Cedar Rapids Historic Sites & Interpretive Centres
• A WorldWeb.com Travel Guide to Historic Sites & Interpretive Centres in Cedar Rapids, IA, Iowa.
Local history comes to life in this museum with exhibits, programs and unique shopping. A specially designed time machine takes you through a real-time 3-D virtual environment of historic Cedar Rapids. The collection includes 35,000 artifacts, ranging in size from hat-pins to an electric car.
Seminole Valley Farm
Visitors to Seminole Valley Farm can look into the lives of a farm family living in the 19th Century. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Farm consists of the house, the barn, an implement shed, a toolshed, a summer kitchen, a smokehouse, a privy, a chicken house, and the Seminole Valley Farm Theater. Take the 42nd Street Exit off Interstate 380. Travel west following signs to the Historical Farmstead.
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Located in historic Czech Village, the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library is the nation's foremost institution that preserves and interprets Czech & Slovak history and culture through its exhibits, programs and collections.
Ushers Ferry Historic Village
Recreation of a small Iowa town at the turn of the 20th century before electricity and indoor plumbing. Features more than 30 buildings. Group tours available.
Brucemore
Brucemore is a National Trust Historic Site since 1981, a Queen Anne style mansion situated on a magnificent 26-acre parklike estate in the heart of Cedar Rapids. Built between 1884 and 1886, Brucemore has been home to three prominent families who used the estate as a center for culture and the arts.
Indian Creek Nature Center
The Indian Creek Nature Center is a 210-acre nature preserve and an interpretive building remodeled from an old dairy barn. The barn houses exhibits ranging from displays depicting various natural habitats, to demonstration bee hives, an observation tower, the Creekside Shop.
