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Burr Oak
Chimney Rock School House Art Gallery
2353 260th St.
319-735-5971
10-5 Tue.-Fri., 1-5 Sat.-Sun., May 15-Oct. 15.
Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum
3603 236th Ave.
319-735-5916
May 1-Sep. 30; 10-4 weekends in May; 9-5 daily, weekdays by appointment;
Memorial Day-Labor Day; 10-4 until Sep. 30
Calmar
Calmer, Ridgeway, Cresco.
Prairie Farmer Recreational Trail.
18-miles recreational trail for bicycling, hiking, jogging.
Parts open for snowmobiling. Public area, no user fee.
Clermont
Montauk
Hwy. 18 north of Clermont
319-423-7173
Noon-4 daily, May-Oct.
Decorah
The Farm Park at Decorah
730 College Dr.
319-382-5947
11-6 Tue.-Sun., May-Oct.
Nor-Ski
Hwy. 52 N.
319-382-2321 or 319-382-4158
7&endash;9 p.m. Tue. and Thu., 11&endash;5 weekends.
Porter House Museum
401 W. Broadway St.
319-382-8465
1-5 daily, Memorial Day-Labor Day; 1-5 weekends, Labor Day-Memorial Day; or by appointment.
Seed Savers Exchange/Heritage Farm
3076 N. Winn Rd.
319-382-5990
9-5 daily, May-Sep.
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum
502 W. Water St.
319-382-9681
9-5 daily, May-Oct.; 10-4 daily, Nov.-Apr.
Dundee
Red Barn Model Railroad Museum
Rte. W. 69, one mile north of Dundee
319-924-2482
1-5 Fri.-Mon., Memorial Day-Columbus Day, or by appointment.
Comments: Operating and fixed displays of Lionel, American Flyer and Marx toy trains and trolleys, dating from early 1900s. HO railroad featuring steam and diesel locomotives from famous American railroads. Full-size railroad items on display.
Elkader
Welcome Center
The Osborne Center
Hwy. 13 and River Bluffs Scenic Byway
319-245-1516
8-4:30 Mon.-Fri., 8:30-4:30 Sat.-Sun.
Carter House Museum
Corner of Bridge and High streets
319-278-1708 or 319-245-2770
2-4 weekends and holidays, or by appointment, May-Sep.
Motor Mill Historic Site
Five miles SE of Elkader on the Turkey River
319-245-1516
8-4:30 Mon.-Fri., 8:30-4:30 Sat.-Sun.
Fort Atkinson
Fort Atkinson Preserve
Three blocks north of Hwy. 24
319-425-4161
Noon-5 Sat.-Sun., Memorial Day-Labor Day.
Lake Meyer Park
Camping. Fishing. Nature Center.
Hiking. Cross-country Skiing.
Picnicking. Public Park.
Garnavillo
Garnavillo Historical Museum
Washington and Centre streets
319-964-2191
1-5 Sat.-Sun., Memorial Day-Labor Day; or by appointment.
Guttenberg
Lockmaster's House Heritage Museum
Lock and Dam Lane
319-252-1261
Noon-4 Tue.-Sun., Memorial Day through mid-Oct.
Old Brewery, Art Gallery, Beer and Wine Room
402 S. Bluff St.
319-252-2094
10-6 daily, May-Dec.; or by appointment or reservation.
Independence
Amish Community
NW Buchanan County (Hazelton, Fairbank, Independence, Jesup)
319-334-7178 or 319-334-2416
Year-round.
Wapsipinicon Mill
First St. W.
319-334-6619
Kendallville
Camping. Canoe Access to scenic Upper Iowa River.
Public Park.
Lansing
Backwater Cruises
Front and Main
319-544-4989
May 10-Oct. 20, weekends, hours vary; group charters by appointment.
Mississippi River Tours
P. O. Box 399
Lansing, Iowa 52151
319-538-4159
Lime Springs
Lidtke Mill Historical Site
Mill St.
319-566-2827
1-4 Thu.-Sun., Memorial Day-Labor Day.
Manchester
Manchester State Trout Hatchery
4 miles SE of Manchester
319-927-3276
Non guided tours: sunrise to sunset, every day. Guided tours: 8-4 every day. Open year-round.
Marquette
Effigy Mounds National Monument
151 Hwy. 76, three miles north of Marquette
319-873-3491
8-5 daily, year-round.
Miss Marquette Riverboat Casino Resort
100 Antimonopoly
319-873-3531 or 800-4-YOU-BET
Open 24 hours a day, year-round.
McGregor
River Bluffs Scenic Byway (East End)
Rediscover leisure along the River Bluffs Scenic Byway, and allow for unexpected
diversions on a drive through a hilly region of Iowa. This roller-coaster route dip
through hamlets and small towns, each with its own personality. Follow signs
from McGregor to and through St. Olaf, Gunder, Clermont, West Union, Fayette,
Wadena, Volga and Elkader.
Spook Cave & Campground
13299 Spook Cave Rd.
319-873-2144
9-4 May, Sep., Oct.; 9-6 June-Aug.
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Along the Mississippi River corridor
507-452-4232
Monona
Froelich Historic Site
5 miles east of Monona, off Hwys. 18/52
319-536-2841 or 319-536-2285
11-5 daily, except Wed., Memorial Day-Oct.; or by appointment.
Scenic View Ranch
409 Old 16 Rd.
319-535-7549
Daily, any hour with previous notice, year-round.
Nashua
Little Brown Church
2730 Cheyenne Ave.
515-435-2027
7 a.m. until dusk.
Old Bradford Pioneer Village
2729 Cheyenne Ave.
515-435-2567
9-5 Mon.-Sat., noon-5 Sun., May 1-Oct. 31.
Oelwein
Fontana Interpretive Nature Center
1883 125th St.
319-636-2617
8-noon Mon.-Fri., afternoons by appointment; 1-5 Sat-Sun.; year-round.
Hub City Heritage Railway Museum
26 Second Ave.
319-283-1176 or 319-283-1271
1-4 weekends and holidays, May-Labor Day.
Oelwein Area Historical Society Museum
800 block of Second Ave. SE
319-283-4698 or 319-283-5543
1-4 Sun., or by appointment, June-Sep.
Quasqueton
Cedar Rock
2615 Quasqueton Diagonal Blvd.
319-934-3572
11-5 daily, May-Oct.
Spillville
Billy Clocks Museum/Antonin Dvorak Exhibit
Main St.
319-562-3569
10-4 Apr.; 8:30-5 May-Oct.; 10-4 weekends, Mar. and Nov.; or by appointment.
Strawberry Point
Wilder Memorial Museum
123 W. Mission St.
319-933-4615
10-5 daily, Memorial Day-Labor Day; weekends in May, Sep. and Oct.; or by appointment.
Waterloo Metro Area - (includes Cedar Falls, Evansdale, Hudson, La Porte City)
Bluedorn Science Imaginarium
322 Washington St.
Waterloo
319-233-8708
1-4:30 Tue.-Fri., 10-4:30 Sat., Sep.-May; 10-4:30 Tue.-Sat., 1-4:30 Sun., June-Aug.
Cedar Valley Arboretum
Prairie View Park
Waterloo
(319) 232-3397
George Wyth House and Viking Pump Museum
303 Franklin St.
Cedar Falls
319-277-8817
2-4 Sun., or by appointment, Apr.-Dec.
Grout Museum of History and Science
503 South St.
Waterloo
319-234-6357
1-4:30 Tue.-Fri., 10-4:30 Sat., Sep.-May; 10-4:30 Tue.-Sat., June-Aug.
Hartman Reserve Nature Center
657 Reserve Dr.
Cedar Falls
319-277-2187
8-4:30 Mon.-Fri., 1-5 Sun., Sep.-May; 8-4:30 Mon.-Fri., June-Aug. Closed holidays.
Ice House Museum
First and Clay streets
319-266-5149
Cedar Falls
2-4:30 Wed., Sat., Sun., May 1-Oct. 31. Also open Fri., June-Aug.; Memorial Day,
July 4 and Labor Day.
Rensselaer Russell House Museum
520 W. Third St.
Waterloo
319-233-0262
1-4:30 Tue.-Sat., Apr.-May and Sep.-Oct.; 10-4:30 Tue.-Fri., 1-4:30 Sat., June-Aug. Weekends in Dec.
University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art/University Museum
UNI campus, Hudson Road
Cedar Falls
319-273-2077 or 319-273-2188
Gallery: daily, year-round. Museum: weekdays, year-round; Sun., Sep.-May.
Victorian Home & Carriage House Museum
308 W. Third
Cedar Falls
319-266-5149
2-4 Wed.-Sun., or by appointment, year-round.
Waterloo Museum of Art
225 Commercial St.
Waterloo
319-291-4491
10-9 Mon., 10-5 Tue.-Fri., 1-4 weekends.
Comments: As well as the Art Museum, it also houses the Hope Martin Theatre - home for the Waterloo Community Playhouse, the Black Hawk Children's Theatre, the Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Chorale and music, dance, theatre and art studios, workshops and rehearsal spaces.
Waverly
The Waverly House
Bremer County Historical Society Museum
422 W. Bremer Ave.
319-352-2738
1:30-4 Mon.-Sat.; 2-4 Sun.
West Union
Fayette County Historical Center
100 N. Walnut on Courthouse Square
319-422-5797
10-4 weekdays, May-Oct.; 10-3 weekdays, Nov.-Apr.; or by appointment.
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