Plan Your Visit to the Museum
Thank you for your interest in visiting the African American Museum of Iowa.
The museum is open with limited hours.
We want to provide a safe visitor experience during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We evaluate our operations regularly.
Check the information on this page for:
- Changes in our policies
- Updates to our visiting hours
- Guidelines for health and safety
Museum Hours
The AAMI will be open with limited hours until further notice. Please check back on this page for any updates.
Thursday: 10 AM to 4 PM
Friday: 10 AM to 4 PM
Saturday: 10 AM to 4 PM
General Admission
Adults: $6
Seniors: $5
Students/Youth: $3.50
Children under 5: Free
Members: Free
Looking for a bite to eat before or after your visit?
The Czech Village/New Bohemia Main Street District website offers a business directory listing the many great places to eat in our neighborhood.
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$1 admission is available to SNAP benefit recipients. Museums for All admission is available by presenting your EBT card and a valid photo ID. Up to 4 discount admissions per EBT card
Visitor Health and Safety Guidelines
- Stay with your group (limit of six people per group) and practice social distancing with other visitors.
- All visitors over the age of two are required to wear a face covering. This requirement does not apply to individuals who are unable to wear a face covering due to a medical condition.
- Wash your hands often in our restrooms or use hand sanitizer.
- Do not touch your face.
- Please explore the gallery counterclockwise from the front entrance. Start to your right in our permanent exhibit, “Endless Possibilities.”
- If you have any of the following symptoms, please do not enter the museum: cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, fever, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, and/or new loss of taste or smell. If you appear to have any of these symptoms, you will be directed to leave.
- Please do not enter the museum if you have COVID-19, have been in close contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19, or are awaiting COVID-19 test results.

We’re working to keep our staff, volunteers, and visitors safe by taking the following measures:
- All team members working with the public must wear face coverings.
- Team members will wear gloves when handling payments or store merchandise. Transactions will be contactless.
- Frequently touched surfaces including hands-on interactives, touch screens, door handles, and restroom facilities are cleaned with disinfectant before, during, and after each day we are open.
- Capacity in our gallery will be limited for patron and staff safety. Current capacities will be posted at the gallery entrance.
- Some of our hands-on activities have been removed or modified. Please enjoy the rest of our exhibits at your own discretion, and thank you for your understanding.
- We have installed a plexiglass barrier at our front desk to minimize person to person contact.
We evaluate our operations regularly, and these guidelines are subject to change.