Please join us May 1! 8:15 a.m.—Refreshments 8:30 a.m.—Remarks 8:45 a.m.—Open House Museum opens at 9 a.m. for those who wish to purchase admission

The story of Swedish immigration told by those who lived it May 1–June 27 • Kemin Cultivation Center Exhibit Hall • Included with General Admission More than 1 million Swedes left their homeland between 1850...

It's decision time: Think about the things you want and need  May 1–October 31 • Kemin Cultivation Center Exhibit Hall • Included with General Admission Today you might use a moving van or a storage...

We welcome dogs all season, and this is their special day! Saturday, May 3 • 9 a.m.-4 p.m. • All activities included with General Admission Bring your well-behaved pup to visit our farm sites, walk...

Explore the origins and meaning of Memorial Day! Saturday, May 24 • 9 a.m.-4 p.m. All activities included with General Admission Memorial Day began in 1868 as a day called Decoration Day. More than 600,000...

The perfect opportunity for families to learn together! Friday, May 30 • 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Discounted admission if you buy ahead • Free for members You and your children will have the opportunity to tour...

Sit on an 1870s jury and render your verdict! Saturday, June 7 • All activities included with General Admission Lawyers, witnesses, judge, and court clerks, re-created by our historic interpreters in period clothing, will present...

Explore Black history in Iowa June 14 • 9 a.m.-4 p.m. All presentations and activities included with General Admission Although Iowa entered the Union as a free state in 1846, the Emancipation Proclamation issued in...

Images and words of children from around the world June 18–August 8 • Kemin Cultivation Center Exhibit Hall • Included with General Admission Acclaimed artist Judy Gelles interviewed and photographed more than 300 fourth-graders from...

The cure for anything that ails you! Saturday, June 21 • 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. • MidAmerican Energy Foundation Pavilion Included with General Admission The Walnut Hill Drama Society presents Professor Savage’s Traveling Medicine...

Here comes the bride ... but she's not dressed in white! Saturday, June 28 11:30 a.m. at the 1850 Pioneer Farm Please allow at least a half-hour for the tractor cart ride from the Visitor...