Northeast Iowa, Iowa Museums
Museum of River History
Displays highlighting river history in Lansing from commercial fishing to clamming. Iowa state fish hatchery, ice harvesting, button industry and early days of Lansing.
Allamakee County Historical Museum and Genealogy Research Center
Built in 1860, the old courtroom contains the original judge'
The Horridge House
The original Carpenter Gothic-style house was built around 1868
Ice House Museum
Exhibit shows how ice was harvested from the Cedar River from the late 1800s to early 1900
Victorian Home & Carriage House Museum/George Wyth House
Tour Italianate home built in 1863 and restored to elegant 1880 Victorian life. Carriage House Museum houses the Historical Society'
Antique Acres Campgrounds
Antique Acres, Founded in 1964
FFA Historical and Ag Museum
A visual history of our agricultural heritage and the role of small communities in rural America. Antique farm implements, tools, turn-of-the-century artifacts.
Bluedorn Science Imaginarium - Grout Museum District
A "playground for the imagination," this science center provides fun hands-on exhibits that demonstrate how science affects everyday life. Unravel the mysteries of motion with scientific experiments:
Grout Museum of History & Science - Grout Museum District
History collection focuses on the period from 1933, when Iowa was opened for settlement, to the present. The Maytag Car, 1915
Rensselaer Russell House Museum - Grout Museum District
This small jewel of mid-Victorian architecture, completed in 1861
Schield International Museum
See artifacts collected by Vern and Marjorie Schield on trips to 70 countries. Also on display is the first Bantam dragline, designed and built by Schield in 1942
Bremer County Historical Society Museum
The Bremer County Historical Society Museum building was built in 1862 as the first large hotel and stagecoach stop in the area and is on the National Register of Historic Places
Old Bradford Pioneer Village
This pioneer village consists of 14 buildings from the area. View Dr. Pitts' office (composer of the song "Little Brown Church in the Vale")
Carnegie Cultural Center
Temporary and Permanent exhibits fill this old Carnegie Library building. Permanent exhibits include the Natvig Brothers Circus, life under the big top in models to scale; Billy J'
Carter House Museum
View one of the best examples of Greek Revival architecture in Iowa, built in 1850
Marquette Depot Museum, Gift Shop and Information Center
Reconstructed depot includes tourism information center, gift shop, and museum of local and railroad history.
Wilder Memorial Museum
Relive the past with exhibit of 800 heirloom dolls, 40
Red Barn Model Railroad Museum
Operating and fixed displays of Lionel, American Flyer and Marx toy trains and trolleys dating from early 1900
Delaware County Historical Museum
Nine-building complex on former Lenox College Campus offers displays on natural history and Civil War history, Civil War monument, farm equipment, depot/
Hub City Heritage Railway Museum
Tour the old railroad express building and yard office, with refurbished cabooses and engines. Gift shop.
Howard County Log Cabin Museum
Occupied continously from 1854 to 1964
Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum
Nine-year-old Laura Ingalls moved here with her family in 1876
Porter House Museum
Italianate house with original furnishings. Exhibits of exotic butterflies, South American artifacts. Unique rock wall surrounds the property.
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum
The immigrant story comes alive at Vesterheim, America's oldest and largest museum devoted to one immigrant group. The downtown historic complex includes the main building, built in 1877
Bily Clocks Museum/Antonin Dvorak Exhibit
See clocks hand-carved by brothers Joseph and Frank Bily over a 45-year period. Don't miss the Antonin Dvorak exhibit upstairs. Dvorak lived in the building during the summer of 1893