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Original Seal. State Historical Society Building, Des Moines. The State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI), a division of the Iowa Department of Administrative Affairs, [1] serves as the official historical repository for the State of Iowa and also provides grants, public education, and outreach about Iowa history and archaeology.
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.
The globe now is displayed in the Iowa State Historical Museum. Luther Hill becomes publisher of the Register and Tribune. Photographs in the Oct. 21, 1951, Des Moines Register show a white ...
Backbone State Park; Bennedsen, Boldt, and Hansen Building; Bigler Building; Bily Clocks Museum; Boone County Historical Center; Buffalo Bill Museum; Burlington, Cedar Rapids, and Northern Railroad-Rock Rapids Station, Railroad Track and Bridge
Charles Aldrich and Matilda Olivia Williams Aldrich in 1851. Charles Aldrich (1828-1908) was an American journalist, bureaucrat, collector, and curator from Iowa.Known colloquially as the first “conservator of Iowa history,” Aldrich founded a number of important state collections including what is now known as the State Historical Museum of Iowa.
Now a museum open to the general public, this house was built 1861-65 as part of the model farm that eventually became Iowa State. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 for its association with agriculturist and teacher Seaman A. Knapp and with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, both of whom lived here while teaching ...
In 1966, the Toolesboro Mound Group was listed as a National Historic Landmark, and in 1969 a small visitor center and parking lot were built near the site. The state has designated the Historical Society of Iowa as custodian of the site. Of the seven mounds, only two are visible on the grounds of the Educational Center.
Salisbury House (Des Moines, Iowa) Science Center of Iowa; State Historical Society of Iowa; T. ... Wells Fargo History Museum; Media in category "Museums in Des ...