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142 matches in Iowa

Iowa Gold Star Military Museum
Historical
Iowa Gold Star Military Museum
Johnston

Iowa National Guard museum covering military history from the Civil War through modern deployments with vehicles, weapons, and personal artifacts.

Historical
Iowa Great Lakes Maritime Museum
IA

Museum documenting Great Lakes maritime heritage in Iowa's lakeside region — covers freshwater navigation, boat engineering, and regional water history.

Jordan House
Historical
Jordan House
West Des Moines

19th-century historic home with documented Underground Railroad connections — covers abolitionism and pre-Civil War Iowa social history.

Kalona Historical Village
Historical
Kalona Historical Village
Kalona

Living-history village interpreting 19th-century Amish and Mennonite pioneer settlement in eastern Iowa.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum
IA

Museum dedicated to Laura Ingalls Wilder's life and writings — connects primary literature to 19th-century pioneer and homestead history.

Midwest Old Threshers Heritage Museum
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Midwest Old Threshers Heritage Museum
IA

Heritage museum preserving antique steam threshing equipment and farm machinery — covers agricultural history and early mechanization of the American Midwest.

Motor Mill Historic Site
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Motor Mill Historic Site
Elkader

Preserved 19th-century limestone grist mill complex on the Turkey River — milling technology, Iowa frontier commerce, and industrial history.

Museum of Missouri River History
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Museum of Missouri River History
NE

Museum documenting Missouri River exploration, commerce, and settlement history — Lewis and Clark era through steamboat trade and Plains geography.

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
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National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Cedar Rapids

Museum and research library documenting Czech and Slovak immigration to America — covers ethnic heritage, immigration history, and primary-source research.

National Motorcycle Museum
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National Motorcycle Museum
Anamosa

Large national motorcycle museum tracing American motorcycle manufacturing history and the engineering evolution of the motorcycle from 1900s onward.

National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum
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National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum
IA

National hall of fame in Knoxville, IA documenting the history of sprint car racing — covers automotive engineering and motorsports heritage.

Historical
Nelson Pioneer Farm Museum
Nelson Lane

Living-history pioneer farm in Iowa with original 19th-century structures — covers agricultural history, westward settlement, and rural life.

Old Capitol Museum
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Old Capitol Museum
Iowa City

Restored 1842 Iowa State Capitol building — covers Iowa statehood, territorial government, and civic architecture.

Pearl Bottom Museum
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Pearl Bottom Museum
Muscatine

Museum dedicated to Muscatine's historic freshwater pearl button industry — covers manufacturing history and Mississippi River ecology.

Pella Historical Village & Vermeer Windmill
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Pella Historical Village & Vermeer Windmill
Pella

Living-history village and working Dutch windmill preserving Iowa's Dutch immigrant heritage — covers immigration, 19th-century technology, and cultural geography.

RailsWest Railroad Museum
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RailsWest Railroad Museum
IA

Council Bluffs, IA railroad museum in a restored depot with historic rolling stock — covers westward expansion, rail technology, and American commerce.

Salisbury House & Gardens
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Salisbury House & Gardens
Des Moines

Tudor-revival estate (1923) with period furnishings and decorative arts — covers Iowa history, early 20th-century architecture, and material culture.

Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area
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Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area
Waterloo

National heritage area documenting Midwest agricultural and industrial history — farm technology, food production history, and rural American economy.

Sioux City Public Museum
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Sioux City Public Museum
607

Sioux City public museum covering regional Native American history, Missouri River settlement, and Great Plains heritage.

State Historical Museum of Iowa
Historical
State Historical Museum of Iowa
Des Moines

State-operated Iowa history museum with primary-source artifacts covering Iowa's territorial, pioneer, and 20th-century political history.

State Historical Society of Iowa
Historical
State Historical Society of Iowa
Des Moines

State historical society with Iowa history collections — covers primary-source research skills, Iowa political history, and Midwest social studies.

Steamboat Museum
Historical
Steamboat Museum
Missouri Valley

Missouri River steamboat history museum in Iowa covering 19th-century river commerce, navigation, and westward expansion.

Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum & Grout Museum of History & Science
Historical
Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum & Grout Museum of History & Science
Waterloo

Combined veterans and regional history museum covering WWII, the Sullivan Brothers story, and Iowa history with some science exhibits.

The Fort Museum and Frontier Village
Historical
The Fort Museum and Frontier Village
Fort Dodge

Reconstructed frontier fort and village with period artifacts — covers Iowa territorial history, pioneer settlement, and 19th-century frontier life.

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