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Museum Collections Tour

State Curator Leo Landis leading a collections vault tour.

Fri, Jul 21 2023

State Historical Museum of Iowa

600 E Locust St, Des Moines, IA

State Historical Society of Iowa, History, Collections, Education, Museum

Register today to step inside the State Historical Museum of Iowa’s collections storage for a behind the scenes look at objects from Iowa’s past.

Thu, Jul 27 2023

History, Education, Museum

Register to join the State Historical Society of Iowa for a 60-minute online learning series to learn about various interconnecting components o

Fri, Aug 4 2023

State Historical Museum of Iowa

600 E Locust St, Des Moines, IA

State Historical Society of Iowa, History, Collections, Education, Museum

Register today to step inside the State Historical Museum of Iowa’s collections storage for a behind the scenes look at objects from Iowa’s past.

Thu, Aug 10 2023

Iowa State Fairgrounds

Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA

Featured, History, Education, Museum

Co-hosted by the State Historical Society of Iowa and the Iowa Healthiest State Initiative, the Iowa State Fair Historical Walking Tour is a 45-minute tour of historic sites at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. The tour begins at 8:15 a.m.

Thu, Aug 10 2023

History, Education, Museum

Register to join the State Historical Society of Iowa for a 60-minute online learning series to learn about Iowa’s contentious debate over the federa

Thu, Aug 24 2023

History, Education, Museum

Register to join the State Historical Society of Iowa for a 60-minute online learning series to learn about the way that charitable organization

Thu, Sep 14 2023

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Register to join the State Historical Society of Iowa for a 60-minute online learning series to learn about the ways in which women in farming commun

Thu, Sep 28 2023

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Register to join the State Historical Society of Iowa for a 60-minute online learning series to learn about the crucial roles played by Iowans in the

Thu, Oct 12 2023

Zoom

600 E Locust Street, Des Moines, IA

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Register to join the State Historical Society of Iowa for a 60-minute online learning series to learn about George Herron’s turbulent time at Iowa College (now Grinnell College), where he preached and lectured as a professor of Applied Christianity,

Thu, Oct 26 2023

Zoom

600 E Locust Street, Des Moines, IA

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Register to join the State Historical Society of Iowa for a 60-minute online learning series to learn how the daughter of an enslaved woman successfully fought segregation on steamboats on the Mississippi River

Thu, Nov 9 2023

Zoom

600 E Locust Street, Des Moines, IA

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Learn about the impact of chemical weapons on Iowa soldiers in World War I when Scott Page leads our next Iowa History 101 program. Pate will explore the issue through the life of Capt. Charles Webber Aikins and the wartime experience of Winterset, Iowa.

Thu, Nov 30 2023

Zoom

Featured, State Historical Society of Iowa, History, Education, Museum, Research

Uncover the ways midwestern suffragists understood citizenship as an obligation. The suffragists – primarily Yankees from the Northeast – settled in the region and founded libraries, schools, churches and parks. Hosted by Andrew Klumpp and Sara Egge.

Thu, Dec 14 2023

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600 E Locust Street, Des Moines, IA

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Join the State Historical Society of Iowa for a 60-minute online learning series to delve into the mysteries of German immigration to Iowa in the 19th century.

Wed, Dec 27 2023

State Historical Museum of Iowa

600 E Locust St, Des Moines, IA

Featured, State Historical Society of Iowa, History, Children, Collections, Education, Museum

Beat the winter blues and join the State Historical Museum of Iowa for a variety of fun winter break programs and events occurring December 27-29.

Thu, Dec 28 2023

State Historical Museum of Iowa

600 E Locust St, Des Moines, IA

Featured, State Historical Society of Iowa, History, Children, Education, Exhibits, Museum

Beat the winter blues and join the State Historical Museum of Iowa for a variety of fun winter break programs and events occurring December 27-29.

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Museum Collections Tour

Iowa History 101: The Modernization of Major College Football Stadia in the State of Iowa: Comparing Iowa State University and the University of Iowa

Museum Collections Tour

Iowa State Fair Historical Walking Tour

Iowa History 101: ’It’s My Greatest Desire Before I Die to Be in the Iowa Constitution:’ Iowa and the Equal Rights Amendment

Iowa History 101: Why Foster Care Started on Farms: Iowa and the Midwest in Child Placement of the 19th century

Iowa History 101: Letters from the Farmhouse: How Rural Midwestern Women Created Community Through Media During World War II

Iowa History 101: Middle Americas: How Iowans (Almost) Built the Nicaragua Canal

Iowa History 101: “Sincere but Misguided and Dangerous”: Professor George Herron at Iowa College, 1893-1899

Iowa History 101: The Fullest Rights in Iowa: Emma Coger & the Desegregation of Steam Travel on Iowa Waterways

Iowa History 101: They Were Gassed Severely

Iowa History Book Club: Woman Suffrage and Citizenship in the Midwest, 1870-1920 by Sara Egge

Iowa History 101: German Freemasons on the Frontier: Fraternal Lodge No. 221 in Davenport, Iowa

Winter Break at the Museum

Winter Break at the Museum