CURRENT HOURS: Tuesday-Saturday 9am-4pm (last tractor cart to farms leaves at 2:30)
You and your children will have the opportunity to tour the museum’s many historic areas, participate in hands-on activities, complete a special activity sheet, and most of all have fun! We suggest that you plan at least 3–4 hours for your experience.
You’re welcome to bring a picnic lunch, or to leave the museum and return later in the day.
1700 Farm 9:30–11:30am and 1–3pm: Indigenous Ioway games, fur exploration
1850 Farm 9:30–11:30am: Wool work, churning butter
1850 Farm 1–3pm: Wool work, pioneer games
1900 Farm 9:30–11:30am and 1–3pm: Putting hay in barn, laundry on washboard
Flynn Mansion 9:30–11:30am and 1–3pm: Croquet on lawn, parlor games
Tangen Home 9:30–11:30am: Making fattigman
Tangen Home 1–3pm: Ironing with a Norwegian mangle
Broom Works 9:30–11:30am and 1–3pm: Binding brooms
Blacksmith 9:30–11:30am and 1–3pm: Welding demonstrations
Print Shop 9:30–11:30am and 1–3pm: Job press demonstrations
Drug Store 9:30–11:30am Making toilet water
Drug Store 1–3pm Perfume scent identification
Millinery 9:30am–2pm only: Making fans/language of the fan
Learning Center 9am–noon and 1–3pm: Spark!Lab Smithsonian
Learning Center all day: America 250 activities—Wish Wall and My America 2026 flag mosaic
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11121 HICKMAN, URBANDALE • 515-278-5286
— THANK YOU TO OUR 2026 PREMIER PARTNERS —
Official Modern Agricultural Equipment Partner
