritimeRiverboat museum of Upper Mississippi River history
German American Heritage Center DavenportScottEastEthnicHistory of German-Americans in the Midwest region
Gilbertson Conservation Education Area Elgin FayetteEastMultiple website, includes Gilbertson Nature Center, Mavis & Conner Dummermuth Building with farm tools and antiques, 1890s period Hart Dummermuth Historical House, petting zoo and trails
Glenn Miller Birthplace Museum Clarinda Page WestBiographical website, life of musician Glenn Miller
Glick-Sower House Marshalltown Marshall CentralHistoric houseOperated by the Historical Society of Marshall County by appointment
Graceland University Galleries Lamoni DecaturCentralArt website, Constance Gallery in the Helene Center for the Visual Arts, Helene Center Student Gallery, Shaw Center Gallery
Grafton Heritage Depot Grafton Worth CentralRailroadOperated by the Worth County Historical Society, open by appointment [35]
Granger House Museum Marion LinnEastHistoric house website, 1870s period home
Grant Wood Art GalleryAnamosaJonesEastArt website, life and paintings of Grant Wood
Greater Shenandoah Historical Society Museum Shenandoah PageWestLocal history website, exhibits include area Mormon settlers and old time radio [36]
Greene County Historical Museum Jefferson Greene CentralLocal history [37]
Greene Historical Museum Greene ButlerCentralLocal history [14]
Grout Museum Waterloo Black HawkEastMultipleComplex includes Grout Museum of History & Science, Bluedorn Science Imaginarium, Rensselaer Russell House Museum, Snowden House, and future Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum
Grinnell Historical MuseumGrinnellPoweshiekEastHistoric house website, late 19th-century period McMurray House
Grotto of the Redemption West Bend Palo AltoWestReligiousCatholic shrine featuring nine grottos depicting scenes in the life of Jesus, includes museum with a collection of minerals, precious and semiprecious stones from throughout the world
Grundy County Heritage Museum Morrison GrundyCentralLocal history website, operated by the Grundy County Conservation Office, local and natural history, aquariums, a one-room schoolhouse, railroad building, and heritage Center & Agricultural Hall [38]
Guthrie County Historical Village Panora Guthrie CentralOpen air website
Hanlontown Community Bank Museum Hanlontown WorthCentralLocal historyOperated by the Worth County Historical Society [35]
Hardin County Farm Museum Eldora HardinCentralAgricultureAgriculture equipment, agricultural practices, life styles, and history of Hardin County farm families and agri-businesses during the period of 1850-1950 [39]
Harker House Storm Lake Buena VistaWestHistoric house website, 1875 house with three generations of family furnishings
Harlan-Lincoln House Mount Pleasant HenryEastHistoric houseOpen by appointment, part of Iowa Wesleyan College, features memorabilia related to Senator James Harlan and Abraham Lincoln
Harriman Nielsen Farm HamptonFranklinCentralHistoric houseOperated by the Franklin County Historical Society, late 19th-century farmhouse
Harrison County Historical Village Missouri Valley Harrison WestOpen air website, includes 19th century log cabin, general store and school, operated by the Harrison County Conservation Board
Hearst Center for the Arts Cedar FallsBlack HawkEastArt website
Heartland Acres Agribition Center Independence BuchanannCentralAgriculture website, agriculture exhibits, farm equipment, period displays, one-room school, automobiles, animals
Heartland MuseumClarionWrightCentralAgriculture website, farm equipment, store displays, teddy bears, streetscapes, operated by Heartland Museum Foundation
Hemken Collection Williams HamiltonCentralAutomotive website, features American convertibles
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site West Branch CedarEastBiographicalBirthplace of President Herbert Hoover, includes Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
Heritage Park Museum Primghar O'BrienOpen airOpen by appointment [40]
Higgins Museum of National Bank Notes Okoboji DickinsonWestNumismaticCollection of National Bank Note issues
Historic General Dodge House Council Bluffs PottawatamieWestHistoric houseVictorian period home of Grenville M. Dodge
History Center Cedar RapidsLinnEastLocal history website, history of Linn County, operated by the Linn County Historical Society
History on the Hill Winterset MadisonCentralOpen air website, operated by the Madison County Historical Society, includes Madison County Historical Museum, Bevington-Kaser Mansion, Winterset Train Depot, Zion Church, Field Mercantile Store, Stone Barn
Hitchcock House Lewis CassWestHistoric houseMid-19th-century house that was a station on the Underground Railway
Hockett House Museum Earlham MadisonCentralHistoric houseOperated by the Earlham Historical Society, settler's house [41]
Hoggatt SchoolAmesStoryCentralSchool website, operated by the Ames Historical Society
Homestead Blacksmith ShopHomesteadIowaEastHistoryOriginal village blacksmith shop and forge, working offset printing press and Linotype machine, operated by the Amana Heritage Society [6]
Homestead Store Museum Homestead IowaEastHistoryAmana Colonies' industries and products, operated by the Amana Heritage Society [6]
Horridge HouseVintonBentonEastLocal historyOperated by the Benton County Historical Society [28]
Hotel Williams MuseumWyomingJonesEastLocal history website, also known as Wyoming Historical Museum
Howard County Historical Preservation & Education Center Cresco HowardNorthLocal history website, operated by the Howard County Historical Society and the Howard County Agricultural Society, open during the Howard County Fair and by appointment
Hub City Heritage Corporation Railway Museum Oelwein FayetteEastRailroad website
Humboldt County Mill Farm Historical Museum Dakota City HumboldtWestOpen airIncludes the Victorian-period Corydon Brown House, school, barn with store displays, log cabin, antique vehicles and farm equipment, chicken house and jail
Ice House Museum Cedar FallsBlack HawkEastHistoryOperated by the Cedar Falls Historical Society, ice house, tools and implements
Independence State Hospital IndependenceBuchananCentralMedicalFormer psychiatric hospital, tours by appointment
Indian Creek Historical Museum Emerson MillsWestAgriculture website, operated by the Indian Creek Historical Society, includes antique farm equipment and machinery, a one-room school, pioneer log cabin and barn
International Fire Museum DavenportScottEastFirefighting
Iowa 80 Trucking Museum Walcott ScottEastTransportation website, antique trucks and memorabilia
Iowa Aviation Museum GreenfieldAdairWestAviationIowa's aviation heritage
Iowa Children's MuseumCoralvilleJohnsonEastChildren's website
Iowa Civilian Conservation Corps Museum Strawberry Point DelawareEastHistoryActivities of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Iowa state parks; located in Backbone State Park
Iowa Gold Star Military Museum Johnston PolkCentralMilitary website, Iowa's military past from statehood to the present, operated by the Iowa National Guard at Camp Dodge
Iowa Great Lakes Maritime Museum Arnolds Park DickinsonWestMaritime website, boating in Iowa Great Lakes region, located in Arnolds Park Amusement Park
Iowa Masonic Library and Museum Cedar RapidsLinnEastHistoryMasonic artifacts, colonial, Indian and foreign exhibits, evolution of the written and printed word
Iowa Rock 'n Roll Music Museum Arnolds ParkDickinsonWestMusic website, includes a reproduction recording studio, 60s era radio broadcast booth, vintage recording equipment and hall of fame memorabilia
Iowa Rural Schools Museum Odebolt SacWestSchoolRural one-room schoolhouse [7]
Iowa State Capitol Des MoinesPolkCentralHistory
Iowa Transportation MuseumGrinnellPoweshiekEastTransportation website, planned museum under construction
Jackson County Museum Maquoketa JacksonEastLocal history website, includes collection of agriculture equipment
Jasper County Historical Museum Newton JasperCentralOpen 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 MuseumJeffersonGreeneCentralTechnologyHistoric telephone equipment [37]
Jenison-Meacham Memorial Art Museum Belmond WrightCentralOpen air website, includes art center/museum, prairie farmstead, rural schoolhouse, working farm and machinery museum, operated by the Belmond Area Arts Council
John L. Lewis Memorial Museum of Mining and Labor Lucas LucasCentralMining website, exhibits about John L. Lewis, coal mining, labor and related topics
Johnny Carson BirthplaceCorningAdamsWestHistoric houseBirthplace home of entertainer Johnny Carson [42]
Johnny Clock Museum Lockridge JeffersonHorology website, carved clocks
Johnson County Historical Society Museum CoralvilleJohnsonEastLocal history website, also operates the 1876 Coralville Schoolhouse, the Coralville Old Town Hall, and the Johnson County Historic Poor Farm by appointment
John Wayne Birthplace Museum Winterset MadisonCentralBiographical website, birthplace home of actor John Wayne
Jordan House West Des Moines PolkCentralHistoric house1880s Victorian period house, includes local history exhibits and Underground Railroad exhibit
Kalona Historical Village Kalona WashingtonEastOpen air website, includes 13 authentically restored buildings about Amish and Mennonite history and culture
Kalona Quilt & Textile Museum KalonaWashingtonEastTextile website
Kate Shelley Depot Moingona BooneCentralBiographical website, story of Kate Shelley and area railroad history, open by appointment with the Boone County Historical Society
Kellogg Historical Museum Kellogg JasperEastOpen air website includes main museum building, factory/bank museum, country school, church and blacksmith shop, operated by the Kellogg Historical Society
Kellow House Cresco HowardNorthHistoric houseOperated by the Howard County Historical Society, open by appointment, Victorian home
Kensett Community Church Museum Kensett WorthCentralLocal historyOperated by the Worth County Historical Society [35]
Kinney Pioneer Museum Mason City Cerro GordoCentralOpen airIowa frontier life and pioneer village, includes a one-room school house, log cabin, jail, blacksmith shop [43] [44]
Kiwanis Railroad Depot Museum Complex Onawa MononaWestRailroad [45]
Kline Museum Prescott AdamsWestTransportationAntique cars and farm vehicles, local memorabilia [46]
Lake View Historical Museum Lake View Sac WestLocal historyOperated by the Lake View Historical Society, includes mounted bird collection, model train, log cabin, schoolhouse [7] [47]
Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum Burr Oak WinneshiekEastBiographical website, Masters Hotel, childhood home of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Lewelling Quaker Museum Salem HenryEastHistoric house website, station on the Underground Railroad [48]
Liberty Hall Lamoni DecaturCentralHistoric house1880s Victorian home of Joseph Smith III, president of Community of Christ
Lidtke Mill Lime Springs HowardNorthMillWater-powered grist mill
Little Red School HouseCedar FallsBlack HawkEastSchoolOperated by the Cedar Falls Historical Society, 1909 one-room schoolhouse [11]
Littleton & Chatham Historical SocietyChatham (rural Independence)BuchananEastMuseumFormer Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church on the National Register. [49] Exhibits on education, mercantile, agriculture, military and the Richard O'Brien scale models of Littleton and Otterville buildings.
Living History Farms Museum Urbandale PolkCentralLivingFarm life in the years of 1700, 1850 and 1900 and 1875 small-town life
Lockmaster's Heritage House Museum Guttenberg ClaytonEastHistoric houseOperated by the Guttenberg Heritage Society, 19th-century lockmaster's house by Lock and Dam No. 10 [50]
Locust SchoolDecorahWinneshiekEastSchool1854 one-room schoolhouse, operated by the Winneshiek County Historical Society [51]
Louisa County Heritage Center Wapello LouisaEastLocal historyOperated by the Louisa County Historical Society, open by appointment [52]
Lucas County Historical Museum Chariton Lucas WestOpen air website, operated by the Lucas County Historical Society, includes a 1900s A.J. Stephens House, schoolhouse, church, 1800s barn and 1850 log cabin
Lyon County Historical Society Museum Complex Rock Rapids Lyon WestLocal historyIncludes a renovated depot and caboose, a Victorian-period house, livery stable, windmill [53]
Maasdam Barns Fairfield JeffersonAgriculture website, history of the Evergreen Ridge Stock Farm, features three barns and the farmhouse
MacNider Art Museum Mason CityCerro GordoCentralArtAmerican art and life, special collection of Bil Baird marionettes, hand puppets and ephemera
Madrid Historical Museum Madrid BooneCentralLocal history website, operated by the Madrid Historical Society, includes doll collection and replica underground coal mine
Mamie Eisenhower Birthplace BooneBooneCentralBiographical website, operated by the Boone County Historical Society, birthplace of Mamie Eisenhower, wife of President Dwight Eisenhower
Marble Rock Museum Marble Rock FloydCentralLocal history website, operated by the Marble Rock Historical Society
Marion County Historical Village & Museum Knoxville MarionCentralOpen air website, operated by the Marion County Historical Society, includes the museum, one-room schoolhouse, log cabin, railroad depot, general store, stage coach inn, church and machine annex
Marion Heritage Center & Museum Marion LinnEastLocal history website, operated by the Marion Historical Society in a former church
Marquette Depot Museum Marquette ClaytonEastRailroadRailroad artifacts, information center and gift shop [54]
Marshall Center SchoolCedar FallsBlack HawkEastSchool website, part of University of Northern Iowa, 1920s period one-room school
Marshall County Historical MuseumMarshalltownMarshallCentralLocal history website, operated by the Historical Society of Marshall County
Matchstick Marvels Museum Gladbrook Tama CentralArt website, contains a museum with scaled models of lifelike sculptures, intricate machines, and world renown architecture made from matchsticks
Mathias Ham House DubuqueDubuqueEastHistoric house1856 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 MarshallCentralHistoric house website, operated by the State Historical Society of Iowa, early 20th century blacksmith shop
McCallum Museum Sibley OsceolaWestLocal historyOperated by the Osceola County Historical Society [55]
McGregor Historical Museum McGregor ClaytonEastLocal history website, operated by the McGregor Historical Society [56]
McHenry House Denison CrawfordWestHistoric houseOperated by the Crawford County Historical Society, Victorian period home
Melcher-Dallas Coal Mining and Heritage Museum Melcher-Dallas MarionCentralMiningReconstructed coal mine and mining exhibits [57]
Meskwaki Cultural Center and Museum Tama TamaEastNative American
Mid America Museum of Aviation & Transportation Sioux CityWoodburyWestAviation & Transportation website
Midwest Old Threshers Heritage Museums Mount PleasantHenryEastOpen airIncludes Midwest Electric Railway, rural life period displays, agriculture tools and equipment, dolls, printing presses, theater museum, steam and gas engines and more
Midwest Central Railroad Mount PleasantHenryEastRailroad website, heritage railway
Mills County Historical Museum Glenwood MillsWestOpen air website, operated by the Mills County Historical Society
Mitchell County Historical Museum Osage MitchellLocal history website, operated by the Mitchell County Historical Society in the former Cedar Valley Seminary, also owns Fort Severson, Walnut Grove School, Union Number 1 Schoolhouse & Log Cabin, Docken Cabin around the county
Monona County Historical MuseumOnawaMononaWestLocal historyOperated by the Loess Hills Historical Society [58]
Monona County Veteran's Memorial MuseumOnawaMononaWestMilitary [59] [60]
Monona Historical Museum Monona ClaytonEastLocal history website, operated by the Monona Historical Society
Monroe County Historical Museum Albia MonroeCentralLocal historyIncludes artifacts from 19th century homes, farms, and coal mines, operated by the Monroe County Historical Society [61]
Montauk Mansion ClermontFayetteCentralHistoric house website, operated by the State Historical Society of Iowa, home of Iowa's 12th governor, William Larrabee
Montgomery County History Center Red OakMontgomeryWestLocal history website, operated by the Montgomery County Historical Society
Moorehead House Museum Ida Grove IdaWestHistoric houseAlso known as the Ida County Historical Society Museum, Victorian-period house [62]
Moorehead Stagecoach Inn Ida Grove IdaWestHistoric siteMid 19th-century stagecoach inn, barn and schoolhouse
Moulton Historical Society Moulton AppanooseSouthLocal history [63]
Mount Ayr Depot Museum Mount Ayr Ringgold EastRailroad website
Muscatine Art Center Muscatine MuscatineEastArt website
Muscatine History and Industry Center MuscatineMuscatineEastLocal history website, formerly the Pearl Button Museum
Museum of Danish America Elk HornShelbyWestEthnicHistory and culture of the Danish-American experience
Music Man Square Mason CityCerro GordoCentralBiographical website, includes the boyhood home and museum about composer Meredith Willson
Nathaniel Hamlin Park and Museum Audubon AudubonWestMultipleFormer County Home Farm, includes a Victorian House museum, machinery building with antique farm and home artifacts, one room schoolhouse, blacksmith shop, barns, farm windmills and a walkout gazebo to see and feed the elk family [64] [65]
National Balloon Museum and Ballooning Hall of Fame Indianola WarrenCentralSportsExhibits history of ballooning and memorabilia, includes the U.S. Ballooning Hall of Fame
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library Cedar RapidsLinnEastEthnicCzech and Slovak history and culture
National Farm Toy Museum Dyersville DubuqueCentralToyToy farm equipment
National Hobo Museum Britt HancockCentralCulture website, hobo artifacts collection, may be closed [66]
National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium DubuqueDubuqueEastMaritimeOperated by the Dubuque County Historical Society, aquarium, William M. Black (dredge) and other historic boats, and Fred W. Woodward Riverboat Museum with cultural and natural history exhibits
National Motorcycle Museum AnamosaJonesEastTransportationMotorcycles and memorabilia
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum KnoxvilleMarionCentralAutomotive sprint cars, racers and memorabilia
National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable MuseumWaterlooBlack HawkEastSportsIncludes the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa [67] [68]
Nelson Pioneer Farm Museum Oskaloosa MahaskaCentralOpen air website, operated by the Mahaska County Historical Society, mid-19th-century farmhouse, farm and other historic buildings
Nishna Heritage Museum Oakland PottawatamieWestLocal historyOperated by the Oakland Historical Society [69]
Nodaway Valley Historical Museum ClarindaPageWestOpen air website, local history, historic household items, farm equipment, railroad depot, general store, barber shop, blacksmith shop, store/doctor's office, jail
North Lee County Historical Museum Fort Madison LeeEastOpen air website, located in the Santa Fe Railway Depot Complex, local and railroad history
Octagon Center for the Arts AmesStoryCentralArt website
Odebolt Historical MuseumOdeboltSacWestLocal history website, open by appointment
Okoboji Classic CarsOkobojiDickinsonWestAutomotive website, restored American classic cars in Main Street displays
Old Bradford Pioneer Village Museum Nashua ChickasawEastOpen air website, includes a log cabin, one-room school, cottage, general store, doctor's office, toy shop, church and jail, operated by the Chickasaw County Historical Society
Old Capitol Museum Iowa City JohnsonCentralMultiplePart of the University of Iowa, changing history, art, culture exhibits
Old Creamery Museum Northwood WorthCentralHistoryOperated by the Worth County Historical Society, [35] 19th century period household tools and antiques
Old Fort Madison Fort MadisonLeeEastLiving website, 1812 period frontier fur trading post
Old Jail Museum DubuqueDubuqueEastPrisonOperated by the Dubuque County Historical Society, also local history artifacts
Old Schoolhouse MuseumEarlhamMadisonCentralSchoolOperated by the Earlham Historical Society, town's first public school [41]
Old Stone House HamptonFranklinCentralHistoric houseOperated by the Franklin County Historical Society by appointment, mid 19th-century farmhouse
Oxford Junction Heritage Museum Oxford Junction JonesEastLocal history website
Palmer Museum of Chiropractic History DavenportScottEastMedical website, part of Palmer College of Chiropractic
Palo Alto County Historical Museum Emmetsburg Palo Alto WestLocal historyOperated by the Palo Alto County Historical Society, open by appointment [17] [70]
Parker MuseumSpencerClayWestLocal history website, operated by the Clay County Heritage
Pat Clark Art Collection Iowa Falls HardinCentralArt website, part of Ellsworth Community College
Pearson Lakes Art CenterOkobojiDickinsonWestArt website
Peirce Mansion Sioux CityWoodburyWestHistoric houseVictorian period mansion, open for quarterly events, operated by the Sioux City Public Museum
Pella Historical Village Pella MarionCentralOpen air website, operated by the Pella Historical Society, over 20 historic buildings in a Dutch village setting and the Vermeer Mill
Peterson Pioneer HomeOdeboltSacWestHistoric house1886 pioneer home for a family of seven [7]
Peterson Point Historical Farmstead Wallingford EmmetWestFarmHistoric farmstead, includes house, barn, blacksmith shop complex, cook/wash house, chicken coop, hog house, and sheep barn, operated by the Emmet County Conservation Department
Pharmacists Mutual Companies MuseumAlgona Kossuth WestMedical [17]
Pine Creek Gristmill MuscatineMuscatineEastMillLocated in Wildcat Den State Park
Pixley Log HouseNorthwoodWorthCentralHistoric houseOperated by the Worth County Historical Society, [35] restored 1870s period log home and furnishings
Plum Grove Historic House Iowa CityJohnsonCentralHistoric houseOperated by the Johnson County Historical Society
Plymouth County Historical Museum Le Mars PlymothWestLocal history website
Pocahontas County Historical Museum Rockwell City Pocahontas WestLocal history
Porter House Museum DecorahWinneshiekEastHistoric houseVictorian home of a naturalist and artist, includes collection of exotic butterflies
Prairie Learning Center Prairie City JasperCentralNatural history website, museum and education center for the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
Prairie Trails Museum Corydon WayneCentralHistory website
Putnam Museum DavenportScottEastNatural history
Quasdorf Blacksmith and Wagon Museum Dows WrightCentralHistoryOperated by the Dows Historical Society
Quasqueton Area Historical Society Museum Quasqueton BuchananEastLocal history website
RailsWest Railroad Museum Council BluffsPottawatamieWestRailroadOperated by the Historical Society of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, railroad depot museum and model railroad display, outdoor railroad car displays
Ray House VintonBentonEastHistoric houseOperated by the Benton County Historical Society, 1893 Victorian house [28]
REA Power Plant Museum HamptonFranklinCentralTechnologyOperated by the Franklin County Historical Society, former power plant, exhibits show changes in farm life after the electrification of rural America
Richardson-Jakway House Aurora BuchananEastHistoric house19th-century house, operated by the Buchanan County Conservation Board in Jakway Forest Area [71] [72] [73]
River History Museum Lansing AllamakeeEastMaritimeIncludes exhibits about steam-boating, commercial fishing, pearl button industry and ice harvesting [74]
River Music Experience DavenportScottEastMusicAmerica's music, especially the music of the Mississippi River
Rock Island Depot Museum ClarionWrightCentralLocal historyLocated in a restored depot, local and railroad history [1]
Roland Museum Roland StoryCentralLocal history website, operated by the Roland Historical Society
Rural Free Delivery Museum Morning Sun LouisaEastHistoryOldest rural-free delivery post office in Iowa; historic post office display
Russell Historical Society Museum Russell LucasCentralLocal history website
Sac City Museum Village Sac City SacWestOpen airIncludes museum, an old-time general store, church, doctor's office, post office [7]
Salisbury House Des MoinesPolkCentralHistoric house1920s manor home
Samuel F. Miller House and Museum KeokukLeeEastHistoric houseOperated by the Lee County Historical Society
Sanford Museum & Planetarium Cherokee CherokeeWestMultiple website, local history, natural history, art, archaeology, paleontology, geology
The Sawmill Museum ClintonClintonEastForestry website, importance of forests and wood products, area lumber industry, restored 1920s sawmill
Schildberg Antique Car Museum GreenfieldAdairWestAutomotiveOpen by appointment and for special local events
Scholte House MuseumPellaMarionCentralHistoric house website, mid-19th century 20 room house of Dutch pioneers
Science Center of Iowa Des MoinesPolkCentralScience website
Sergeant Floyd River Museum and Welcome Center Sioux CityWoodburyWestMaritimeHistoric 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 ShelbyWestLocal history website, operated by the Shelby County Historical Society
Sheldon Prairie Museum Sheldon O'BrienOpen airLocated in the Carnegie Library (Sheldon, Iowa) [40]
Shell Rock Historical Museum Shell Rock ButlerEastLocal history website [14]
Sioux City Art Center Sioux CityWoodburyWestArt
Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center Sioux CityWoodburyWestHistory website, history of the Corps of Discovery's time in the Sioux City area in 1804, and the Betty Strong Encounter Center that commemorates a history of encounters that occurred before and after the expedition
Sioux City Public Museum Sioux CityWoodburyWestLocal historyCity history, culture, agriculture, transportation
Sioux City Railroad Museum Sioux CityWoodburyWestRailroad website, operated by the Siouxland Historical Railroad Association
Squirrel Cage Jail Council BluffsPottawatamieWestPrisonOperated by the Historical Society of Pottawattamie County
St. Ansgar Heritage Museum St. Ansgar MitchellCentralLocal history website
St. Lucas German American Museum St. Lucas, Iowa Fayette EastEthnicOperated by the St. Lucas Historical Society, exhibits and library about area German immigrants and heritage, local history and genealogy
State Historical Museum of Iowa Des MoinesPolkCentralHistoryOperated by the State Historical Society of Iowa
Stockman House Mason CityCerro GordoCentralHistoric house1908 house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Story City Museum Story City StoryCentralLocal history website, operated by the Story City Historical Society, includes the 1903 Queen Anne period Bartlett Museum, pre-Civil War school house and the Carriage House Museum
Swedish American Museum Swedesburg HenryEastEthnicOperated by the Swedish Heritage Society, area Swedish heritage [48] [75]
Swensrud SchoolNorthwoodWorthCentralSchoolOperated by the Worth County Historical Society, [35] 19th-century period schoolhouse
Tama County Museum Tama TamaEastLocal history website, operated by the Tama County Historical Society
Taylor County Historical Museum Bedford TaylorLocal history website
Taylor#4 SchoolMarshalltownMarshallCentralSchool website, operated by the Historical Society of Marshall County by appointment
Terrace Hill Des MoinesPolkCentralHistoric houseOfficial residence of the governor of Iowa
Theatre Museum of Repertoire AmericanaMount PleasantHenryEastTheatre website, memorabilia and artifacts of early repertoire theatre [48]
Todd House Tabor FremontWestHistoric houseOperated by the Tabor Historical Society, mid 19th-century house with exhibits about the town's involvement with the Underground Railroad
Toolesboro Indian Mounds Toolesboro LouisaEastNative AmericanOperated by the State Historical Society of Iowa, group of Hopewell mounds and education center
Traer Historical Museum Traer TamaCentralLocal historyOpen by appointment [76]
Trainland U.S.A. Colfax JasperCentralRailroad website, Lionel model railroad layouts, trains and accessories
Twombly MuseumKeosauquaVan BurenEastLocal history website, operated by the Van Buren County Historical Society for events
Union County Historical Village Creston UnionOpen airIncludes a schoolhouse, home, general store, printing shop, log cabin, church, blacksmith shop, depot and a museum [77]
Union Pacific Railroad Museum Council BluffsPottawatamieWestRailroad website, exhibits on the Union Pacific Railroad, development of the railroad and the American West
University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame Iowa CityJohnsonCentralHall of fameLegendary and influential Iowa Hawkeye sports heroes
University of Iowa Medical MuseumIowa CityJohnsonCentralMedical website, located on the 8th floor of the Colloton Pavilion
University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art Iowa CityJohnsonCentralArtCollections include paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, photographs, ceramics, textiles, jade and silver
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History Iowa CityJohnsonCentralNatural historyIncludes birds, mammals, and Native American artifacts
University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art Cedar FallsBlack HawkEastArtCollection includes American and European art
University of Northern Iowa MuseumCedar FallsBlack HawkEastNatural history website, exhibits on geology, biology, history, anthropology at the Rod Library
Ushers Ferry Historic VillageCedar RapidsLinnEastLiving website, 1908 historic village
Van Buren Historical Society Museum Keosauqua Van BurenEastLocal history website, located in the historic Twombly Building
Vander Haag's Yesterday's Memories Sanborn O'BrienWestHistoryOpen by appointment, historic cars, trucks, tools, toys, dresses, household items [78]
Vermeer MuseumPellaMarionCentralTechnology website, history of the Vermeer Company, manufacturer of agricultural, environmental and construction equipment
Vernon Schoolhouse #5 Dows WrightCentralSchoolOperated by the Dows Historical Society, open by appointment [79] [80]
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum DecorahWinneshiekEastCultural
Victorian Home and Carriage House MuseumCedar FallsBlack HawkEastHistoric houseOperated by the Cedar Falls Historical Society, late 19th century Victorian home and museum of local history, includes Lenoir Model Railroad Collection [11]
Victorian Museum on MainEmmetsburgPalo AltoWestHistoric houseVictorian period house [17] [81]
Villisca Axe Murder House Villisca MontgomeryWestMultipleHistoric Josiah B. and Sara Moore House where several people were murdered in 1912
Voas Nature Area & Museum Minburn DallasCentralNatural history website, 705-acre park with museum of rocks, fossils and minerals
Wabash Depot Museum Moravia AppanooseSouthRailroadIncludes railroad artifacts, an operational model train layout and a restored railroad section car
Wagaman Mill Lynnville JasperCentralMill website, operated by the Lynnville Historical Society
Waldemar A. Schmidt Art GalleryWaverlyBremerEastArt website, part of the Bachman Fine Arts Center at Wartburg College
Wallace House Museum Des MoinesPolkCentralBiographicalLife of the Wallace Family, farm leaders
Walnut Grove Pioneer Village Long Grove ScottEastOpen air1860s village with 18 historic buildings
Wapello County Historical MuseumOttumwaWapelloCentralLocal history website, operated by the Wapello County Historical Society
Wapsipinicon Mill IndependenceBuchananCentralMillOperated by the Buchanan County Historical Society, 1870s grist mill and artifacts
Waterloo Center for the ArtsWaterlooBlack HawkEastArt website
Watson's Grocery Store Museum State Center MarshallCentralHistoryPeriod grocery store [82]
Wayland & Midwest Memories Museums Wayland HenryEastLocal history website [48]
West Bend Historical Museum West Bend Palo AltoWestLocal history [83]
Western Historic Trails Center Council BluffsPottawatamieWestHistory website, operated by the State Historical Society of Iowa, exhibits about four western expansion trails: Lewis & Clark, Mormon Pioneer, California and Oregon
Westport Rural School MuseumOkobojiDickinsonWestSchoolOne room schoolhouse [84]
Wilder Memorial Museum Strawberry Point DelawareEastCommodity website, includes over 800 dolls, 40 Victorian lamps, European figurines, farm tools, toy tractors
Winfield Historical Society Museum Winfield HenryEastLocal history website [48]
Wisecup's Farm MuseumMissouri ValleyHarrisonWestAgriculture website, antique farm equipment, tractors, tools, transportation
Witter Gallery Storm LakeBuena VistaWestArt website
Worth County Machinery MuseumNorthwoodWorthCentralAgricultureOperated by the Worth County Historical Society, [35] farming machinery and equipment, open by appointment
Worth County MuseumNorthwooWorthCentralLocal historyOperated by the Worth County Historical Society, [35] local history exhibits and late 19th century period room displays
Young House Museum Bellevue JacksonEastHistoric houseTurn-of-the-20th-century period house [85]
Buchanan County Historical SocietyIndependenceBuchanan CountyEastCounty wide history https://www.buchanancountyhistory.com/
Buchanan County Genealogical SocietyIndependenceBuchanan CountyEastCounty wide history & family genealogy https://www.buchanancountyhistory.com/genealogical-society/

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Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA), also known as America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership is one of 62 federally designated National Heritage Areas in the nation and is an Affiliated Area of the National Park Service. Through the development of a network of sites, programs and events, SSNHA's mission is to interpret farm life, agribusiness and rural communities-past and present.

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