List of museums in Iowa explained

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.

Museums

NameLocationCountyRegionArea of studySummary
4-H Schoolhouse MuseumCentral School Located at Heartland Museum Complex, operated by Heartland Museum[1]
East Education One-room schoolhouse, operated by the Linn County Conservation Board
West Historic house Operated by the State Historical Society of Iowa, restored to 1856 appearance, history of 1857 Spirit Lake Massacre
Central Local history website includes museum and soda shop, Prairie Settlement I-House, one room schoolhouse
West Open air Includes 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 Adams West Local history Located in a former jail[3]
East African American African American heritage and culture of Iowa
Airpower MuseumCentral Aviation Includes historic aircraft, engines, propellers, photos and original art
Albert City Historical Museum West Local history [4] [5]
East Local history Located in the former county courthouse, log cabin also on grounds, operated by the Allamakee County Historical Society
Buena Vista West Historic house Operated 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 West Local history website
Altoona Area Historical Society Museum Central Local history website
Amana Community ChurchEast Religious 1865 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 MuseumIowa East Religious website, religious and cultural history of the Amana Colonies displayed in three 19th-century buildings
American Gothic HouseWapello Central Art Site of the house used as the background for Grant Wood's painting American Gothic
American Passenger Train History Museum Floyd Central Railroad website, Founded in 2018. Home to a collection historic passenger rail cars from the golden age of American railroading. Located on the former yard and shop complex of the Charles City Western Railway. Restoring historic Milwaukee Road Depot after moving to property.
Ames History CenterAmes Story Central Local history website, operated by the Ames Historical Society
East Law enforcement History of the Anamosa State Penitentiary
Andy Williams Birthplace Home Sac West Historic house 1930s home of singer Andy Williams[7]
Ankeny Art Center Polk Central Art website
Ankeny Area Historical Society Museums Ankeny Polk Central Local history website
East Automotive website, includes over 90 cars ranging from year 1899 to the mid-1970s, an early 20th-century Skelly Oil gas station
Antique Tractor Showcase Central Tractor Facebook site, open by appointment, tractors are rotated through showcase[8]
South Mining website, coal mining, transportation, local history
Armstrong Heritage Museum West Local history website, open by appointment
Armstrong House Hancock Central Historic house Victorian house, operated by the Hancock County Historical Society[9]
Arts on Grand Clay West Art website, community visual arts center with exhibitions
Audubon County Historical Society Museum West Local history Located in the county's first courthouse[10]
Audubon Public Library & Cultural Center Audubon West Doll website houses the John James Audubon Cultural Center with an antique doll and toy museum
Bedstemor's HouseWest Historic house Operated by Museum of Danish America, also known as the Christensen House, 1910 period house
Behrens-Rapp Service Station Museum and Tourist Center East Local history Operated 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 MuseumWest Toy Toy airplanes, tractors, dolls, trains, and tin and cast-iron toys, open by appointment[12]
Belle Plaine Area Museum BentonEast Local history website
Belmond Museum Wright Central Local history website, operated by the Belmond Historical Society
Bennett SchoolPolk Central School [website], operated by the West Des Moines Historical Society, mid 20th-century one-room schoolhouse
Big Creek Historical Society Museum Polk Central Local history website, located in the historic City Hall
Bily Clocks Museum & Antonín Dvořák ExhibitWinneshiek East Multiple website, hand-carved clocks, exhibit about Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, log cabin
B.J. Palmer MansionScott East Historic house Part of Palmer College of Chiropractic, Victorian mansion
Blakesburg Community MuseumWapello Central Local history website, operated by the Blakesburg Historical Preservation Society
Blanden Memorial Art MuseumCentral Art 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 West Food website, history of ice cream, history of Wells Dairy, simulated production room
Central Biographical Baseball player Bob Feller[13]
Central Railroad Operated by the Iowa Railroad Historical Society, heritage railroad and museum
Boone Boone Central Local history Operated by the Boone County Historical Society
Bremer County Historical Society Museum East Local history website, located in the Waverly House
Cedar Rapids Linn East Historic house 21 room Queen Anne mansion
Central Art Part 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 Buena Vista West Local history website
Buffalo Bill Cody HomesteadScottCentral Biographical 1847 boyhood home of Buffalo Bill Cody
Buffalo Bill MuseumScott East Local history Exhibits about Buffalo Bill Cody, engineer James Buchanan Eads and inventor James Ryan, life along the Mississippi River
Montgomery West Military 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 MuseumCentral Local history Open during the Butler County Fair[14]
Calhoun County Museum West Local history [15]
Calkins Square Jones East Historic house website, open by appointment, mid 19th-century house, includes authentic country doctor's office
Calliope Village Sioux West Open air Re-creation of Sioux County's first county seat, 16 buildings[16] [17] [18]
Camanche Depot East Railroad Open by appointment, restored 1951 Milwaukee/Soo Line caboose and railroad depot[19]
Camanche Historical Museum Camanche Clinton East Local history Open by appointment with the Clinton County/Gateway Genealogical Library
Camp Algona POW Museum West History website, site of a German POW camp in World War II
Cannonball 457 Mason City Cerro Gordo Central Railroad website, restored 1920s-period Minneapolis & St Louis Railroad steam locomotive #457
Carlisle Area Historical Society Museum Warren Central Local history website, Randleman House open for events
East Toy website, toys, dolls, model trains, model circuses, doll houses, local history
Carrie Chapman Catt Girlhood HomeCentral Biographical website, home of suffragette Carrie Chapman Catt
Carnegie Historical MuseumJefferson Local history website, located in a former Carnegie library building
Carroll County Historical MuseumCarroll Local history Operated by the Carroll County Historical Society in a former Carnegie library building
Carstens 1880 FarmsteadPottawattamie West Agriculture website, open for events
Carter House MuseumEast Historic house Operated by the Elkader Historical Society, 19th century period mansion
Cass County Historical MuseumWest Local history website
Clinton Clinton East Religious Area Catholic heritage
Cedar Rapids Linn East Art Includes large collection of works by Grant Wood
Cedar County Historical Society Museum East Local history website, features a local history museum and a prairie village
East Historic house Also known as the Walter House or Lowell E. Walter House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Central Community Historical Society Museum Clinton East Local history website
Ames Story Central Art Part of Iowa State University, includes large sculpture collection of Christian Petersen, also site of Elizabeth and Byron Anderson Sculpture Garden
Clarinda Page West Art Located in a former Carnegie library,
Clark Museum Of Area History/ Clark's Antique Acres Dickinson West Local history Includes photos, memorabilia, signs, and Amusement Park game displays[20] [21]
Clarke County Historical Museum Clarke Local history Operated by the Clarke County Historical Society[22] [23]
Clay County Heritage Center Clay West Local history website, operated by the Clay County Heritage
Clear Lake Arts Center Cerro Gordo Central Art website, community visual arts center with galleries
Clermont Historical Society Museum East Local history Open by appointment[24]
Clinton County Historical MuseumClinton East Local history website, operated by the Clinton County Historical Society
Clive Historical Society - Swanson CampusClivePolkCentralLocal Historyhttp://clivehistoricalsociety.org/ Operated by Clive Historical Society
Columbus Community Heritage CenterEast Local historyOperated by the Louisa County Historical Society
Communal Agriculture MuseumIowa East Agriculture Tools and equipment used on Amana's communal farms, operated by the Amana Heritage Society
Communal Kitchen & Cooper Shop MuseumIowa East History Restored 1932-era communal kitchen for the local Amana Colonies, operated by the Amana Heritage Society
Conrad Heritage Hall and MuseumGrundy East Local history website, open by appointment
Correctionville Museum Woodbury West Local history
Country Life CenterAdair Central Biographical website, birthplace farm of Henry Cantwell Wallace, operated by the Wallace Centers of Iowa
Country School Museum Winnebago Central School Operated by the Lake Mills Historical Society[25]
Curtis MansionClinton Clinton East Historic house Restored Victorian home
Dairy CenterWinneshiek Central Agriculture website, dairy education center that includes the Iowa Dairy Museum, milking parlor and barns, operated by the Northeast Iowa Dairy Foundation
Danish Windmill MuseumElk Horn Shelby West Mill website, authentic working Danish windmill
Davis County Historical Society Museum DavisOpen air Includes the Findley home, a Mormon log cabin, livery barn, school, and church[26]
DeBoer Grocery Museum and Little House Museum Osceola West History Period grocery store and 1882 house[27]
Delaware County Historical Museum ComplexEast Open air Includes nine buildings
Depot and Rail Museum Benton East Railroad Operated by the Benton County Historical Society[28]
Des Moines Art CenterCentral Art Collection of paintings, sculpture, modern art and mixed media
Des Moines County Heritage Center MuseumEast Local history website, operated by the Des Moines County Historical Society, also operates the Phelps House and Hawkeye Log Cabin
Dexter Historical Museum Central Local history website
Dickinson County Museum Dickinson West Local history website, operated by the Dickinson County Historical Society in a former depot[29]
Donna Reed Heritage Museum Crawford West Biographical website, life of actress Donna Reed, located in the Donna Reed Performing Arts Center
West Natural history Located in Stone State Park
Dover Museum East Local history website, operated by the Dover Historical Society, period room and business displays
West Historic house Operated by the Crawford County Conservation Board, late 19th-century house
East Art website, concentrates on 20th-century American art with an emphasis on American Regionalism
Dumont MuseumEast Agriculture website], includes tractors, horse drawn equipment, buggies and gas engines, toys, dolls, and dishes, Roy Rogers memorabilia collection, model train layout
Dysart Historical Center Central Local history website
Wright Central Local history
Eddyville Historical Museum Wapello Central Local history Open by appointment and for events[30]
Edinburgh Pioneer Village Jones East 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
Allamakee East Native American Archaeology and natural history of the more than 200 prehistoric mounds built by Native Americans
Eldon Depot Museum Eldon Wapello Central Railroad website, located in a historic Rock Island Railroad depot
Ellston Pioneer Museum East Open air Includes restored Cornwall Pioneer Home, a rural school, and the National Old Thresherman's Hall of Fame[31]
Emmet County Historical Society Museum West Open air Includes the museum, school, church, blacksmith shop, farm heritage building[32]
Family MuseumScott East Children's website
Farmall-Land U.S.A. Pottawatomie West Agriculture website, tractors and farm equipment
Farnham Galleries Warren Central Art website, part of Simpson College in Mary Berry Hall
Ames Story Central Historic house Part 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
Poweshiek East Art
Felix Adler Children's Discovery CenterClinton Clinton East Children's website
FFA Historical and Ag Museum Black Hawk Central Local history website, antiques, local memorabilia; also operates the Rural Iowa Heritage Center
Figge Art MuseumDavenport Scott East Art Known 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 MuseumFloyd Central Local history website, operated by the Floyd County Historical Society
Fonda Museum West Local history Antiques, small-town memorabilia[33]
Forest Park Museum and ArboretumDallas Central Open air Arboretum and complex of historic buildings with period and local history exhibits
Fort Atkinson State PreserveWinneshiek East Military Mid 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 CenterDes Moines Polk Central Military 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 Auxiliary Corps in 1942
Fort MuseumFort Dodge Webster Central Open air website, frontier trading post, military and 19th century furniture exhibits
Fossil & Prairie CenterFloyd Central Natural history website, Devonian fossils and natural history of the Fossil & Prairie Park Preserve
Franklin County Historical Museum Central Local history website, operated by the Franklin County Historical Society, includes period kitchens, clothing, entertainment, military history, machinery hall
East Historic 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 Adams West Living website, history of six Icaria Colonies in America in the 1840s
Froelich Village Clayton East Open 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 MuseumClayton East Open air Operated by the Garnavillo Historical Society in a former church
George Maier Rural Heritage CenterClayton East History Artifacts from rural Iowa history (1890 - 1950)[34]
George M. Verity River MuseumEast Maritime Riverboat museum of Upper Mississippi River history
German American Heritage CenterDavenport Scott East Ethnic History of German-Americans in the Midwest region
Gilbertson Conservation Education AreaFayette East 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
Glenn Miller Birthplace Museum West Biographical website, life of musician Glenn Miller
Central Historic house Operated by the Historical Society of Marshall County by appointment
Graceland University Galleries Decatur Central Art website, Constance Gallery in the Helene Center for the Visual Arts, Helene Center Student Gallery, Shaw Center Gallery
Grafton Heritage Depot Central Railroad Operated by the Worth County Historical Society, open by appointment[35]
Granger House MuseumLinn East Historic house website, 1870s period home
Grant Wood Art Gallery Anamosa Jones East Art website, life and paintings of Grant Wood
Greater Shenandoah Historical Society Museum Page West Local history website, exhibits include area Mormon settlers and old time radio[36]
Greene County Historical MuseumCentral Local history [37]
Greene Historical MuseumButler Central Local history
Black Hawk East Multiple Complex includes Grout Museum of History & Science, Bluedorn Science Imaginarium, Rensselaer Russell House Museum, Snowden House, and Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum
Grinnell Historical MuseumGrinnell Poweshiek East Historic house website, late 19th-century period McMurray House
Palo Alto West Religious Catholic 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 MuseumGrundy Central Local 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 VillageCentral Open air website
Hanlontown Community Bank Museum Worth Central Local history Operated by the Worth County Historical Society
Hardin County Farm Museum Hardin Central Agriculture Agriculture equipment, agricultural practices, life styles, and history of Hardin County farm families and agri-businesses during the period of 1850-1950[39]
Harker House Buena Vista West Historic house website, 1875 house with three generations of family furnishings
Harlan-Lincoln HouseHenry East Historic house Open by appointment, part of Iowa Wesleyan College, features memorabilia related to Senator James Harlan and Abraham Lincoln
Hampton Franklin Central Historic house Operated by the Franklin County Historical Society, late 19th-century farmhouse
Harrison County Historical Village West Open air website, includes 19th century log cabin, general store and school, operated by the Harrison County Conservation Board
Cedar Falls Black Hawk East Art website
Heartland Acres Agribition CenterBuchanann Central Agriculture website, agriculture exhibits, farm equipment, period displays, one-room school, automobiles, animals
Heartland MuseumClarion Wright Central Agriculture website, farm equipment, store displays, teddy bears, streetscapes, operated by Heartland Museum Foundation
Hemken Collection Hamilton Central Automotive website, features American convertibles
Herbert Hoover National Historic SiteCedar East Biographical Birthplace of President Herbert Hoover, includes Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
Heritage Park Museum O'Brien Open air Open by appointment[40]
Higgins Museum of National Bank NotesDickinson West Numismatic Collection of National Bank Note issues
Pottawatamie West Historic house Victorian period home of Grenville M. Dodge
Cedar Rapids Linn East Local history website, history of Linn County, operated by the Linn County Historical Society
Madison Central Open 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 HouseCass West Historic house Mid-19th-century house that was a station on the Underground Railway
Hockett House Museum Madison Central Historic house Operated by the Earlham Historical Society, settler's house[41]
Hoggatt School Ames Story Central School website, operated by the Ames Historical Society
Homestead Blacksmith ShopHomestead Iowa East History Original village blacksmith shop and forge, working offset printing press and Linotype machine, operated by the Amana Heritage Society
Homestead Store MuseumIowa East History Amana Colonies' industries and products, operated by the Amana Heritage Society
Horridge House Vinton Benton East Local history Operated by the Benton County Historical Society
Hotel Williams Museum Wyoming Jones East Local history website, also known as Wyoming Historical Museum
Howard County Historical Preservation & Education Center Howard North Local 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 Fayette East Railroad website
Humboldt County Mill Farm Historical MuseumHumboldt West Open air Includes the Victorian-period Corydon Brown House, school, barn with store displays, log cabin, antique vehicles and farm equipment, chicken house and jail
Cedar Falls Black Hawk East History Operated by the Cedar Falls Historical Society, ice house, tools and implements
Independence State HospitalIndependence Buchanan Central Medical Former psychiatric hospital, tours by appointment
Indian Creek Historical MuseumMills West Agriculture 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 MuseumDavenport Scott East Firefighting
Iowa 80 Trucking MuseumScott East Transportation website, antique trucks and memorabilia
Iowa Aviation MuseumGreenfield Adair West Aviation Iowa's aviation heritage
Iowa Children's Museum Coralville Johnson East Children's website
Delaware East History Activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Iowa state parks; located in Backbone State Park
Polk Central Military website, Iowa's military past from statehood to the present, operated by the Iowa National Guard at Camp Dodge
Iowa Great Lakes Maritime Museum Dickinson West Maritime website, boating in Iowa Great Lakes region, located in Arnolds Park Amusement Park
Cedar Rapids Linn East History Masonic artifacts, colonial, Indian and foreign exhibits, evolution of the written and printed word
Arnolds Park Dickinson West Music website, includes a reproduction recording studio, 60s era radio broadcast booth, vintage recording equipment and hall of fame memorabilia
Iowa Rural Schools Museum Sac West School Rural one-room schoolhouse
Iowa State CapitolDes Moines Polk Central History
Iowa Transportation Museum Grinnell Poweshiek East Transportation website, planned museum under construction
Jackson County MuseumJackson East Local history website, includes collection of agriculture equipment
Jasper County Historical MuseumJasper 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 MuseumJefferson Greene Central Technology Historic telephone equipment
Jenison-Meacham Memorial Art MuseumWright Central Open air website, includes art center/museum, prairie farmstead, rural schoolhouse, working farm and machinery museum, operated by the Belmond Area Arts Council
Lucas Central Mining website, exhibits about John L. Lewis, coal mining, labor and related topics
Johnny Carson Birthplace Corning Adams West Historic house Birthplace home of entertainer Johnny Carson[42]
Johnny Clock MuseumJefferson Horology website, carved clocks
Coralville Johnson East Local history website, also operates the 1876 Coralville Schoolhouse, the Coralville Old Town Hall, and the Johnson County Historic Poor Farm by appointment
Madison Central Biographical website, birthplace home of actor John Wayne
Jordan HousePolk Central Historic house 1880s Victorian period house, includes local history exhibits and Underground Railroad exhibit
Kalona Historical VillageWashington East Open air website, includes 13 authentically restored buildings about Amish and Mennonite history and culture
Kalona Quilt & Textile MuseumKalona Washington East Textile website
Kate Shelley Depot Boone Central Biographical website, story of Kate Shelley and area railroad history, open by appointment with the Boone County Historical Society
Kellogg Historical MuseumJasper East Open air website includes main museum building, factory/bank museum, country school, church and blacksmith shop, operated by the Kellogg Historical Society
Howard North Historic house Operated by the Howard County Historical Society, open by appointment, Victorian home
Kensett Community Church Museum Worth Central Local history Operated by the Worth County Historical Society
Kinney Pioneer Museum Cerro Gordo Central Open air Iowa frontier life and pioneer village, includes a one-room school house, log cabin, jail, blacksmith shop[43] [44]
Kiwanis Railroad Depot Museum Complex Monona West Railroad [45]
Kline Museum Adams West Transportation Antique cars and farm vehicles, local memorabilia[46]
Lake View Historical Museum West Local history Operated by the Lake View Historical Society, includes mounted bird collection, model train, log cabin, schoolhouse[47]
Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and MuseumWinneshiek East Biographical website, Masters Hotel, childhood home of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Lewelling Quaker Museum Henry East Historic house website, station on the Underground Railroad[48]
Liberty HallDecatur Central Historic house 1880s Victorian home of Joseph Smith III, president of Community of Christ
Howard North Mill Water-powered grist mill
Little Red School HouseCedar Falls Black Hawk East School Operated by the Cedar Falls Historical Society, 1909 one-room schoolhouse
Littleton & Chatham Historical SocietyChatham (rural Independence) Buchanan East Museum Former Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church on the National Register. Exhibits on education, mercantile, agriculture, military and the Richard O'Brien scale models of Littleton and Otterville buildings.
Living History Farms MuseumPolk Central Living Farm life in the years of 1700, 1850 and 1900 and 1875 small-town life
Lockmaster's Heritage House Museum Clayton East Historic house Operated by the Guttenberg Heritage Society, 19th-century lockmaster's house by Lock and Dam No. 10[49]
Locust School Decorah Winneshiek East School 1854 one-room schoolhouse, operated by the Winneshiek County Historical Society[50]
Louisa County Heritage CenterLouisa East Local historyOperated by the Louisa County Historical Society, open by appointment[51]
Lucas County Historical MuseumWest Open 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 West Local history Includes a renovated depot and caboose, a Victorian-period house, livery stable, windmill[52]
Maasdam Barns Jefferson Agriculture website, history of the Evergreen Ridge Stock Farm, features three barns and the farmhouse
Mason City Cerro Gordo Central Art American art and life, special collection of Bil Baird marionettes, hand puppets and ephemera
Madrid Historical Museum Boone Central Local history website, operated by the Madrid Historical Society, includes doll collection and replica underground coal mine
Boone Boone Central Biographical website, operated by the Boone County Historical Society, birthplace of Mamie Eisenhower, wife of President Dwight Eisenhower
Marble Rock Museum Floyd Central Local history website, operated by the Marble Rock Historical Society
Marion County Historical Village & Museum Marion Central Open 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 Linn East Local history website, operated by the Marion Historical Society in a former church
Marquette Depot Museum Clayton East Railroad Railroad artifacts, information center and gift shop[53]
Marshall Center School Cedar Falls Black Hawk East School website, part of University of Northern Iowa, 1920s period one-room school
Marshall County Historical Museum Marshalltown Marshall Central Local history website, operated by the Historical Society of Marshall County
Central Art website, contains a museum with scaled models of lifelike sculptures, intricate machines, and world renown architecture made from matchsticks
Dubuque Dubuque East 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 Marshall Central Historic house website, operated by the State Historical Society of Iowa, early 20th century blacksmith shop
McCallum Museum Osceola West Local history Operated by the Osceola County Historical Society[54]
McGregor Historical Museum Clayton East Local history website, operated by the McGregor Historical Society[55]
Crawford West Historic house Operated by the Crawford County Historical Society, Victorian period home
Melcher-Dallas Coal Mining and Heritage MuseumMarion Central Mining Reconstructed coal mine and mining exhibits[56]
Meskwaki Cultural Center and Museum Tama East Native American
Sioux City Woodbury West Aviation & Transportation website
Mount Pleasant Henry East Open air Includes Midwest Electric Railway, rural life period displays, agriculture tools and equipment, dolls, printing presses, theater museum, steam and gas engines and more
Mount Pleasant Henry East Railroad website, heritage railway
Mills County Historical Museum Mills West Open air website, operated by the Mills County Historical Society
Mitchell County Historical Museum Mitchell Local 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 MuseumOnawa MononaWest Local history Operated by the Loess Hills Historical Society[57]
Monona County Veteran's Memorial MuseumOnawa Monona West Military [58] [59]
Monona Historical MuseumClayton East Local history website, operated by the Monona Historical Society
Monroe County Historical MuseumMonroe Central Local history Includes artifacts from 19th century homes, farms, and coal mines, operated by the Monroe County Historical Society[60]
Clermont Fayette Central Historic house website, operated by the State Historical Society of Iowa, home of Iowa's 12th governor, William Larrabee
Red Oak Montgomery West Local history website, operated by the Montgomery County Historical Society
Moorehead House Museum Ida West Historic house Also known as the Ida County Historical Society Museum, Victorian-period house[61]
Ida West Historic site Mid 19th-century stagecoach inn, barn and schoolhouse
Moulton Historical Society Appanoose South Local history [62]
Mount Ayr Depot Museum East Railroad website
Muscatine East Art website
Muscatine Muscatine East Local history website, formerly the Pearl Button Museum
Museum of Danish AmericaElk Horn Shelby West Ethnic History and culture of the Danish-American experience
Mason City Cerro Gordo Central Biographical website, includes the boyhood home and museum about composer Meredith Willson
Nathaniel Hamlin Park and Museum Audubon West Multiple Former 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[63] [64]
Warren Central Sports Exhibits history of ballooning and memorabilia, includes the U.S. Ballooning Hall of Fame
Cedar Rapids Linn East Ethnic Czech and Slovak history and culture
Dubuque Central Toy Toy farm equipment
National Hobo Museum Hancock Central Culture website, hobo artifacts collection, may be closed[65]
Dubuque Dubuque East Maritime Operated 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
Anamosa Jones East Transportation Motorcycles and memorabilia
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & MuseumKnoxville Marion Central Automotive sprint cars, racers and memorabilia
National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum Waterloo Black Hawk East Sports Includes the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa[66] [67]
Nelson Pioneer Farm Museum Mahaska Central Open air website, operated by the Mahaska County Historical Society, mid-19th-century farmhouse, farm and other historic buildings
Nishna Heritage Museum Pottawatamie West Local history Operated by the Oakland Historical Society[68]
Clarinda Page West Open 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 MuseumLee East Open air website, located in the Santa Fe Railway Depot Complex, local and railroad history
Ames Story Central Art website
Odebolt Historical Museum Odebolt Sac West Local history website, open by appointment
Okoboji Classic Cars Okoboji Dickinson West Automotive website, restored American classic cars in Main Street displays
Old Bradford Pioneer Village Museum Chickasaw East Open 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
Johnson Central Multiple Part of the University of Iowa, changing history, art, culture exhibits
Old Creamery Museum Worth Central History Operated by the Worth County Historical Society, 19th century period household tools and antiques
Old Fort MadisonFort Madison Lee East Living website, 1812 period frontier fur trading post
Old Jail MuseumDubuque Dubuque East Prison Operated by the Dubuque County Historical Society, also local history artifacts
Old Schoolhouse Museum Earlham Madison Central School Operated by the Earlham Historical Society, town's first public school
Hampton Franklin Central Historic house Operated by the Franklin County Historical Society by appointment, mid 19th-century farmhouse
Oxford Junction Heritage Museum Jones East Local history website
Palmer Museum of Chiropractic HistoryDavenport Scott East Medical website, part of Palmer College of Chiropractic
Palo Alto County Historical Museum West Local history Operated by the Palo Alto County Historical Society, open by appointment[69]
Parker MuseumSpencer Clay West Local history website, operated by the Clay County Heritage
Pat Clark Art CollectionHardin Central Art website, part of Ellsworth Community College
Pearson Lakes Art Center Okoboji Dickinson West Art website
Sioux City Woodbury West Historic house Victorian period mansion, open for quarterly events, operated by the Sioux City Public Museum
Pella Historical VillageMarion Central Open air website, operated by the Pella Historical Society, over 20 historic buildings in a Dutch village setting and the Vermeer Mill
Peterson Pioneer Home Odebolt Sac West Historic house 1886 pioneer home for a family of seven
Emmet West Farm Historic 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 Museum Algona West Medical
Pine Creek GristmillMuscatine Muscatine East Mill Located in Wildcat Den State Park
Pixley Log House Northwood Worth Central Historic house Operated by the Worth County Historical Society, restored 1870s period log home and furnishings
Iowa City Johnson Central Historic house Operated by the Johnson County Historical Society
Plymouth County Historical Museum Plymouth West Local history website
West Local history
Porter House MuseumDecorah Winneshiek East Historic house Victorian home of a naturalist and artist, includes collection of exotic butterflies
Prairie Learning CenterJasper Central Natural history website, museum and education center for the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
Prairie Trails MuseumWayne Central History website
Putnam MuseumDavenport Scott East Natural history
Wright Central History Operated by the Dows Historical Society
Quasqueton Area Historical Society Museum Buchanan East Local history website
Council Bluffs Pottawatamie West Railroad Operated by the Historical Society of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, railroad depot museum and model railroad display, outdoor railroad car displays
Vinton, IowaVinton Benton East Historic house Operated by the Benton County Historical Society, 1893 Victorian house
Hampton Franklin Central TechnologyOperated by the Franklin County Historical Society, former power plant, exhibits show changes in farm life after the electrification of rural America
Richardson-Jakway House Buchanan East Historic house 19th-century house, operated by the Buchanan County Conservation Board in Jakway Forest Area[70] [71] [72]
River History Museum Allamakee East Maritime Includes exhibits about steam-boating, commercial fishing, pearl button industry and ice harvesting[73]
River Music ExperienceDavenport Scott East Music America's music, especially the music of the Mississippi River
Rock Island Depot MuseumClarion Wright Central Local history Located in a restored depot, local and railroad history
Roland Museum Story Central Local history website, operated by the Roland Historical Society
Rural Free Delivery Museum Louisa East HistoryOldest rural-free delivery post office in Iowa; historic post office display
Russell Historical Society Museum Lucas Central Local history website
Sac City Museum Village Sac West Open airIncludes museum, an old-time general store, church, doctor's office, post office
Salisbury HouseDes Moines Polk Central Historic house 1920s manor home
Samuel F. Miller House and MuseumKeokuk Lee East Historic house Operated by the Lee County Historical Society
Sanford Museum & PlanetariumCherokee West Multiple website, local history, natural history, art, archaeology, paleontology, geology
Clinton Clinton East Forestry website, importance of forests and wood products, area lumber industry, restored 1920s sawmill
Greenfield Adair West Automotive Open by appointment and for special local events
Scholte House Museum Pella Marion Central Historic house website, mid-19th century 20 room house of Dutch pioneers
Science Center of IowaDes Moines Polk Central Science website
Sioux City Woodbury West Maritime 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 Shelby West Local history website, operated by the Shelby County Historical Society
Sheldon Prairie Museum O'Brien Open air Located in the Carnegie Library (Sheldon, Iowa)
Shell Rock Historical MuseumButler East Local history website
Sioux City Woodbury West Art
Sioux City Woodbury West History 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 Woodbury West Local history City history, culture, agriculture, transportation
Sioux City Woodbury West Railroad website, operated by the Siouxland Historical Railroad Association
Council Bluffs Pottawatamie West Prison Operated by the Historical Society of Pottawattamie County
St. Ansgar Heritage Museum Mitchell Central Local history website
St. Lucas German American MuseumSt. Lucas, IowaFayetteEastEthnicOperated by the St. Lucas Historical Society, exhibits and library about area German immigrants and heritage, local history and genealogy
Des Moines Polk Central History Operated by the State Historical Society of Iowa
Mason City Cerro Gordo Central Historic house 1908 house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Story City Museum Story Central Local 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 Henry East Ethnic Operated by the Swedish Heritage Society, area Swedish heritage[74]
Swensrud School Northwood Worth Central School Operated by the Worth County Historical Society, 19th-century period schoolhouse
Tama County Museum Tama East Local history website, operated by the Tama County Historical Society
Taylor County Historical Museum Taylor Local history website
Taylor#4 School Marshalltown Marshall Central School website, operated by the Historical Society of Marshall County by appointment
Terrace HillDes Moines Polk Central Historic house Official residence of the governor of Iowa
Theatre Museum of Repertoire Americana Mount Pleasant Henry East Theatre website, memorabilia and artifacts of early repertoire theatre
Fremont West Historic house Operated by the Tabor Historical Society, mid 19th-century house with exhibits about the town's involvement with the Underground Railroad
Louisa East Native American Operated by the State Historical Society of Iowa, group of Hopewell mounds and education center
Traer Historical MuseumTama Central Local history Open by appointment[75]
Trainland U.S.A. Jasper Central Railroad website, Lionel model railroad layouts, trains and accessories
Twombly MuseumKeosauqua Van Buren East Local history website, operated by the Van Buren County Historical Society for events
Union County Historical Village Union Open air Includes a schoolhouse, home, general store, printing shop, log cabin, church, blacksmith shop, depot and a museum[76]
Council Bluffs Pottawatamie West Railroad website, exhibits on the Union Pacific Railroad, development of the railroad and the American West
Iowa City Johnson Central Hall of fame Legendary and influential Iowa Hawkeye sports heroes
University of Iowa Medical Museum Iowa City Johnson Central Medical website, located on the 8th floor of the Colloton Pavilion
University of Iowa Stanley Museum of ArtIowa City Johnson Central Art Collections include paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, photographs, ceramics, textiles, jade and silver
Iowa City Johnson Central Natural history Includes birds, mammals, and Native American artifacts
Cedar Falls Black Hawk East Art Collection includes American and European art
University of Northern Iowa Museum Cedar Falls Black Hawk East Natural history website, exhibits on geology, biology, history, anthropology at the Rod Library
Ushers Ferry Historic Village Cedar Rapids Linn East Living website, 1908 historic village
Van Buren Historical Society Museum Van Buren East Local history website, located in the historic Twombly Building
Vander Haag's Yesterday's MemoriesO'Brien West History Open by appointment, historic cars, trucks, tools, toys, dresses, household items[77]
Vermeer MuseumPella Marion Central Technology website, history of the Vermeer Company, manufacturer of agricultural, environmental and construction equipment
Vernon Schoolhouse #5 Wright Central School Operated by the Dows Historical Society, open by appointment[78] [79]
Vesterheim Norwegian-American MuseumDecorah Winneshiek East Cultural
Victorian Home and Carriage House Museum Cedar Falls Black Hawk East Historic house Operated by the Cedar Falls Historical Society, late 19th century Victorian home and museum of local history, includes Lenoir Model Railroad Collection
Victorian Museum on MainEmmetsburg Palo Alto West Historic house Victorian period house[80]
Villisca Axe Murder HouseMontgomery West Multiple Historic Josiah B. and Sara Moore House where several people were murdered in 1912
Voas Nature Area & MuseumDallas Central Natural history website, 705-acre park with museum of rocks, fossils and minerals
Appanoose South Railroad Includes railroad artifacts, an operational model train layout and a restored railroad section car
Wagaman MillJasper Central Mill website, operated by the Lynnville Historical Society
Waldemar A. Schmidt Art Gallery Waverly Bremer East Art website, part of the Bachman Fine Arts Center at Wartburg College
Wallace House MuseumDes Moines Polk Central Biographical Life of the Wallace Family, farm leaders
Walnut Grove Pioneer VillageScott East Open air 1860s village with 18 historic buildings
Wapello County Historical MuseumOttumwa Wapello Central Local history website, operated by the Wapello County Historical Society
Wapsipinicon MillIndependence Buchanan Central Mill Operated by the Buchanan County Historical Society, 1870s grist mill and artifacts
Waterloo Center for the Arts Waterloo Black Hawk East Art website
Marshall Central History Period grocery store[81]
Wayland & Midwest Memories Museums Henry East Local history website
West Bend Historical Museum Palo Alto West Local history [82]
Council Bluffs Pottawatamie West History 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 Museum Okoboji Dickinson West School One room schoolhouse[83]
Wilder Memorial Museum Delaware East Commodity website, includes over 800 dolls, 40 Victorian lamps, European figurines, farm tools, toy tractors
Henry East Local history website
Wisecup's Farm Museum Missouri Valley Harrison West Agriculture website, antique farm equipment, tractors, tools, transportation
Witter GalleryStorm Lake Buena Vista West Art website
Worth County Machinery Museum Northwood Worth Central Agriculture Operated by the Worth County Historical Society, farming machinery and equipment, open by appointment
Worth County Museum Northwoo Worth Central Local history Operated by the Worth County Historical Society, local history exhibits and late 19th century period room displays
Young House MuseumJackson East Historic house Turn-of-the-20th-century period house[84]
Buchanan County Historical SocietyIndependenceBuchanan CountyEastCounty wide historyhttps://www.buchanancountyhistory.com/
Buchanan County Genealogical SocietyIndependenceBuchanan CountyEastCounty wide history & family genealogyhttps://www.buchanancountyhistory.com/genealogical-society/

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Resources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Museum . Clarion, Iowa . 8 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160315231828/http://clarioniowa.com/pages/Museums . 15 March 2016 .
  2. Web site: Adair County Historical Museum. Iowa Museums. 8 February 2016.
  3. Web site: Adams County House of History. Adams County, Iowa. 10 February 2016.
  4. Web site: Albert City HIstorical Museum. LASR. 8 February 2016.
  5. Web site: Albert City Historical Museum. Iowa Beautiful. 8 February 2016.
  6. Web site: Museums. Amana Heritage Society. 9 February 2016.
  7. Web site: Things to Do. Sac County, Iowa. 12 February 2016.
  8. Web site: Antique Tractor Museum. Travel Iowa. 8 February 2016.
  9. Web site: Armstrong House. Britt, Iowa. 10 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20151124041116/http://www.brittiowa.com/armstrong.htm. 24 November 2015. dead.
  10. Web site: Official site. Audubon County Historical Society. 8 February 2016.
  11. Web site: Official site . Cedar Falls Historical Society . 10 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160216113909/http://www.cfhistory.org/ . 16 February 2016 .
  12. Web site: Belinda Toy And Antique Museum. Iowa Beautiful. 12 February 2016.
  13. Web site: Official site. Bob Feller Museum. 9 February 2016.
  14. Web site: Attractions. Butler County, Iowa. 9 February 2016.
  15. Web site: You are here: Home / North Central / Calhoun County Museum and Machinery Exhibit – Rockwell City, Iowa Calhoun County Museum and Machinery Exhibit – Rockwell City, Iowa. Iowa Beautiful. 12 February 2016.
  16. Web site: Calliope Village. Travel Iowa. 11 February 2016.
  17. Web site: Things to See. Visit Western Iowa. 11 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160216071235/http://www.visitwesterniowa.com/places-nw.html. 16 February 2016. dead.
  18. Web site: Museum. Pharmacists Mutual Companies. 11 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160215021543/http://www.phmic.com/aboutus/pages/museum.aspx. 15 February 2016. dead.
  19. Web site: Activities & Attractions. Camanche, Iowa. 9 February 2016.
  20. Web site: Clark Museum Of Area History/ Clark's Antique Acres. Iowa Beautiful. 12 February 2016.
  21. Web site: Clark Museum. Vacation Okojobi. 12 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160319133338/http://www.vacationokoboji.com/directory/listing/clark-museum. 19 March 2016. dead.
  22. Web site: Official site. Clarke Co. Historical Society. 16 February 2016.
  23. Web site: Facebooks ite. Clarke County Historical Society and Museum. 16 February 2016.
  24. Web site: Clermont Historical Society Museum. Clermont, Iowa. 9 February 2016.
  25. Web site: Country schoolhouse converted into museum. Globe Gazette. 9 February 2016. July 3, 2001.
  26. Web site: Facebook site. Davis County Historical Society Museum. 16 February 2016.
  27. Web site: DeBoer Grocery Museum and Little House Museum. Road Trippers. 9 February 2016.
  28. Web site: Official site. Benton County Historical Society. 9 February 2016.
  29. Web site: Dickinson County Museum. Vacation Okojobi. 12 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160319133347/http://www.vacationokoboji.com/directory/listing/dickinson-county-museum. 19 March 2016. dead.
  30. Web site: Eddyville Historical Museum. Travel Iowa. 11 February 2016.
  31. Web site: Ellston Pioneer Museum. Iowa Beautiful. 12 February 2016.
  32. Web site: Emmet County Historical Society Museum Complex – Estherville, Iowa. Iowa Beautiful. 9 February 2016.
  33. Web site: Fonda Museum. Fonda, Iowa. 11 February 2016.
  34. Web site: Attractions: Rural Heritage Center. Elkader, Iowa. 9 February 2016.
  35. Web site: Sites and Museums. Worth County Historical Society. 9 February 2016.
  36. Web site: Greater Shenandoah Historical Society Museum. Shenandoah, Iowa. 9 February 2016.
  37. Web site: Attractions. Green County, Iowa. 9 February 2016.
  38. Web site: Grundy County Heritage Museum. Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area. 9 February 2016.
  39. Web site: Hardin County Farm Museum. Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area. 9 February 2016.
  40. Web site: Libraries and Museums. O'Brien County, Iowa. 16 February 2016.
  41. Web site: Museums. Earlham, Iowa. 9 February 2016.
  42. Web site: Johnny Carson Birthplace. Adams County, Iowa. 10 February 2016.
  43. Web site: Kinney Pioneer Museum. Visit Mason City. 10 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160222125139/http://www.visitmasoncityiowa.com/kinney-pioneer-museum. 22 February 2016. dead.
  44. Web site: Kinney Pioneer Museum. Iowa Museums. 10 February 2016.
  45. Web site: Kiwanis Museum Complex. Travel Iowa. 10 February 2016.
  46. Web site: Kline Museum. Adams County, Iowa. 10 February 2016.
  47. Web site: History. Lake View, Iowa. 11 February 2016.
  48. Web site: Museums & Galleries. Henry County Tourism. 11 February 2016.
  49. Web site: Lockmaster's Heritage House Museum. Visit Northeast Iowa. 11 February 2016.
  50. Web site: Locust School. Visit Northeast Iowa. 11 February 2016.
  51. Web site: Louisa County Heritage Center. Louisa County. 11 February 2016.
  52. Web site: Lyon County Historical Society Museum Complex – Rock Rapids, Iowa. Iowa Beautiful. 12 February 2016.
  53. Web site: Marquette Depot Museum & Information Center. City of Marquette. 10 February 2016.
  54. Web site: McCallum Museum And Brunson Heritage House – Sibley, Iowa. Iowa Beautiful. 11 February 2016.
  55. Web site: History. City of McGregor. 10 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202000753/http://www.mcgreg-marq.org/mcgregor/History.html. 2 February 2017. dead.
  56. Web site: Melcher-Dallas Coal Mining and Heritage Museum. Travel Iowa. 10 February 2016.
  57. Web site: Monona County Historical Museum. Travel Iowa. 10 February 2016.
  58. Web site: Monona County Veterans Memorial Museum. Military Magazine. 10 February 2016.
  59. Web site: Veterans Memorial Museum. Len Mozey. 10 February 2016.
  60. Web site: Community Links. Monroe County, Iowa. 10 February 2016.
  61. Web site: Historic Places. Ida Grove, Iowa. 16 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160309203149/http://www.idagroveia.com/Resources/pages/aboutig_historicplaces.html. 9 March 2016. dead.
  62. Web site: Moulton Historical Society – Moulton, Iowa. Iowa Beautiful. 10 February 2016.
  63. Web site: Attractions. Audubon County, Iowa. 8 February 2016.
  64. Web site: Nathaniel Hamlin Park. Audubon County Historical Society. 8 February 2016.
  65. Web site: Britt, Iowa: Hobo Museum. Roadside America. 10 February 2016. Closed 2015, then reopened, but it may close again..
  66. Web site: National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. Travel Iowa. 9 February 2016.
  67. Web site: Waterloo. National Wrestling Hall of Fame. 9 February 2016.
  68. Web site: Nishna Heritage Museum – Oakland, Iowa. Iowa Beautiful. 10 February 2016.
  69. Web site: Palo Alto County Historical Museum – Emmetsburg, Iowa. Iowa Beautiful. 11 February 2016.
  70. Web site: Historic Sites. Buchanan County Conservation Board. 11 February 2016.
  71. Web site: Richardson-Jakway House & Forest. Visit Northeast Iowa. 11 February 2016.
  72. Web site: Richardson-Jakway Historic Site. Silos and Smoke Stacks. 11 February 2016.
  73. Web site: River History Museum – Lansing, Iowa. Iowa Beautiful. 10 February 2016.
  74. Web site: Swedish American Museum. Travel Iowa. 11 February 2016.
  75. Web site: Traer Historical Museum. Traer, Iowa. 11 February 2016.
  76. Web site: Historical Attractions. Union County Iowa Tourism. 16 February 2016.
  77. Web site: Museum. Vander Haag's. 11 February 2016.
  78. Web site: Museums. Wright County, Iowa. 10 February 2016.
  79. Web site: Vernon Township School #5 - Dows, IA. Waymarking. 10 February 2016.
  80. Web site: Victorian On Main Museum – Emmetsburg, Iowa. Iowa Beautiful. 11 February 2016.
  81. Web site: Watson's Grocery Store Museum. Silos and Smoke Stacks. 11 February 2016.
  82. Web site: Attractions. West Bend, Iowa. 12 February 2016.
  83. Web site: Westport Rural School Museum. Vacation Okojobi. 12 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160319140623/http://www.vacationokoboji.com/directory/listing/westport-rural-school-museum. 19 March 2016. dead.
  84. Web site: Museums. Jackson County, Iowa. 10 February 2016.
  85. Web site: Historic George Wyth House in Cedar Falls sold. The Courier. 9 February 2016. September 25, 2014.
  86. Web site: Archived copy . 2008-10-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719210724/http://hpi.design.iastate.edu/content/HOMETOWN_PERRY.pdf . 2011-07-19 . Press release about closing
  87. Web site: Widow keeps Ax Murder House, will auction off museum collections. Antique Trader. 9 February 2016. May 10, 2012.
  88. Web site: Minerville Memories . 2008-10-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110524193822/http://www.trainweb.org/k0bkl/minervil.htm . 2011-05-24 . Minerville Memories
  89. Web site: Official site. Museum of Religious Arts. 10 February 2016. Thank you for visiting the Museum of Religious Arts Website. Unfortunately the Museum is permanently closed. Please come back often for updates and details of the outcome of the facility and the artifacts..
  90. Web site: Museum of Religious Arts near Logan to close. Daily Nonpareil. 10 February 2016. November 26, 2015.
  91. Web site: Museum of Religious Arts, King of Kings Wax Collection (Closed). Roadside America. 10 February 2016.
  92. Web site: Official site. Iowa Innovation Learning Center. Operations at the Iowa Innovation Learning Center - formerly known as the Science Center - ended in November 2015. 10 February 2016.