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Come in costume and collect treats throughout the gardens. Children's crafts, storytelling, and creepy crawly stations. Children ages 3-10.
Local, regional and national art exhibitions and juried art shows, classes and workshops for all ages. Octagon Shop offers Midwestern arts and crafts for sale. The Octagon's Art Festival is held each September.
Ames, IA Art CentersArt exhibitions; glass, ceramics and art from eastern and western cultures; gallery talks; children's programs.
Ames, IA MuseumsBuilt in the 1860s as the first building at Iowa State Agricultural College and Model Farm. More than 6,000 pieces of Victorian decorative art and antique furnishings.
Ames, IA MuseumsRanked among the 25 most beautiful campuses in the nation, this university setting includes historic and contemporary buildings and more than 450 art sculptures. Internationally recognized for leadership in science and technology education and research, it is the birthplace of the world'
Ames, IA UniversitiesThis 200-acre park, headquarters of the Conservation Board'
Ames, IA Conservation Centers