Experience What We Have to Offer! 

SUMMER HOURS:                                                          SEPTEMBER HOURS:  

   Open May 27th through Labor Day                  Open Labor Day and Saturdays

     Hours:  Monday thru Saturday, 10a-4pm          in September 10-4

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OPEN YEAR ROUND by appointment        PLAN AT LEAST TWO HOURS

 Call 515-602-6000 to set up your                        to view the entire museum

   appointment time, any size group!                       Last admission 2:00 pm

 

CLOSED:  New Year's Day, July 4,                      

Thanksgiving Day, December 25 (Christmas)    

and Sundays.                                                        

 

ADMISSION*:

  $12- Adults

  $6 Children 5-13

   Free- Children Under 5

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*includes the main building, the Heartland Museum Big Red Shed, the Outdoor Learning Center (little red shed), plus the 4-H Schoolhouse Museum!  Guided tours available upon request, please request in advance.

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                          (2022 Billboard that was on Interstate 35, just north of Ames)​

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TOUR GROUPS:  Other ag tours in the area include Hagie/John Deere Manufacturing, 

where they make sprayers and other farm equipment, and Bayer Crop Science, producer of crop protection products.   

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SCHOOLS:  Call us to arrange a field trip day during the year.  We offer hands-on learning

Schools may apply for a grant to pay for the field trip! 

See https://simpson.edu/academics/beyond-classroom/centers-services/iowa-history-center

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Wheelchairs available.