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Permanent
Exhibits @
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Sioux City Public Museum
Peirce
Mansion Library (First Floor)
The library was originally
used as a gentleman’s parlor,
but was extensively renovated in 1927 when the wood paneling
was added. A large drawing of the first owner of the home,
John Peirce, is featured in the room. Furnishings reflect
the Victorian style popular in the late 1800s.
Featured artifact Black Forest Cuckoo
Clock made in Germany in the 1860s.
 Pioneer
Hall (First Floor)
Located on the first floor, the Pioneer Hall features a
“hands-on” log cabin that children may enter. Children are
welcome to handle the reproduction artifacts and “play” in
order to learn more about pioneer life. Display cases also
exhibit a variety of farming, tools and ranching implements.
Featured artifact
Mounted
Bison Head reputed to have been left in Sioux City
by Buffalo Bill Cody
Natural
History Exhibits (Second Floor)
On the second
floor you will find specimens from the wide array of fauna
that
 lives in the prairie and plains region, including an
eagle, owl, bobcat, reptiles, fish, prairie dogs, and other
types of animals.
Featured artifact The
bobcat, named for its short tail, is a medium-sized member
of the cat family with distinctive spots and a ruff of fur
edging the sides of the face.
From
River Town to Boom Town (Second Floor)
From River
Town to Boom Town covers the history of Sioux City from
1868 to 1893, the period when
 John Peirce made and lost his
fortune. The city’s massive expansion with booming commerce
and the glorious Corn Palaces was cut short by the Crash of
1893.
Featured artifact Street Car Fare Box
A
New Century…A New Beginning (Second Floor)
A New
Century…A New Beginning tells the story of Sioux City
following the crash through the 1920s.
Among the artifacts
featured are clothing and china from the family of Governor William Harding and a baseball signed by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
Featured artifact This
baseball was signed by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig when they
played at the Stockyards Ballpark in 1927.
Native
American Hall (Third Floor)
The Sioux City
Public Museum has one of the largest and most complete
collections of Indian artifacts, articles of clothing and
ritual in this area. Renovated in 1999, the Native American
Hall places special emphasis on the Plains and Woodland
tribes of this area. Examples of the early use of quillwork
and the later use of beads for ornamentation are on display,
as well as a large variety of stone and bone tools.
Featured artifact Beaded
Winnebago
(Ho Chunk) moccasins, made by Mrs. Frank Beaver.
If you have any
suggestions regarding exhibitions or subjects you'd like to
see at the Sioux City Public Museum, please
e-mail us.
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