Upcoming Events

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...

Housed in a custom-built Winnebago, “Iowa History 101: Iowa’s People & Places” explores 13,000 years of Iowa history with 56 artifacts from the State Historical Museum...

What does it take to create and run a museum? Young historians (entering 4th through 6th grade) will explore the roles of curators, conservators and exhibit designers with the unique experience...

Travel outdoors this summer and participate in free guided tours of the Iowa State Capitol grounds. Three in-person tours (June 12, July 10, Aug. 7) will cover a different area of the large...

We're pleased to announce that this event will take place IN PERSON at noon Wednesday, Aug. 11, at the State Historical Society of Iowa Research Center in Iowa City. (It was previously scheduled...

The Annals of Iowa: 158 years of history by, for, and about Iowans ...

Soldier Mob in Keokuk: Violence Against the Press During the American Civil War ...

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

“We Learned to do the Things That Rural Women Did”: Extension Homemakers Clubs in Iowa, 1920-1960 ...

“The Sacred Cause of Union: Iowa and the Civil War” by Thomas BakerHosted by Andrew Klumpp with a guest presenter (TBA)Register online

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When a Dream Dies: Agriculture, Iowa and the Farm Crisis of the 1980s ...

Working in a destitute orphanage during the Great Depression, little-known psychologists at the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station accidentally discovered that the environment changes children...

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...

Housed in a custom-built Winnebago, “Iowa History 101: Iowa’s People & Places” explores 13,000 years of Iowa history with 56 artifacts from the State Historical Museum...

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...