The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History, founded in 1858, is a museum on the University of Iowa campus at Iowa City, Iowa. The museum is known for its extensive collection of birds, mammals, and Native American artifacts.
Major research collections include the Kallam Collection of prehistoric stone tools, the Talbot and Jones Bird Collections, the Frank Russell Collection of Inuit and Native Arctic artifacts, and a large collection from the Philippines from the 1904 World's Fair.The museum houses several galleries and exhibits. Iowa Hall covers 500 million years of Iowa's geological, cultural, and ecological histor
Operating as usual
Tuesday | 10am - 5pm |
Wednesday | 10am - 5pm |
Thursday | 10am - 8pm |
Friday | 10am - 5pm |
Saturday | 10am - 5pm |
Sunday | 1pm - 5pm |
Plum Grove was the home of Iowa’s first Territorial Governor, Robert Lucas and his wife Friendly. The seven-room Greek Revival home constructed in 1844 was originally part of the Lucas family’s 360 acre farm just southeast of Iowa City.
Admission is always free!
The University of Iowa Pentacrest Museum is the overarching organization maintaining the Old Capitol Museum and the UI Museum of Natural History
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