Join the WDMHS Board of Directors
Applications are now being accepted for the WDMHS Board of Directors. Our directors work with staff and volunteers to ensure the WDMHS continues to be a leader in providing education and preservation of our history. Board members are critical to the continuing success of everything we do to educate, inform and preserve history.
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Timeless: A pop up exhibition with Olson-Larsen Galleries
Timeless is a pop-up exhibition featuring objects in the West Des Moines Historical Society collection in conversation with contemporary artwork by a
History With A Twist!
Join us Thursday, August 18 for a fun event combing local history and cocktails at The Foundry!
Ticketholders will receive 1 drink ticket good for any of The Fou
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At one point Iowa had more than 12,000 one-room schools, teaching thousands of students from 1st-8th grade. Join us at Bennett School Museums (4001 Fuller Road) Sunday, S
West Des Moines Juneteenth Jubilee
The City of West Des Moines invites everyone to join us for our first Juneteenth Jubilee on Saturday, June 11, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Jamie Hurd Amphitheater by the City Hall pond, 4100 Mills Civic Parkway. The event is being held on June 11 so that it does not conflict with other Juneteenth events in the metro.
The Jubilee will feature performances by Billy Weathers & Hip-Hope Inc., prizes, free face p
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