<title>Louisa County Historical Society

The Louisa County Historical Society
Welcomes You

Our museums are now open regular hours year round.
When you visit Louisa County, be sure to stop in!

   The Louisa County Heritage Center  is open 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays or by appointment. Closed Easter, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Dec. 25 though Jan. 1 and occasionally during inclement weather. The main campus, located at 609 N. James L. Hodges Ave., Wapello, Iowa, houses a Museum, 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 at 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

Our Mission
Acquire, Record and Share the History of Louisa County, Iowa

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 12th 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!
The next program
is 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 13 - General Membership Meeting
& Soup Supper. Program: “About the Irish” with John Carpenter

See complete program schedule

LCHS has received permission from the State Historical Society of Iowa to print some stories from 1958-era Palimpsest magazines regarding the early American Indians who lived in this area. Here is the first one!

We also have permission to reprint a story from the Feb. 13, 2009 Burlington daily newspaper, The Hawk Eye, about a recent archeological dig dubbed Oak Village located near Oakville.

NOTE: Hours have been cut at the State Historical Library & Archives Reading Rooms in Des Moines and Iowa City. The Reading Rooms, located at the State Historical Building, 600 E. Locust St., Des Moines, and at the Centennial Building, 402 Iowa Ave., Iowa City, will be open to the public 12:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday, Monday and official state holidays. The new hours went into effect Dec. 8, 2009.

Genealogy Seminar slated in Burlington April 10 Speaker: George  G. Morgan. Cost: $10. Register by April 2.

Can You Help?
Charter Members

Correction

More About Us

Board of Directors
Cemeteries
Charter Members
Columbus Community Heritage Center
For Sale at the Heritage Center
Famous People
Genealogy Committee
Hoover Museum & Library
Hoover National Historic Site
IAGenWeb-Louisa County
Iowa Genealogical Society
Iowa Museum Association
Iowa Pathways
Join LCHS
Local Histories
Louisa Center Church
Louisa County Heritage Center
LOUISA'S hiSTORY Index
LOUISA'S hiSTORY Magazine
Museum Manager
National Archives
National Register of Historic Places
Naturally Louisa
Obituaries
Pleasant View School
State Historical Society of Iowa

This Website will continue to grow. Watch for additional information about the Society and the history of Louisa County.

Please Sign our Guestbook!
 Thank you fore being visitor No.  Acai Berry  at this site.

If you would like to receive occasional e-mail updates about the museum, send your e-mail address to the Museum Manager (above)
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