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Mar 27, 2024 Valerie Van Kooten named new administrator of State Historical Society of Iowa
Feb 28, 2024 Celebrate Iowa History Month in March
Dec 14, 2023 State Historical Society of Iowa calls for board and awards nominations
Nov 20, 2023 Gov. Reynolds proclaims 'Mia Peterson Day in Iowa'
Nov 14, 2023 Celebrate Iowa Gala returns to State Historical Building Dec. 8
Oct 2, 2023 State Historical Building fully reopens Oct. 14, Celebration features programs and new museum exhibition
Sep 19, 2023 11 cultural arts and history organizations selected for Iowa Culture Leadership Cohort program
Aug 25, 2023 National Park Service awards grant funding for Iowa's Blood Run National Historic Landmark
Aug 7, 2023 Make this year's Iowa State Fair historic
Jul 17, 2023 State Historical Society of Iowa awards grants to 24 Iowa communities
Jun 30, 2023 Smithsonian traveling exhibit to visit Iowa in 2024
Jun 22, 2023 5 Iowa students medal at National History Day Contest
Jun 20, 2023 Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg and State Historical Society of Iowa present state’s highest history awards
Jun 8, 2023 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs announces state’s highest awards for historic preservation
Apr 28, 2023 Five Iowa students receive arts scholarship awards
Apr 25, 2023 Sixty-two Iowa students win state history contest, advance to National History Day national finals
Apr 5, 2023 World Food Prize Foundation President Ambassador Terry Branstad to discuss Farm Crisis of the 1980s
Mar 28, 2023 2023 Preserve Iowa Summit set for June 1-3 in Sioux City
Mar 16, 2023 State Historical Society of Iowa’s book club kicks off March 30
Jan 10, 2023 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs invests $1.5 million in building creative places
Dec 16, 2022 State Historical Society of Iowa calls for board and awards nominations
Nov 17, 2022 Iowa Arts Council honors five new Iowa Artist Fellows
Nov 17, 2022 Iowa Arts Council leads statewide effort to measure economic impact of the arts
Nov 15, 2022 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs to showcase Iowa art, food and entertainment
Oct 31, 2022 State Historical Society of Iowa’s online collection of educational materials tops 3 million views
Aug 15, 2022 Two Iowa State University students named Iowa History Dissertation Fellows
Aug 10, 2022 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs launches program to train next generation of nonprofit leaders
Aug 3, 2022 Step into history at the Iowa State Fair
Jul 28, 2022 Gov. Reynolds and Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs announce $2.3 million in grant awards
Jul 22, 2022 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs designates Iowa Great Places and Cultural & Entertainment Districts
Jun 24, 2022 2022 Iowa Arts Summit Speakers Announced Registration for the August 10-12 conference is open now
Jun 23, 2022 Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg and State Historical Society of Iowa announce Excellence in History awards
Jun 22, 2022 Iowa students take top honors at National History Day national contest
Jun 16, 2022 State Historical Society of Iowa wins two prestigious AASLH Awards of Excellence
Jun 6, 2022 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs announces state’s highest historic preservation awards
Jun 2, 2022 State Historical Society of Iowa Project Receives $200,000 Carver Trust Grant
May 31, 2022 Mobile museum hits the road, packed with 13,000 years of Iowa history
May 25, 2022 Iowa's 175th Anniversary of Statehood Campaign Receives Regional Recognition
May 4, 2022 Leah Rogers of Mount Vernon wins lifetime achievement award from State Historical Society of Iowa
May 4, 2022 Four Iowa students receive prestigious arts scholarships
Apr 27, 2022 Preserve Iowa Summit set for June 2-4 in Mason City
Apr 26, 2022 Seventy Iowa students advance to National History Day national contest
Apr 7, 2022 Four Iowa cultural attractions receive Folk Arts Apprenticeship grants
Mar 15, 2022 Marshalltown High School repeats as Poetry Out Loud state champions
Feb 23, 2022 March is Iowa History Month
Feb 16, 2022 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs opens new round of grants for art, film, history, humanities and more
Feb 1, 2022 Iowans Preserve Historical Assets with Grants from Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
Jan 12, 2022 State Historical Society of Iowa announces 2022 Iowa History Book Club schedule
Jan 6, 2022 Iowa’s creative places to benefit from Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs programs
Jan 5, 2022 ‘The Film Lounge’ to showcase Iowa films via statewide broadcast after Iowa City premiere
Dec 15, 2021 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs announces Humanities Project Grants
Dec 14, 2021 State Historical Society of Iowa calls for nominations for board and statewide awards
Nov 19, 2021 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs presents 10th annual Celebrate Iowa Gala
Nov 10, 2021 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs announce $1.5 million in American Rescue Plan Grants
Nov 5, 2021 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs awards $1 million in grants to market the return of arts and culture
Oct 28, 2021 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs announces new investments in creative places
Oct 22, 2021 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs marks state’s 175th anniversary
Oct 21, 2021 Iowa short film wins Student Academy Award
Oct 5, 2021 State Historical Society of Iowa unveils user-friendly online catalog
Sep 24, 2021 Governor Reynolds Announces New Funding to Promote Re-engagement in Iowa Arts, Film, History, and Culture
Sep 8, 2021 Iowa Arts Council names five new Iowa Artist Fellows
Sep 7, 2021 State Historical Society of Iowa to commemorate 9/11
Sep 1, 2021 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs announces three new grant programs
Aug 4, 2021 Step Into History at the Iowa State Fair
Jul 19, 2021 For Iowa’s 175th Anniversary, State Historical Society of Iowa Offers Pop-Up Displays and Historical Markers
Jul 8, 2021 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs awards $2.3 million
Jul 1, 2021 New Iowa history exhibition hits the road to 99 counties
Jun 21, 2021 Nashua-Plainfield student takes first place at 2021 National History Day contest
Jun 14, 2021 State Historical Society of Iowa reopens Research Centers in Iowa City and Des Moines
Jun 4, 2021 State Historical Society of Iowa announces top awards for historic preservation
May 25, 2021 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs awards Rural Revitalization Grants
May 25, 2021 State Historical Society of Iowa announces state's highest history awards
May 5, 2021 Iowa Arts Council announces art scholarship winner
May 5, 2021 63 Iowa students earn honors at National History Day contest
Mar 24, 2021 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs announces new humanities partnership
Mar 16, 2021 Elijah Thiessen of Marshalltown High School wins 2021 Poetry Out Loud state final
Feb 23, 2021 Celebrate Iowa History Month beginning March 1
Feb 15, 2021 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs unveils new Civil Rights history resources
Feb 11, 2021 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs announces new grant round for arts, culture, film and history
Feb 2, 2021 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs awards $108,000 for Historic Preservation
Jan 27, 2021 Gov. Reynolds Proclaims Donna Reed Day
Jan 22, 2021 Iowa PBS presents season 5 of The Film Lounge
Jan 22, 2021 Surf Ballroom Designated a National Historic Landmark
Jan 7, 2021 Iowa marks 175 years of statehood
Jan 6, 2021 Iowa Arts Council awards Virtual Arts Experience grants
Jan 5, 2021 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs awards $1.25 million in community placemaking grants
Dec 22, 2020 Iowa invests $7 million in recovery grants for arts, creative and cultural sector
Dec 7, 2020 State Historical Society of Iowa accepting awards and board nominations
Dec 2, 2020 Gov. Reynolds Announces COVID-19 Arts & Cultural Recovery Program
Nov 9, 2020 Celebrate Iowa Gala showcases art, culture and entertainment
Oct 27, 2020 Arts and culture strengthen communities, spur economic development and attract tourism
Oct 7, 2020 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs offers new grants for derecho relief
Oct 1, 2020 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs unveils online Educational Resources
Sep 29, 2020 Iowa receives federal grant to support rural revitalization through historic preservation and community development
Aug 26, 2020 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Announces New Iowa Great Places and Cultural & Entertainment Districts
Aug 12, 2020 Iowa Arts Council announces Governor's Arts Awards
Aug 4, 2020 Iowa Arts Summit helps strengthen communities statewide
Jul 29, 2020 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs announces state's highest awards for history
Jul 17, 2020 More than $2 million awarded in art, film and history grants
Jun 23, 2020 Iowa students win top honors at National History Day finals
Jun 12, 2020 New Iowa Arts Council program weaves folk arts into classrooms
Jun 5, 2020 Virtual ceremony honors 14 Iowa historic preservation projects
Jun 3, 2020 Iowa's statewide historic preservation summit goes virtual
Jun 3, 2020 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs distributes CARES Act funds to cultural and humanities nonprofits
May 21, 2020 Cherokee adds three properties to National Register of Historic Places
May 11, 2020 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs announces additional emergency grants for cultural organizations
May 7, 2020 Four Iowa high school seniors receive scholarships for the arts
Apr 24, 2020 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs distributes emergency grants for artists and nonprofits
Apr 10, 2020 Boone County one-room schoolhouse added to National Register of Historic Places
Mar 16, 2020 Hulme House in Henry County added to National Register of Historic Places
Mar 9, 2020 Two Iowa City landmarks added to National Register of Historic
Mar 6, 2020 Coggon Commercial Historic District added to National Register of Historic Places
Mar 3, 2020 State Historical Museum of Iowa announces 2020 summer camp programs
Feb 20, 2020 Iowa Artists Help Celebrate State Parks Centennial
Feb 20, 2020 Iowans to celebrate Iowa History Month in March
Feb 13, 2020 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs launches 19th Amendment Centennial Celebration
Feb 11, 2020 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs to Host Grant Information Sessions Across the State
Jan 27, 2020 Algona High School Student-Teacher Team to Study World War II in Hawaii
Jan 27, 2020 State Historical Society of Iowa Names New Editor for Annals of Iowa
Jan 16, 2020 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Awards $1 Million in Iowa Great Places Grants
Jan 13, 2020 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Announces 2020 Arts and Cultural Grants and Designation Opportunities
Jan 2, 2020 Celebrate Iowa Gala Hosts More Than 650 Guests and Raises Over $150,000
Jan 2, 2020 'The Film Lounge' Season 4 Watch Parties Set for Iowa City and Des Moines
Dec 20, 2019 Nashua Educator Completes NHD's "Understanding Sacrifice" Program, Publishes Research on Award-Winning Website
Dec 12, 2019 State Historical Society Accepting Awards and Board Nominations
Dec 6, 2019 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Awards 10 Historic Preservation Grants
Nov 7, 2019 Matching-Gift Campaign: Support the Matthew Edel Blacksmith Shop in Haverhill
Nov 1, 2019 State Historical Society's Mobile Museum Completes 3-Year Tour of Iowa's 99 Counties
Oct 9, 2019 Iowa Rolls Out Professional Development Program for Arts and History Teachers
Oct 1, 2019 'The Film Lounge: Student Challenge' Now Open for Film Submissions
Sep 26, 2019 State Historical Museum's "First in the Nation" Exhibition Open Through February
Aug 28, 2019 Renovations Underway at State Historical Building of Iowa
Aug 22, 2019 East Village Added to National Register of Historic Places
Aug 15, 2019 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Appoints Jana Rieker as Director of Strategic Initiatives
Aug 1, 2019 Arts Forum Invites Candidates and Iowans to Discuss Arts Policy
Jul 26, 2019 Iowa Native and Oscar®-Winning Director to Visit Des Moines Aug. 7
Jul 23, 2019 Amenda Tate Turns Dance Movement Into Paintings With Help From Robot
Jul 22, 2019 Roselle Church and Cemetery Added to National Register of Historic Places
Jul 18, 2019 Step Into History on Opening Day of the Iowa State Fair
Jul 12, 2019 Albertson and Company/Rocklin Manufacturing Company Building Added to National Register of Historic Places
Jun 28, 2019 $2.1 Million Art, Film and History Grants Awarded to Iowans
Jun 25, 2019 Allamakee County Church Added to National Register of Historic Places
Jun 24, 2019 Nearly 400 Arts Educators Gather for Inaugural Education Summit
Jun 21, 2019 Iowa Students Take Top Honors at National History Day Contest
Jun 11, 2019 Muscatine County Home Dairy Barn Added to National Register of Historic Places
May 22, 2019 Yale High School Gymnasium Added to National Register of Historic Places
May 6, 2019 67 Students Take Honors at National History Day in Iowa State Contest
Apr 25, 2019 Lt. Gov. Gregg Presents Excellence in History Awards
Apr 24, 2019 Lt. Governor Presents Iowa Scholarship for the Arts Awards
Apr 19, 2019 Iowa Launches ‘20 Artists, 20 Parks’ to Commemorate State Park Centennial
Mar 5, 2019 Sioux City Heelan Student Wins 2019 Poetry Out Loud in Iowa State Finals
Mar 5, 2019 Governor Reynolds Proclaims March as Iowa History Month
Feb 28, 2019 Manson Student and Teacher Selected for 'Sacrifice for Freedom' World War II Program
Feb 18, 2019 New Lecture Series Shares Iowa Stories from the Past
Feb 7, 2019 Vermeer Farmstead in Mahaska County Added to National Register of Historic Places
Feb 7, 2019 Iowa Scholarship for the Arts Applications Due March 1
Jan 30, 2019 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Opens Next Round of Grants and Opportunities
Jan 29, 2019 First National Bank of Davenport Added to National Register of Historic Places
Jan 29, 2019 Farmers’ State Bank of Volga Added to National Register of Historic Places
Jan 28, 2019 New 'Art at the Cafe' Exhibition Showcases Works by Whitney Courtney Nastanovich
Jan 22, 2019 Washington West Side Historic District Added to National Register of Historic Places
Jan 22, 2019 Iowa City’s First Unitarian Church Added to National Register of Historic Places
Jan 10, 2019 Season 3 of "The Film Lounge" Premieres Next Month
Jan 8, 2019 Chris Kramer to Lead Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
Jan 4, 2019 Sioux City School Added to National Register of Historic Places
Jan 4, 2019 Colfax Commercial District Added to National Register of Historic Places
Jan 4, 2019 Audubon County's Ross Elevator Added to National Register of Historic Places
Dec 20, 2018 Nearly $1 Million Awarded to Projects in Five Iowa Great Places
Dec 20, 2018 Artists, Students and Leaders to Solve Community Problems
Dec 6, 2018 State Historical Society of Iowa Accepting Award and Board Nominations
Oct 23, 2018 World War I Armistice Day Centennial Commemoration Set for Nov. 10
Oct 19, 2018 Capitol Building and State Historical Museum Offer Double Dose of Art
Oct 11, 2018 Local Relative Donates Artifacts of Frank Lloyd Wright's Father and Family
Oct 10, 2018 Iowa Arts Council Delivers Art-Based Solutions to Civic Challenges
Oct 2, 2018 Iowa Film Lounge Preps for Halloween, Student Films and Third Season Premiere
Sep 25, 2018 Iowa Arts Council's Artist Fellows Prep for Statewide Tour
Sep 6, 2018 Des Moines, Grinnell Projects Receive State's Top Historic Preservation Awards
Aug 29, 2018 Agriculture Art Exhibition Winners Announced
Aug 24, 2018 Prohibition Exhibition Comes to State Historical Museum of Iowa Sept. 1-Oct. 20
Aug 7, 2018 Governor's Arts Awards Honor Arts and Community Leaders
Jul 31, 2018 State Historical Society of Iowa Mobile Museum to Visit Iowa State Fair
Jul 26, 2018 Reynolds Welcomes New Artwork from Cumming and Dubuque Artists
Jul 26, 2018 Iowa Arts Council Names Five New Iowa Artist Fellows
Jul 19, 2018 Annual Historical Walking Tour to Kick Off the Iowa State Fair
Jul 18, 2018 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Names Cedar County a New Iowa Great Place
Jul 12, 2018 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Awards $2 Million in Grants
Jun 29, 2018 Mason City Cemetery Added to National Register of Historic Places
Jun 21, 2018 Students Earn Medals at 2018 National History Day Contest in Maryland
Jun 21, 2018 State Historical Museum of Iowa Gears Up for New Exhibitions
May 24, 2018 Iowa Arts Summit Draws State and National Arts Leaders to Des Moines Aug. 3
May 18, 2018 New Centennial Exhibit Honors More Than 4,000 World War I Casualties From Iowa
May 14, 2018 Hit the Road with the State Historical Society of Iowa This Summer
May 10, 2018 State Historical Museum of Iowa Showcases Successful Human Rights Campaign in "Power of Protest: The Movement to Free Soviet Jews"
May 7, 2018 Lt. Governor Gregg Presents Iowa Arts Scholarships
May 4, 2018 Nominations for Iowa's Next Poet Laureate Accepted Through July 1
May 3, 2018 70 Students Take Top Honors at National History Day in Iowa Contest
May 2, 2018 Fire Up the Coals and Become a Blacksmith in Haverhill
Apr 30, 2018 State Historical Society of Iowa's Mobile Museum Begins Second Year
Apr 24, 2018 New 'Art at the Cafe' Exhibition Showcases Mary Jones' "The Looking Dress"
Apr 13, 2018 Reynolds, Gregg Present Iowa History Awards
Apr 9, 2018 New Project to Survey Iowa's Civil Rights Properties and People
Apr 6, 2018 Wanted by June 1: Iowa Films for Third Season of 'The Film Lounge'
Mar 20, 2018 Lt. Gov. Gregg Unveils Local History Network
Mar 6, 2018 Youth Art Month Exhibition on Display March 10-24 at State Historical Museum of Iowa
Mar 5, 2018 Sioux City Students Sweep 2018 Poetry Out Loud in Iowa State Finals
Feb 28, 2018 Take an 'Adventure into Iowa's Past' at State Historical Museum of Iowa
Feb 12, 2018 History of Photography in Iowa Lecture Feb. 15
Feb 9, 2018 State Historical Museum Announces New Children's Programming
Feb 7, 2018 Downtown Osceola Added to National Register of Historic Places
Jan 31, 2018 Peterson Paper Company Building Added to the National Register of Historic Places
Jan 24, 2018 Gov. Kim Reynolds Honors Female Artists in New Display at State Capitol
Jan 24, 2018 Ames Artist Has Time, People Magazines in Stitches
Jan 8, 2018 The Film Lounge Season 2 Premieres Feb. 11 on IPTV
Dec 19, 2017 $1.3 Million Awarded to Five Iowa Great Places Projects
Dec 13, 2017 Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Awards $90,000 for Historic Preservation
Nov 17, 2017 Matthew Edel Blacksmith Shop Matching-Gift Campaign
Nov 15, 2017 Celebrate Iowa Gala to Honor History-Making Iowa NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson
Nov 2, 2017 State Historical Society Seeks Photos of Iowa's Fallen World War I Heroes for Display
Oct 16, 2017 Historic Valley Junction Listed on National Register of Historic Places
Oct 10, 2017 Ghouls and Goblins Take Over 'The Film Lounge' on IPTV Oct. 29
Aug 22, 2017 "The Film Lounge" Returns With 10 More Films
Aug 17, 2017 Council Bluffs and Milford Artists Take First Place in Agriculture Art Exhibition Contest
Aug 7, 2017 New Online Resource Brings Iowa History to Teachers/Students
Jul 24, 2017 Ames, Burlington and Council Bluffs Districts Named Iowa's Newest Great Places
Jul 19, 2017 State Historical Society of Iowa Awards $500,000 for 27 Projects in 25 Communities
Jul 14, 2017 Modern-Day Explorer Retraces Expedition on the Mighty Missouri River
Jul 14, 2017 Statue Conservation and Organ Recital July 29-30 at Montauk, Union Sunday School
Jul 13, 2017 Iowa Arts Council Awards $1.3 Million in Grants
Jul 12, 2017 Gov. Kim Reynolds Honors Three Female Artists in New Display at State Capitol
Jul 12, 2017 Writer, Musician, Filmmaker and Two Visual Artists Named 2017 Iowa Arts Council Fellows
Jun 30, 2017 Preservation Awards Announced for 6 Iowa Communities
Jun 14, 2017 Federal arts funding renewed for upcoming fiscal year
May 12, 2017 Become a blacksmith May 20 at Matthew Edel shop in Haverhill
May 11, 2017 66 students take top honors at National History Day in Iowa contest
Apr 27, 2017 Find out why old places matter during Preserve Iowa Summit
Apr 20, 2017 Spirit Lake, Urbandale and Waterloo students win arts scholarship
Apr 17, 2017 Gov. Branstad presents Shambaugh history award
Mar 24, 2017 Museum exhibits/programs mark 100th anniversary of U.S. entry into World War I
Mar 9, 2017 Author Dan Barry to discuss Atalissa's Boys in the Bunkhouse March 30
Mar 5, 2017 Sioux City student wins state poetry championship
Feb 23, 2017 Iowa artists can submit art for Agriculture Art Exhibition
Feb 22, 2017 Drop in to the State Historical Museum during spring break
Feb 17, 2017 Meet Iowa’s newest Artist Fellows in Coralville Feb. 28
Feb 15, 2017 12 million pages of newspapers to be preserved
Jan 26, 2017 Art at the Cafe photo exhibit explores aging and family transitions
Jan 20, 2017 Art and law converge in new exhibit at State Capitol
Jan 13, 2017 Iowa's Kimball Village Site named National Historic Landmark
Jan 12, 2017 Manson student and teacher to study, eulogize D-Day soldier in Normandy
Jan 9, 2017 “The Film Lounge” premieres Feb. 12 on IPTV
Jan 6, 2017 New Iowa Arts Council’s “ArtUps” kick off this month