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Iowa History 101: Iowa’s People & Places
- Oct 23, 2021
- American Gothic House Center - 300 American Gothic Street Eldon, IA 52554, Eldon, Iowa
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The Poison Garden
- Oct 28, 2021
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Join the Des Moines-based photographer and artist Molly Wood as she discusses her botanical photographs that serve as metaphors for the natural cycles of life, death and...
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"We Came Home Together": Black Civil War Veterans and Community Building in Iowa
- Nov 4, 2021
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Join Dwain Coleman, University of Iowa Ph.D. candidate and co-director of the Iowa Colored Conventions Digital Project, as he discusses how Black Civil War Veterans of the...
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Mobile Museum - Poweshiek County
- Nov 6, 2021
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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 of Iowa. This is the...
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Hollywood & Iowa: “It’s A Wonderful Life”
- Dec 9, 2021
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Join Leo Landis, State Curator at the State Historical Museum of Iowa, and Christopher Wilson, Director of Experience Design at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of...
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Iowa History Book Club
- Dec 9, 2021
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“On Behalf of the Family Farm: Iowa Women’s Farm Activism since 1945” by Jenny Barker-DevineHosted by Andrew Klumpp with author Jenny Barker-Devine from Illinois CollegeRegister OnlineWhen...
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