Upcoming Events

NEA Grants for Arts Projects support arts projects that use the arts to unite and heal in response to current events; celebrate our creativity and cultural heritage; invite mutual respect for...

The regular quarterly meeting of the State Historical Society of Iowa Collections Committee will be held from 1:00-2:00 p.m. on February 23, 2021, and is open to the public. A public comment...

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...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources Derelict Building Program is available for Iowa towns of 5,000 or fewer residents’ to address neglected commercial or public structures that have sat...

The Polk County Board of Supervisors is pleased to offer this unique funding opportunity to community service organizations throughout Polk County. The Polk County Community Betterment Grant...

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)...

The regular quarterly meeting of the State Historical Society of Iowa Board of Trustees will be held from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. on March 5, 2021, and is open to the public. A public...

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...

Regular quarterly meetings of the Iowa Great Places Citizen Advisory Board are open to the public. A public comment period will be held for those providing advance notice to the board...

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...

Regular quarterly meetings of the Iowa Arts Council Board of Directors are open to the public. A public comment period will be held for those providing advance notice to the board administrator...

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...