East Central Iowa Tourism
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Science Station - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Science Station - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The Science Station in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, includes an IMAX® theatre (which may be closed), over 130 hands-on exhibits and a variety of educational programs that cover more than 45 topics such as electricity, magnets, sound, light, optical illusions, flight, computers, dinosaurs, bubbles, the human body, heat, simple machines, and the solar system.
Riverside Theatre - Iowa City, Iowa
Riverside Theatre - Iowa City, Iowa
As a resident professional theater, Riverside Theater was founded in December 1981. The theater is located in Iowa City, Iowa. The mission of the theater is to provide an artistic home for theatre professionals from Iowa and beyond, and to entertain audiences with intimate, engaging productions from the classics to world premieres.
Plum Grove Historic Site - Iowa City, Iowa
Plum Grove Historic Site - Iowa City, Iowa
Plum Grove in Iowa City was the home of Iowa’s first Territorial Governor, Robert Lucas, and Friendly Lucas, his wife. The seven-room Greek Revival house was constructed of local red brick. The house has been restored with pieces representative of the 1844-1853 period.
PIONEER HERITAGE MUSEUM - Marengo, Iowa
PIONEER HERITAGE MUSEUM - Marengo, Iowa
This museum displays buidlings from the 1800’s and early 1930’s. See the 1861 log house and bachelor’s cabin, 1861 railroad depot, 1930 filling station.
Pine Creek Grist Mill - Muscatine, Iowa
Pine Creek Grist Mill - Muscatine, Iowa
Located at Wild Cat Den Start Park, Muscatine, Iowa, was built in 1848 by Benjamin Nye. Mr. Nye came west from Massachusetts and settled in the new frontier along the mighty Mississippi River.
Pearl Button Museum - Muscatine, Iowa
Pearl Button Museum - Muscatine, Iowa.
The pearl button industry is arguably Muscatine’s most unique contribution to the history of the United States and, therefore, must be collected, preserved, and interpreted.
Muscatine was known as the "Pearl Button Capital of the World" because
Iowa Mennonite School - Kalona, Iowa
Iowa Mennonite School - Kalona, Iowa
Local church leaders in the early-mid 1940s saw the need for a Mennonite high school. Using donated land from an area farmer, the campus was formed. Classes were held for the first time in the fall of 1945 outside of Kalona, Iowa.
Old Capitol - Iowa City, Iowa
Old Capitol - Iowa City, Iowa -
When Old Capitol’s cornerstone was laid on Independence Day in 1840, Iowa City became the first "permanent" capital of Iowa. In Old Capitol, Iowa made the transition to statehood. Here, the first governor was inaugurated, the first six Iowa general assemblies met, and the state’s constitution—still the fundamental law of the state—was drafted.
Museum of Natural History - Iowa City, Iowa
Museum of Natural History - Iowa City
Iowa offers three major galleries focused on natural science and natural history of Iowa and the Midwest.
The UI Museum of Natural History was established in 1858 by an act of the Iowa General Assembly. It is the oldest university museum west of the Mississippi River and the second oldest museum of any kind in the West.
Museum of Art - Iowa City, Iowa
Museum of Art - Iowa City
Museum of Art - Iowa City, Iowa explores the diversity of art throughout the world from Mexico to Africa to the United States. The display of Mexican pottery, African art and the work of Lansky with his versitility of emotions will assure the true art lover of seeing something new and wonderful to them.
