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Once upon a time – specifically, the time before Dec. 28, 1846 – Iowa was a territory way out on the western fringes of the United States. Learn more about Iowa’s territorial days from Leo...

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...

People from all over the world have moved to Iowa. Join Iowa State University associate professor Jeff Bremer as he shares research and personal stories about Iowa’s 19th and 20th century...

Join genealogist Ricki King, owner of Roots to Branches Genealogy, as she presents a journey of Iowa's Black history, starting with Iowa’s statehood, that illustrates some of the reasons why...

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...

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...

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...