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Iowa Heartland History Connection, Ottumwa, IA
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Iowa Heartland History Connection

Ottumwa museum run by the Wapello County Historical Society, showing the history and cultures of southeastern Iowa.

1 Museum Drive, Ottumwa, IA 52501 · Ottumwa, IA

About Iowa Heartland History Connection

The Iowa Heartland History Connection is the museum of the Wapello County Historical Society in Ottumwa. Its collection of more than 20,000 objects covers topics from natural history and pre-Columbian Native American life to early European and American settlers, 19th-century farming and industry, Victorian America, and Midwestern life in the 1900s and 2000s. The society has worked to preserve regional heritage since 1959. The museum also offers research services, rentals of its event spaces, and a gift shop featuring Iowa history and Iowa-made goods.

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