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Museum showcases machinery and memorabilia illustrating the button-making process. The History & Industry Center interprets local industrial history with an emphasis on pearl button manufacturing. Muscatine was known as the "Pearl Button Capital of the World" because of the many factories producing buttons from Mississippi River clams -- at one time 1.5 billion buttons annually or 37% of the world's supply.

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Muscatine Art Center

Visit 1908 Edwardian mansion, which houses French Impressionist works and American decorative arts. Large contemporary gallery features changing exhibitions, Japanese garden and sculpture court.

Muscatine, IA Art Centers

Pine Creek Grist Mill

Restored 1848 grist mill with intact machinery and millstones. Also visit the old country school on site.

Muscatine, IA Mills

Pearl Button Museum/Muscatine History & Industry Center

Museum showcases machinery and memorabilia illustrating the button-making process. The History & Industry Center interprets local industrial history with an emphasis on pearl button manufacturing. Muscatine was known as the "Pearl Button Capital of the World"

Muscatine, IA Museums

Geneva Golf & Country Club

Course Access: Private
Holes: 18
Reserve Advance Tee Times: 7

Muscatine, IA Golf Courses

Muscatine Municipal Golf Course

Course Access: Public
Holes: 18
Reserve Advance Tee Times: 7

Muscatine, IA Golf Courses

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