Ankeny Area Historical Society
301 SW 3rd.
Ankeny, IA 50021
Web Site:
www.ankenyhistorical.org
Email:
history@ankenyhistorical.org
Region:
Central
County:
Polk
Phone:
(515) 965-5795
Fax:
(515) 964-4982
Admission:
No admission fee. Free will donations welcome.
Hours:
1st Sunday of the month from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. April through November. All other tours may be paid by appointment.
Features:
Two museums full of artifacts representing Ankeny,Alleman, Bondurant, Carney, Elkhart, Enterprise, Polk City and Sheldahl. Artifacts are housed in an 1905 Farm House and a replica barn. Both buildings are handicapped accessible.

Tour our 1905 house and see what a house of that era would be like.  Also in our house you will find a our military display, along with a library full of information of the area.

In our barn, you will find displays on farming, mining, Ankeny's growth, a country school, country kitchen, Ankeny schools, and the Ordnance Plant, which played a major role in WWII.