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Original Seal. 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.
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 ...
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.
Location of Des Moines in Polk County in Iowa. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Des Moines, Iowa. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the city of Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Also constructed were the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden (1979), a large city botanical garden/greenhouse on the east side of the river; the Polk County Convention Complex (1985), and the State of Iowa Historical Museum (1987). The Des Moines skywalk also began to take shape during the 1980s. The skywalk system is 4 miles (6.4 km) long and ...
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 center is sustained through charitable contributions, and the facility in which the center is located is provided through the generosity of the James W. Hubbell, Jr. family of Des Moines, Iowa. The center also serves as the focal point for THFHS, which is associated with the center and provides financial support, structure and membership.