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Coming Events 2009

Many of these events require tickets or reservations.
Please contact us at 319-643-5301 for more information.

An Exhibit
Patterns of the Past: A Century of American Quilting
January 23 - March 21, 2010

Quilting is a distinctive American art form that combines thrift, aesthetics, utility and cooperation. This exhibit features some of the exceptional quilts of collector Nancy Pfutzenreuter.


An Exhibit
Exploring Hoover's Attic: Treasures, Keepsakes and Surprises
April 16 - October 31, 2010

An exhibit offering a rare look at souvenirs and memorabilia from a life of adventure in the twentieth century.


Civil War Remembrance Day
May 31, 2010

Period music by the Marengo Civil War Band and Civil War reenactors.


An Old Fashioned Independence Day
July 4, 2010

Special activities to celebrate the 4th of July!


Family Nights
July 14, 21, 28 and August 4, 11, 2010

Treasured Memories of the Great Humanitarian. The Hoover docents will portray neighbors and friends of Herbert and Lou Hoover telling their recollections of the Hoover's lives. One show on each of the evenings listed above at 6:30 pm.


Hooverfest
August 7, 2010

Celebration on the grounds of the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site honoring firefighters and EMTS.


A Little House Christmas
November 20 - January 2, 2011

Christmas trees decorated in the traditions of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family.

 

The Museum is open from 9-5 daily (closed only on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Days). For more information please call (319) 643-5301.

 West Branch, I-80 exit 254


Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
210 Parkside Drive
West Branch, IA 52358
319-643-5301