Cedar Rapids Museums
• A WorldWeb.com Travel Guide to Museums 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.
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.
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
The Cedar Rapids Museum features traditional and contemporary paintings, prints, photography and sculpture, including works by Grant Wood, Marvin Cone and Mauricio Lasansky.
African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa
The African American Museum preserves and teaches African and African-American history through exhibits, programming and research opportunities related to African-American history in the United States, with special emphasis on Iowa.
Iowa Masonic Library
The Iowa Masonic Library is reputed to be the largest in the world, and is at least one of the top five, with more than 100,000 volumes. Both Masonic and general books included. Open to general public.
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.
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.
