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Bily Clocks Museum/Antonin Dvorak Exhibit

Spillville, Iowa

Specialized

An unexpected wonder located in the scenic backroad country of northeast Iowa - not to be missed!

Bluedorn Science Imaginarium

Waterloo, Iowa

Children's, General, Science

A 'playground for the imagination", this interactive science center provides fun hands-on exhibits that demonstrate how science affects everyday life. Visitors unravel the mysteries of motion with scientific experiments: Roll-A-Ball, Bernoulli Ball, and the hammer table. Science demonstrations are at 11:00am, 1:30 and 3:00pm on Saturdays, and include such topics as Creepy Crawlies, Combustion, Chemistry, Magic of Science, Snakes Alive, Kitchen Science, and Super Cold.

Boone County Historical Center

Boone, Iowa

History

Displays, dioramas and collections that preserve the flavor and excitement of Boone County History. View items relating the Kate Shelley, coal mining, military and natural history.

Brucemore, Inc.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Historic House

Brucemore

Buffalo Bill Cody Homestead

Davenport, Iowa

Historic House

The stone house built by Buffalo bill's father has been restored to its original condition and furnished with antique furniture. Buffalo and Texas Longhorn cattle graze of the land surrounding the house.

Butler County Museum

Allison, Iowa

History

This small museum is located on the county fairgrounds and houses a large variety of county artifacts.

Blanden Art Museum

Fort Dodge, Iowa

Art, Children's, Culture, Historic House

The neoclassical building, which is on the national Register of Historic Places, is located in the interesting Oak Hill District of Fort Dodge. Along with with beauty and historical significance of the museum, the Blanden maintains a high standard of exhibition quality and dynamic spirit of community outreach in the visual arts. The museum is dedicated to providing learning opportunities to engage the community and foster creativity.

Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad

Boone, Iowa

Specialized

An operating historical railroad museum running on 11 miles of track across the Des Moines River Valley. Home to "The Iowan", the last commercially produced steam locomotive in the world

Bremer County Historical Society Museum

Waverly, Iowa

Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society

Please note new phone #. We now have a land line at our museum. We are not there every day during off season, but we check for messages every week or two.

Brunnier Art Museum

Ames, Iowa

Art, Culture, University

The Brunnier Art Museum is the state's only accredited museum emphasizing a decorative arts collection, and one of the nation's few museums located within a performing arts and conference complex (Iowa State Center). Founded in 1975, the museum is named after its benefactors, Iowa State alumnus Henry J. Brunnier and his wife Ann. The decorative arts collection they donated, the Brunnier Collection, is extensive, consisting of ceramics, glass, dolls, ivory, jade, and enameled metals.

Butler County Hall of Fame

Allison, Iowa

History

This building was built with the dome of the old courthouse (c.1915) and houses photographs and resumes of those in Butler County who have made a mark on humanity, either in the county, state, nation or world.