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.