Iowa Rock ‘n Roll Museum showcases Iowa’s rockin’ roots

Music plays a big part in the Iowa Great Lakes community. From just down the street on the Preservation Plaza Stage to inside ...

National Balloon Museum reopening in time for National Balloon Classic

INDIANOLA, Iowa — The National Balloon Museum announced it will be reopening just in time for the National Balloon Classic.
Hyperallergic

An Iowa Museum Renowned for Its Pollock Emerges From a Flood With a More Inclusive Mission

Elizabeth Catlett, “Glory” (1981), caste bronze with a black patina, Stanley Museum of Art, University of Iowa (photo Sarah E. Bond/Hyperallergic) Fourteen years after the epic disaster, the campus is ...
Artnet

15 Years After a Catastrophic Flood, the University of Iowa’s Esteemed Art Museum Is Reborn With a Fresh Vision

The newly renamed Stanley Museum of Art in Iowa City aims to become an academic teaching museum for the 21st century. The new Stanley Museum of Art at the University of Iowa. Designed by BNIM. Photo: ...
Artnet

Iowa Museum Makes Historic Repatriation of Benin Bronzes

The Stanley Museum of Art is now the first U.S. institution to return works to the former Benin royal family. Court officials carrying the Benin Bronzes during the restitution ceremony. Photo by ...

What to know about America 250 events coming up in Iowa

Here's a handy weekly list of USA 250 events coming up in Iowa.
The Gazette

University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art nears finish line

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — There’s an art to opening an art museum. And 14 years after raging floodwaters forced the ...
Seattle Times

Iowa museum preserves American transportation history

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — It’s been more than 28 years since a United Airlines DC-10, flying from Denver to Chicago, crash-landed at Sioux Gateway Airport. Out of the 296 passengers and crew members on ...