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New hours
announced. The Louisa County Heritage Center at Wapello will be closed
Dec. 1, 2010 until March 2, 2011.
When you visit Louisa County, be sure to
stop in!
The Louisa County
Heritage Center, 609
N. James L. Hodges Ave., Wapello, Iowa,
is open
1:30-4:30
p.m. Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays or by appointment.
Closed Easter, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Dec. 1, 2010 through Mar.
2, 2011. The Wapello campus
houses a Museum that features hundreds of artifacts from early residents, One-Room School, Country Church, Genealogy Library, Native American Indian
Artifacts, Grandma's Bedroom, Louisa Stage and a dining room that is available for
gatherings. Group tours can be organized. For more information, call
319-527-5247
or e-mail
LCHS@louisacomm.net
Admission is
free, however donations are appreciated and help keep the museum operating.
Our sister museum, the
Columbus Community Heritage Museum,
122
Maple St., Columbus Junction, Iowa, features artifacts from the
northwestern area of Louisa County. Its
hours are
9
a.m.-noon Saturdays and
1-4
p.m.
Sundays. |
Above painting by Twyla Gilkey
Learn
About Louisa County, Iowa |
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Our Mission
“Acquire, Record and Share the
History of Louisa County, Iowa” |
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Volunteers Needed
We welcome your photos, story ideas or
any story you would like to share and submit
for the LOUISA'S hiSTORY magazine, now in its twelfth year of
publication. There are many other opportunities to volunteer with
the Louisa County Historical Society. For more information, contact
the Museum Manager at
319-527-5247 |
Coming
to the Heritage Center!
2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17 – “What’s Old is New Again” by State Archaeologist Bryan Kendall. He will look at Archaeology in Iowa and how
modern methods are rediscovering many sites and teasing new, often dramatic, evidence from old locations.
See the 2010 program Schedule for remaining events.
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