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The SHSI maintains a museum, library, archives, and research center in Des Moines and a research library in Iowa City, as well as several historic sites in Iowa. It was founded in 1857 in Iowa City, where it was first affiliated with the University of Iowa. As the organization grew in size and collections, it became a separate state agency ...
Website. www.dmgov.org. Des Moines (/ dəˈmɔɪn / ⓘ də-MOYN) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the county seat of Polk County with parts extending into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857. 6 It is located on, and named ...
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 ...
The city of Des Moines is the location of 186 properties and districts, including the 2 National Historic Landmarks, and are listed here, while the remaining properties and districts located elsewhere in the county are listed separately. Three properties were once listed but have since been removed. This National Park Service list is complete ...
The Jordan House, built in 1850 and the oldest building in West Des Moines, now serves as both a museum showcasing West Des Moines' history and the office of the West Des Moines Historical Society.
Richard Meier (1985 addition) Architectural style. International Style. NRHP reference No. 03000063 [1] Added to NRHP. October 19, 2004. The Des Moines Art Center is an art museum with an extensive collection of paintings, sculpture, modern art and mixed media. It was established in 1948 in Des Moines, Iowa.
The State Historical Museum and the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center have exhibits on the often overlooked contributions of Black soldiers.
General Store. Living History Farms is a 500-acre open-air museum located in Urbandale, Iowa, United States. The museum's mission is to educate visitors and demonstrate the past 300 years of Iowa's agricultural history. As its name implies, the museum follows the methodology of living history in depicting the lives of people living on farms in ...