News

DateHeadline
08/31/2010 IMLS Calls for 2011 Museums for America Grant Applications

Deadline: November 1, 2010

08/30/2010 New Director of Iowa Tourism
08/20/2010 Nationwide Calls for Artists and Conservators
08/19/2010 Colfax Historical Society Flood Damage
08/19/2010 Flood damaged museums 2010
08/18/2010 Iowa RockNRoll Music Association

Opening ceremony includes flag pole dedication

08/18/2010 Recent Flooding Causes Delay in Exhibition Openings & Programs at Brunnier Art Museum
08/16/2010 Take flight in the Quad City skies!
08/13/2010 A Space Odyssey: Storage Strategies for Cultural Collections

October 12-13, 2010 St. Paul, Minnesota

08/13/2010 Current Issues in Museum Management Seminar 2010

September 30 - October 1, 2010 Atlanta, Ga.

08/13/2010 Teaching the Past to Ensure a Future

November 11-13, 2010 Beaumont, Texas

08/11/2010 Scholarship Recipients Chosen for 2010 Iowa Museum Association Conference

Theme: “Celebrating Community Partnerships”

08/09/2010 CARS OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT*

FEATURED AT 2010 SALISBURY CONCOURS

08/06/2010 Christina Sorenson Exhibit at Pearson Lakes Art Center

Opening Reception: Thursday, August 26, 6-8pm

08/04/2010 Association of Midwest Museums 2010 annual conference

Museums Making Connections, in Cleveland, Ohio on October 6 -9

08/04/2010 Conservators Volunteer for Haiti Cultural Recovery Work
08/04/2010 Museums Advocacy Day 2011

Washington, DC - February 28 and March 1, 2011

08/04/2010 UI professor’s collection of 300 Yoruba twin figures featured at IMU

University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA)

08/02/2010 IMLS Conservation Project Support Grant

The application deadline is October 1, 2010.

07/30/2010 Professional Development Workshops in New York City

The Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation

07/28/2010 Lost Butler County: Vanished Towns of the Cedar Valley by Linda Betsinger McCann.

New Book Available!

07/28/2010 National Motorcycle Museum Receives Grant

Will Help Fund Gas Station Restoration Project

07/28/2010 Steve Grinna Joins Vesterheim Museum as Director of Development
07/23/2010 Iowa Arts Council welcomes 19 artists and groups to rosters

Rostered artists are eligible to work in IAC-funded projects

07/23/2010 More than $1.4 Million Awarded

IMLS Announces Recipients of 2010 Museum Grants For African American History and Culture

07/21/2010 "Annals" features story of 1890s boy murderer

SHSI publication tells story of Iowa boy murderer and his struggle for parole
1890 case happened as attitudes toward crime and punishment were changing

07/21/2010 HISTORY(tm) Announces Winners of the Library Outreach Contest
07/13/2010 Association of Midwest Museums
07/13/2010 Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation (FAIC)
07/13/2010 FREE SUMMER AT THE CRMA!

Cedar Rapids Museum of Art

07/13/2010 Gundersen Lutheran Supports Vesterheim’s Education Program
07/13/2010 New Public Art Installation at Hach Hall on ISU Campus
07/13/2010 Textile Experts Teach New Traditions at Vesterheim
07/07/2010 CRMA receives Major Grant

Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Receives
Major Grant from Henry Luce Foundation

07/07/2010 New ICCA Executive Director Named
07/05/2010 University of Iowa Museum of Art

Opens major exhibition in New York City

07/01/2010 German American Heritage Center Wins Award

American Association for State and Local History Announces 2010 Award Winners

06/23/2010 Senate Confirms New Members of IMLS Advisory Board
06/15/2010 IMLS Launches National Campaign to Promote 21st Century Skills and Community Engagement
06/15/2010 Iowa Transportation Museum Announcement
06/15/2010 Understanding the past will help National Guard assist Afghani farmers

Agricultural techniques from Living History Farms

06/15/2010 Wrestling Museums Partner

National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum and Dan Gable International Wrestling Museum Announce Historic Partnership to Increase Sport’s Visibility

06/03/2010 History, Preservation Awards Announced

SHSI announces historic preservation, community history awards
Historic preservationists, historians conclude National Historic Preservation Month

05/28/2010 John Deere to Establish Tractor History Museum in Waterloo

Opening in 2011

05/11/2010 Midwest Art Conservation Center Workshops

4 MACC Workshops at 10 Locations

04/27/2010 Iowa Nonprofit Summit, Nov. 15 & 16, 2010
04/21/2010 Minnesota Collections Storage Class

October 12 & 13, 2010

03/19/2010 Tru Vue® Optium® Conservation Grant
03/03/2010 Office of the State Archaeologist at the University of Iowa announces a new web resource

"Crops of Ancient Iowa"

10/21/2009 Preliminary Departmental Plans Released on State Budget Cuts

October 21, 2009

10/15/2009 Iowa Museum Association Conference Sites Chosen

Conference Sites Selected for 2011, 2012, 2013

10/08/2009 Governor Culver’s Statement on Balancing the State Budget

October 08, 2009

05/14/2009 2,300 historical Iowa quilts added to national Quilt Index

Iowa project is one of largest included in Web-based catalog

02/26/2009 IMA Partners on Statewide Planning Grant

CONGRESSMAN LOEBSACK ANNOUNCES GRANT TO PROTECT IOWA’S CULTURAL TREASURES