HistoricalBuilding.Rental@iowa.gov - for State Historical Building rental information
Sarah.Macht@iowa.gov - to schedule group visits
State of Iowa Historical Building (Des Moines)
600 East Locust
Des Moines, Iowa, 50319
515-281-5111
State Historical Museum
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday
Noon-4:30 p.m. Sunday
Closed Monday and official state holidays
The Iowa Museum Store
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday
Closed Sunday, Monday and official state holidays
Café Baratta’s
8 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday-Friday
11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday and Monday
Closed Sunday and official state holidays
State Historical Museum Library & Archives
The hours of reference & retrieval are:
Tuesday through Friday - 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday - 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Closed Sunday, Monday and official state holidays and on any Saturday which precedes a Monday or follows a Friday holiday.
Archives, photograph, and manuscript collections are closed Saturdays, unless arrangements are made in advance. Arrangements can be made to use archival material on Saturdays by requesting the needed material from an archives staff member prior to noon on the preceding Friday.
State Historical Society of Iowa (Iowa City)
402 Iowa Avenue
Iowa City
Iowa, 52240-1806
319-335-3916
The hours of reference & retrieval are:
Tuesday through Friday - 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday - 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Closed Sunday, Monday and official state holidays and on any Saturday which precedes a Monday or follows a Friday holiday.
The archives, photograph, and manuscript collections are closed Saturdays, unless arrangements are made in advance. Arrangements can be made to use archival material on Saturdays by requesting the needed material from an archives staff member prior to noon on the preceding Friday.