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This list of museums in Iowa is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The restored Burlington Northern Depot is now home to the WWII Memorial Museum, with exhibits relating to people from Montgomery County, Iowa who served in World War II, as well as country life on the home front on farms, factories, communities and household life. There are also displays and a library about area railroad history.
World War II museums in Hawaii (5 P) Pages in category "World War II museums in the United States" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
May 30, 1974 (Des Moines: Polk: Training site for black officers in World War I. 8: George M. Verity: George M. Verity (towboat): December 20, 1989 (Keokuk: Lee: One of three surviving steam-powered towboats in the United States, this ship pioneered on upper Mississippi in a certain way, leading to large private industry.
The Deurag-Nerag refineries at the end of the war In 1952 Aegidien Church became a war memorial dedicated to victims of war and of violence.. Before the war Hanover was the thirteenth largest city in Germany and Austria, with 471,000 inhabitants – on average this fell to 287,000 during the war (mainly due to evacuations) and in May 1945 was down to 217,000.
The exhibit opened on Nov. 24 and will run until New Year's Eve at the Greater Hanover Area Fire Museum. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
The Airpower Museum is a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m 2) aviation museum located near Blakesburg, Iowa on Antique Airfield. [1] The Airpower Museum was founded by Robert L. Taylor and the Antique Airplane Association in 1965 [2] and features various periods of aviation through models, engines, propellers, photos and original art.
The Iowa legislature had passed a law in 1884 that allowed counties to levy a tax to support building G.A.R. memorials. Captain Rufus S. Benson, a local state representative, had the law amended in 1886 so that it allowed for the construction of a memorial hall, as the local G.A.R. chapter wanted it to be a place where they could meet.