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Since spring 2007, for the first time in the history of The State Historical Museum, all 40 halls have been open to the public. [6] The museum covers the period from ancient times to the early 20th century and over 1.2 million people visit its exhibitions. [7] The museum is also a major centre for research, science and education.
Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center: Des Moines: Polk: Central: Military: Honors the U.S. Army's first officer candidate class for African American men in 1917, and the establishment of the first Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942 Fort Museum: Fort Dodge: Webster: Central: Open air: website, frontier trading post, military and 19th ...
Des Moines Saddlery Company Building: June 27, 1985 : 307-311 Court Ave. Downtown: Built in 1881. 44: Des Moines Western Railway Freight House: Des Moines Western Railway Freight House: July 10, 2008 : 625 E. Court Ave.
State Historical Society Building, Des Moines. The State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI), a division of the Iowa Department of Administrative Affairs, [1] serves as the official historical repository for the State of Iowa and also provides grants, public education, and outreach about Iowa history and archaeology.
The museum was open for 8 years and was widely popular. In one summer, by the second half of the 1920s, more than 20 thousand people visited the museum. In winter, the estate archive was dismantled and it was eventually put in the Department of Written Sources in the State Historical Museum.
In 2017 the Nicholas Roerich Museum was established as a part of the State Museum of Oriental Art. Named after the prominent Russian artist Nicholas Roerich, [3] the new museum holds more than 800 masterpieces of Western painters from his collection and numerous items of decorative and applied arts, that the Roerich family brought from India ...
The Ola Babcock Miller Building, also known as the State Library of Iowa, is a historic building located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as the Iowa State Historical Building .
The Chautauqua Park Historic District is located on the north side of Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1990. [1] It is part of the Suburban Development in Des Moines Between the World Wars, 1918--1941 MPS.