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These sites tell some of the stories of the African-American struggle for equality in Iowa during the 20th century. The sites were documented with funding from a 2018 grant from the National...

This trail highlights the Underground Railroad sites where abolitionist John Brown stopped during his final trip across Iowa, in 1859.

Join State Curator Leo Landis as he highlights stories and artifacts from the exhibit “Iowa’s People and Places,” which the State Historical Museum of Iowa opens on March 5 during Iowa History...

Join Waldorf University professor Kevin Mason for an online presentation about Iowa’s changing physical environment during the 1850s and how northwest Iowa’s worst winter on record (1856-1857)...

Register to join museum staff on Zoom for a virtual version of the History Mystery program. The new virtual format brings the museum and its thousands of objects that capture Iowa's illustrious...

As agriculture industrialized during the 20th century, farm production became less diverse and more commercial. At the same time, Iowans' diets increasingly resembled the mass-consumer diets of...

When the United States went to war with Spain in 1898, troops with the Iowa National Guard troops were federalized as volunteer soldiers and deployed to serve in Cuba, the Philippines and other...

“Iowa: The Middle Land” by Dorothy SchwiederHosted by Andrew Klumpp with Sara Egge from Central CollegeRegister onlineThis engrossing history of the Hawkeye State reveals a place of fascinating...

Chicago Accessibility Consortium (CCAC) and the Museum, Arts and Culture Access Consortium (MAC) are partnering together to offer two panel discussions that will explore:

Did you know an Iowa town is named for the so-called “George Washington of Algeria”? Learn more about Elkader and its fascinating namesake from Kathy Garms and Matt Peterson, both from the...

Not so long ago, five sisters from Marion, Iowa, dragged themselves out of poverty and obscurity to become one of the most famous (and infamous) vaudeville acts of all time. Learn more about the...

With curfews and quarantines, campus life was limited for Iowa State women during the First World War and the 1918 Flu Epidemic. Join Illinois College professor Jenny Barker-Devine to learn more...

Join University of Iowa professor Ashley Howard for a look at the relationship between class, gender, and region in urban uprisings in the Midwest; the central differences between the 1960s and...

The actress Donna Reed was born in Denison a century ago – on Jan. 21, 1921. Join her daughter, Mary Owen, and Donna Reed Foundation board member Kurt Lee as they share memories and photos of...

Both the Old Capitol in Iowa City and the not-quite-as-old State Capitol in Des Moines echo with stories from Iowa’s past. Hear a few from Liz Crooks, who directs the University of Iowa’s...