East Central Iowa Tourism
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Cedar Rapids Museum Of Art - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids Museum Of Art - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The museum features both traditional and contemporary paintings, prints, photography, and sculpture. Their collection includes works by Grant Wood, Marvin Cone, and Mauricio Lasanky.
The Museum of Art in Cedar Rapids, Iowa hosts the largest collection of paintings by world famous artist, Grant Wood.
Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Team - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Team - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The Cedar Rapids Kernels, a Single A affiliate of Anaheim, play at Veterans Memorial Stadium which was built in 2002. This is a nice new stadium that is part of a complex of football stadium and ice arena with an all veterans memorial in the middle. There are red seats below a wide concourse within the infield, aluminum backed bleachers from first base to the right field corner, and lawn seating down the third baseline.
Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival - Cedar Rapids, Iowa Award-winning, family-oriented, patriotic festival with many events for all ages in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. See 3 HUGE firework displays! Most events are free with a freedome Festival button. Freedom Festival - June 22 - July 4.
Carl & Mary Koehler History Center - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Carl & Mary Koehler History Center - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Permanent and changing exhibits and programs bring Lynn County history alive in Cedar Rapids.
The collections of the Carl & Mary Koehler History Center include over 35,000 objects ranging is size from hat-pins to electric cars. The lower level of The Carl & Mary Koehler History Center comprises collection storage space of 8,000 square feet. This is where all large and three-dimensional items are stored.
Brucemore, Inc. - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Brucemore, Inc. - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
At Brucemore, tour the mansion, stroll the gardens, pack a picnic, and attend outdoor theatre. Brucemore, a National Trust Historic Site in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is a museum and so much more.
At Brucemore, tour the magnificent 21-room mansion, stroll the gardens, pack a picnic, and attend outdoor theatre. Brucemore, a National Trust Historic Site in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is a museum and so much more. As a community cultural center, Brucemore’s 26-acres are alive with concerts, festivals, performances, and activities.
Black’s Gaslight Village - Iowa City, Iowa
Black’s Gaslight Village - Iowa City, Iowa.
Not more than 75 tenants live in this writers workshop center of talent, but the stories are endless!
This group of houses was built in the 1940’s and has been used for housing by the hippie community of the 70’s. It was the Greenwich Village of Iowa. The talented and artistic of every year since the 40’s that have attended the Writer’s Workshop at the University of Iowa has graced this area with their impressions and it still goes forward today.
Anamosa Penitentiary Museum - Anamosa, Iowa
Anamosa Penitentiary Museum - Anamosa, Iowa
This historic stone building on the prison grounds displays artifacts and historical information about Iowa’s largest correctional facility.
The museum offers displays describing prison life, the “guard” through the years, and a large variety of photographs from the prison’s early days.
Amazing Maize Maze - Princeton, Iowa
Amazing Maize Maze - Princeton, Iowa
In a 4-acre cornfield outside of Princeton, Iowa, a 2-mile maze has been cut through the cornstalks. Visitors are provided with a game board so that they can collect clues and create a map as they find their way through the twists and turns of the maize. Several mini-mazes are also on the property along with a petting zoo. Children can experience pedaling around on John Deere mini-tractors.
Amana Heritage Museum - Amana, Iowa
Amana Heritage Museum - Amana, Iowa
The Amana Heritage Museum is comprised of three 19th Century buildings, set in spacious grounds. The Noé House, built in 1864, was originally a communal kitchen and later a doctor’s residence. Exhibits in the Noé House trace the history and development of Amana, depict a church interior, and display the varied crafts and industries of the Inspirationists.
Amana Community Church Museum - Homestead, Iowa
Amana Community Church Museum - Homestead, Iowa
Built in 1865 the Amana Community Church building in Homestead showing Amana’s religious heritage, practices and beliefs.
The Homestead Church is an excellent example of a Community of True Inspiration church. It was built in 1865 of locally made brick. The Homestead Church originally had living quarters for community members on both ends with the Saal (meeting hall) occupying the long middle section.
