Upcoming Events

Help us celebrate Iowa’s birthday on Saturday, December 28 with our fun-filled Goldie’s Birthday Bash. Head to the museum and join us for a variety of programs and drop-in activities throughout the day.

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Iowa is full of colorful characters! Meet a few at an upcoming Goldie's storytime program. Join us for a very special storytime program to celebrate Iowa’s birthday during the Goldie’s Birthday Bash at the museum. Following the story, participants will create a small craft to take home.

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Register to join Sarah Pratt, the Iowa State Fair's butter sculptor, for a special family program at the museum on Saturday, December 28, 2024. This program is offered at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

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Register to join Sarah Pratt, the Iowa State Fair's butter sculptor, for a special family program at the museum on Saturday, December 28, 2024. This program is offered at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

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Sign up 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.

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Register to join Cory Haala and learn how a network of left-wing activists and political allies cooperated to win elections in the 1980s and gave rise to national figures like Jesse Jackson.

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Register to join former State Curator Jerome Thompson as he relates the life of Gwendolyn Fowler the first African American  woman to become a registered pharmacist in Iowa, a world traveler, a F

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