Northwest Iowa, Iowa Museums
Albert City Historical Museum
View depot, 1900s-era home, military room, small grocery store, laundry room, tool shop and 1875 furnished schoolhouse. Early 1900
Buena Vista County Historical Museum
Features exhibit on local American Indian history.
Central School Museum
Restored 1884 schoolhouse listed on the National Historic Register.
Calhoun County Museum and Machinery Exhibit
A former school houses 34
Iowa Rock 'n' Roll Music Museum
Recording studio, musical instruments, period costumes, posters, pictures, awards, jukeboxes, music artifacts and the Hall of Fame Wall of Honor.
Clark Museum of Area History/Clark's Antique Acres
View thousands of historic photos and memorabilia from the Iowa Lakes region. Antiques from the farm, home and yard.
The Higgins Museum
This museum of U.S. national banking includes national bank notes (1863-1935) from all over the United States, focusing on those from Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota. Also, 16,000 to 20,000
Armstrong Heritage Museum
Thousands of items from the early days of Armstrong and Emmet County, including veterans' display.
Humboldt County Historical Museum
1870s old mill farmhouse and outbuildings, log cabin, 1883 schoolhouse, jail. Humboldt College and Frank Gotch displays. Doctor'
Battle Hill Museum of Natural History
More than 4,000 natural history specimens on display, with 600
Camp Algona POW Museum
Camp Algona housed up to 10,000 German prisoners of war from 1944 to 1946. A 70
George Bicentennial Museum
Pioneer tools and farm items, household displays, musical instruments, military uniforms, local history information.
Lyon County Historical Society Museum Complex
Renovated former Rock Island Depot, caboose, and livery stable. Windmill and Victorian house completely renovated and furnished. Visit a schoolhouse and teacher's house at nearby Lake Pahoja Park.
DeBoer Grocery Museum and Little House Museum
Displays in historic main street building. Historical items, area history displays, hand tools, small steam engine. Little House is three-room 1882 home.
McCallum Museum and Brunson Heritage House
Civil War display, pioneer artifacts, horse-drawn vehicles, 1908 Sears automobile. Antique clothing.
Victorian Museum on Main
The crown jewel of Emmetsburg's many Victorian homes. Built in 1883 by a prominent member of the community as a wedding gift to his daughter, the home is part of a four-building museum complex.
Ice Cream Capital of the World Visitor Center
LeMars is home to Wells' Dairy, makers of Blue Bunny Ice Cream. Family-friendly museum provides a look at the history of ice cream and the history of Wells'
Plymouth County Historical Museum
View antique musical instruments, Civil War-era log cabin, schoolroom, barber and beauty shops, 1940s café, machinery and blacksmith shop, 1940
Odebolt Historical Museum
Historical items, including a military display, tools and equipment from farm and home, and a buffalo robe brought to town by Buffalo Bill.
Sac City Museum
Catch up on the history of Sac City by viewing costumes, displays of historical items, farm tools and equipment.
Calliope Village
A re-creation of Sioux County's first county seat, which was raided in 1872. Records and the county safe were taken to Orange City, the current county seat. View the safe and 15
Sioux City Public Museum
Built from pink-colored Sioux Falls quartzite in the early 1890