Old Capitol Museum Hours

Admission is Free!

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Thursday, Saturday
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Closed Mondays and national holidays

Museum of Natural History hours:

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Thursday, Saturday
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Closed Mondays and national holidays

-To view the latest Pentacrest Museums newsletter The Collective, click here.

Click here to visit the new IC Old Cap Blog - find information about current events, behind-the-scenes photographs, comments from our volunteers and staff, and much more!

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Click here to view our Family Program Calendar. All programs at Old Capitol and the Museum of Natural History are free and open to the public!

Address

Old Capitol Museum
21 Old Capitol
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242

Phone: 319-335-0548

OUR MISSION:

The Old Capitol Museum seeks to educate the university, local, and national communities on the continuing significance of the humanities, as an invigorated and distinguished building that serves as a center of culture and civic discourse for the State of Iowa, through public outreach initiatives, educational programming, exhibitions, and academic scholarship.

Extended Summer Hours!

The Old Capitol Museum and the Museum of Natural History both have extended hours this summer. They are:                                                                                                                                      

Tuesday - Saturday
    10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday
    1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Closed Mondays and national holidays

The Iowa Youth Diaries Project has been expanded!

The Iowa Youth Diaries Project, located on the ground floor of Old Capitol, has recently added three 'new' diaries to its collection of young Iowan authors.  The exhibit was added to the museum in 2006 and is a collaboration with the Iowa Women's Archives of the University of Iowa Libraries, the State Historical Society of Iowa, and others.  The exhibit addition was made possible by a gift from the State Historical Society of Iowa, Inc.

 

 

WorldCanvass

 with host Joan Kjaer

 

Join host Joan Kjaer, with her guests, as she explores exciting and relevant topics that are international in scope. 

The program is produced before a live audience and taped for broadcast over UITV and KRUI. An audio version of WorldCanvass is available at the Public Radio Exchange (www.prx.org).

For more information visit:
http://accents.international.uiowa.edu/category/worldcanvass

Can't make it to the show? Tune in online from 5-7 p.m. to listen to the program live at http://international.uiowa.edu/livestream.asp

 

Piano Sundays

Featuring the University of Iowa's amazing talent in a unique and inspiring setting, Piano Sundays present the finest of students in addition to the noted School of Music Piano Area faculty.  Supported by West Music, Piano Sundays celebrates its fifth year with the 2010-2011 series.  Did you miss the last concert?  Don't worry!  Each Piano Sundays performance is recorded and aired on UITV.  Click here for the UITV program schedule!

 


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