Tour the decorated Jordan House and Bennett School Museums Sunday, December 4 from 1-3pm.
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.
If you would like to be considered for this amazing opportunity, please email gbrubaker@wdmhs.org or call our office at 515.225.1286
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Timeless is a pop-up exhibition featuring objects in the West Des Moines Historical Society collection in conversation with contemporary artwork by artists whose subject matter or techniques were prevalent during the time period in
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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 Foundry’s delicious libations, then take a behind-the-scenes tour of the distillery,
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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, September 11 at 2pm as Bill Sherman, one of the premier authorities on Iowa’s one-room
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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 painting, and food truck vendors. A panel discussion about the “State of Black Affairs
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