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This list of museums in Iowa is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Website. www .blankparkzoo .com. Blank Park Zoo is a 49-acre zoological park on the south side of Des Moines, Iowa, United States, near historic Fort Des Moines. [ 3 ] The zoo is a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), and is the only accredited zoo in Iowa.
The Science Center of Iowa is a science museum located in Des Moines, Iowa . The museum opened in 1970 in Greenwood-Ashworth Park and was called the Des Moines Center of Science and Industry. [1] It was renamed the Science Center of Iowa in 1985. [1] It moved to its current location in 2005. [1]
FIPS code. 19-21000. GNIS feature ID. 465961. Website. www .dmgov .org. Des Moines ( / dəˈmɔɪn / ⓘ də-MOYN) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the county seat of Polk County with parts extending into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, which was shortened to ...
The Floppy Show is an American children's television series starring Duane Ellett, broadcast on NBC affiliate WHO-TV in Des Moines, Iowa from 1957 to 1987. Ellett created Floppy in early 1957 to help teach people how to take care of their pets on the TV show Pet Corner, before moving on to their own show.
Living History Farms is a 500-acre open-air museum located in Urbandale, Iowa, United States. The museum's mission is to educate visitors and demonstrate the past 300 years of Iowa's agricultural history. As its name implies, the museum follows the methodology of living history in depicting the lives of people living on farms in the years of ...
The new meal sites in Des Moines are two of 27 locations across Iowa's capital city. Meals are free for children ages 18 and younger and are served from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. from June 3 to Aug. 16.
The park contains many design nods inspired by Disneyland. [citation needed] The entrance has a train station with two tunnels (on the left- and right-hand side) leading into the Main Street area, just like at Disneyland or Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom (and also similar to many other parks built since Disneyland opened in 1955); over in Outlaw Gulch, there are several tombstones that have ...