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Iowa State Records Commission Quarterly Meeting
- Jul 7, 2022
- 1112 East Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA
- Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Public Meetings, History
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The State Records Commission will meet on July 7, 2022. This meeting will be hosted at State Library Room 310, in the Ola Babcock Miller Building at 1112 East Grand Avenue...
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Goldie Field Trip: Montauk Historic Site
- Jul 9, 2022
- 26223 Harding Road, Clermont, IA
- Featured, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, History, Children, State Historic Sites
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Join Goldie’s Kids Club for a free guided tour of the Montauk Historic Site which was once home to the Larrabee family. Explore the grand family home which is filled with many historic artifacts...
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Junior Curator Camp
- Jul 13, 2022
- 600 E. Locust Street, Des Moines, Iowa
- Featured, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, History, Children, Education
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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...
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Iowa History 101: Printing and Performing Citizenship: Black Activist Cultures in Iowa
- Jul 14, 2022
- Featured, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, History, Education
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Join Mila Kaut, a Ph.D. student at Northwestern University and co-organizer of the Iowa Colored Conventions Project, to learn how Black women's practices of institutional citizenship in African...
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Goldie Field Trip: Iowa State Capitol
- Jul 16, 2022
- 1007 E Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA
- Featured, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, History, Children
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Join Goldie’s Kids Club for a free guided tour of the Iowa State Capitol. This special tour will focus on the many different types of art found throughout the Capitol building. Following the...
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Iowa History 101: From Coal Palace to Closing the Plant: Coal and Community on the Lower Des Moines River
- Jul 28, 2022
- Featured, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, History, Education
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Join Kevin T. Mason, an associate professor of history at Waldorf University, as he explores the history of coal in southeastern Iowa. Incorporating elements of his 2021 walk across Iowa to...
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Goldie Field Trip: Plum Grove Historic Home
- Jul 30, 2022
- 1030 Carroll St. , Iowa City, IA
- Featured, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, History, Children, State Historic Sites
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Join Goldie’s Kids Club for a free guided tour of Plum Grove which was the home of Iowa’s first territorial governor, Robert Lucas. Learn about the Lucas family and the history of Iowa as a...
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Junior Curator Camp
- Aug 3, 2022
- 600 E. Locust Street, Des Moines, Iowa
- Featured, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, History, Children, Education
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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...
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Iowa History 101: Understanding the History of Gender in Iowa
- Aug 11, 2022
- Featured, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, History, Education
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Join Sara Egge, the Claude D. Pottinger Professor of History at Centre College, as she discusses some of the landmark scholarship about gender in Iowa's history. We'll examine several topics,...
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Iowa History 101: Chinese Pioneers in Iowa: Immigration, Laundry, and Resistance to Exclusion in the Nineteenth Century
- Aug 25, 2022
- Featured, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, History, Education
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Join historian Dr. Anthony J. Miller to explore the lives of the first Chinese immigrants to live in the American Midwest and examine how they founded businesses, formed small communities, won...
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Iowa History 101: This American House: Frank Lloyd Wright's Meier House and the American System-Built Homes
- Sep 8, 2022
- Featured, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, History, Education
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Join Jason Loper and Michael Schreiber as they share the remarkable story of the Delbert and Grace Meier House in Monona, the third building Frank Lloyd Wright designed in Iowa. Loper and...
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Iowa History 101: Emancipation Celebrations: The Historical Context for Juneteenth
- Sep 22, 2022
- Featured, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, History, Education
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Join Leo Landis, the state curator for the State Historical Society of Iowa, as he discusses the history of Juneteenth, which has been a state holiday in Iowa since 2002 and became a federal...
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Iowa History Book Club: American Dreamer: A Life of Henry A. Wallace
- Sep 22, 2022
- Featured, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, History
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Join the State Historical Society and Annals of Iowa editor, Andrew Klumpp, to explore Iowa’s past. Each quarter a book related to a different aspect of Iowa history will be selected and at the...
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Iowa History Book Club: Dakota in Exile
- Dec 1, 2022
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Join the State Historical Society and Annals of Iowa editor, Andrew Klumpp, to explore Iowa’s past. Each quarter a book related to a different aspect of Iowa history will be selected and at the...
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