The AAMI is proud to announce that we have received funding through the Creating Safe, Equitable and Thriving Communities fund via the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation to bring Humanize My Hoodie to the Museum for a special one-day exhibit on May 21. Humanize My Hoodie is a project of Born Leaders United, a fashion brand founded […]
Our newest exhibit, Mapping Exclusion: Redlining in Iowa opens to the public on Friday, September 10. The AAMI is open to the public Thursday through Saturday, 10am to 4pm. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, and $3.50 for students. AAMI members and children under 5 are always free. Redlining is the systematic denial […]
Our newest exhibit, Mapping Exclusion: Redlining in Iowa opens to the public on Friday, September 10. The AAMI is open to the public Thursday through Saturday, 10am to 4pm. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, and $3.50 for students. AAMI members and children under 5 are always free. Redlining is the systematic denial […]
Follow Iowa’s Underground Railroad routes and read stories about the safe houses, communities, and brave individuals who took their lives in their hands on a journey to freedom.
Join the AAMI for a special tour of our temporary exhibit, Mapping Exclusion: Redlining in Iowa! This free, staff-led tour will take visitors through this popular exhibit. Mapping Exclusion explores the history of redlining in Iowa. Redlining is the systematic denial of various services by federal and local government agencies and the private sector to […]
Experience the AAMI traveling exhibit Unconditional Loyalty at the Ft. Des Moines Museum and Education Center. Learn about African American military heroes and heroines from the Revolutionary War to today. Topics include Iowa’s 60th U.S. Colored Troops from the Civil War, the Buffalo Soldiers, women in the military, World War I training camps in Iowa, […]
Experience the AAMI traveling exhibit Unconditional Loyalty at the Ft. Des Moines Museum and Education Center. Learn about African American military heroes and heroines from the Revolutionary War to today. Topics include Iowa’s 60th U.S. Colored Troops from the Civil War, the Buffalo Soldiers, women in the military, World War I training camps in Iowa, […]
