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Exhibitions
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Past
Exhibitions
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2/2/2008
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3/30/2008
"More Dynamite Donations" |
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An exhibition of recent additions to the collection of the Sioux City Public Museum, including needlework from the Winnebago tribe, geological and archeological finds, uniforms and equipment from the Sioux City Police and Fire Departments, Vietnam War-era clothing and gear, Lewis and Clark paintings by local artist Robert Sissel, miscellaneous Sioux City memorabilia, and Sioux City Stock Yards equipment such as whips, locks, and the fire axe kit from the Live Stock Exchange Building. |
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2/2/2008
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3/30/2008
"A Morningside Scrapbook" |
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The history of one of Sioux City’s most distinctive areas is showcased in a varied selection of photographs and a stained glass window from the Arthur Garretson Mansion. |
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12/1/2007
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1/27/2008
"Christmas Toys through the Decades: 1930-1970s" |
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A display of classic toys from the personal collection of local KSCJ radio personality Larry Fuller. |
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12/1/2007
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1/27/2008
"Quilts from Our Collection" |
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Selections from the Sioux City Public Museum’s quilt collection ranging from an 1880s “Friendship” quilt to a Hmong “story cloth” quilt made in 1997. |
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10/13/2007
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11/25/2007
"Native Illustrations by Chuck Raymond, Part II" |
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An exhibition of noted Winnebago artist Chuck Raymond’s rarely-seen artwork of Native American tribes from the Southwest and Northwest Coast. |
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8/11/2007
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11/25/2007
"Perry Creek Floods Again! " |
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A pictorial exhibit highlighting an area of Sioux City that has undergone a dramatic transformation in an effort to control the flooding that has plagued much of its history. Photographs of the 1908, 1909, and 1990 floods and the resulting damage tell the area’s story. |
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8/11/2007
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10/7/2007
"Leeds – Revisited" |
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Sioux City’s appetite for industrial and residential “elbow room” in the late 1880s manifested itself in the development of Leeds, located just outside the then-city limits. A separate town until it was annexed into Sioux City in 1890, Leeds has a unique character that is showcased in the varied collection of early photographs on display. |
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5/6/2007
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8/5/2007
"Dynamite Donations" |
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An exhibition of recent additions to the collection of the Sioux City Public Museum, including locally-made products, heirlooms from prominent families, and drawings from several famous Sioux City artists. |
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4/7/2007
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5/20/2007
"Sioux City History Projects Exhibition" |
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This annual exhibition features history projects made by 4th grade students from participating schools in Sioux City. The projects are models and posters of some of Sioux City’s historic landmarks, events and people. More than 50 projects will be on display, chosen for their quality, creativity and uniqueness from approximately 700 projects completed by Sioux City 4th graders.
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1/27/2007
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3/25/2007
"Juvenile Radio Show AD-ventures" |
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A look back at the radio show advertisements and premiums that captured the imagination of Depression-era children. Full-color comic strip ads and the collectibles they promoted are showcased in this private collection of memorabilia from the heyday of radio.
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1/6/2007
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3/25/2007
"The Riverside Story" |
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Trace the development of one of Sioux City’s oldest and most distinctive areas. Established in the late 1880s along the banks of the Big Sioux River, Riverside thrived with its railroad and brick industries as well as its entertainment and recreation venues. Historic photographs of the Diving Elk, Council Oak tree, baseball games, fairs, roller coaster, and railroad roundhouse explore the area’s unique character. |
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11/18/2006
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1/21/2007
"Roaring 20s Fashion" |
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The Roaring 20s were a time of both rip-roaring fun and complicated social change. Within this period, new fashion styles emerged and the young women leading this change were known as Flappers. The exhibition at the Museum will highlight women’s flapper dresses, hats, and accessories, as well as personal items that were coming into more common use at the time such as cigarette or cosmetic cases. Men’s clothing from the period will be on display as well.
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11/11/2006
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12/31/2006
"Amish of the Midwest" |
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A collection of 49 frames on the life of Amish in the Midwest as photographed by Don Poggensee. Images cover a 10 year time span on a book project depicting Amish life mainly in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Poggensee, 62 years old, has been shooting images since 1964. His work has been published in over 60 magazines and used in about 20 books.
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9/2/2006
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11/5/2006
"Collect Call for the Museum!" |
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A collection of switchboards, telephones, and photographs recently donated by the local chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America. |
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5/27/2006
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8/27/2006
"Worth A Thousand Words - Photographs by George Newman" |
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Worth A Thousand Words contains selected 1940-50s era photographs from long-time local newspaper photographer George Newman. Along with personal portraits and agricultural scenes, the exhibit includes celebrity photographs such as Walter Cronkite reporting from KSCJ in 1949 and Roy Rogers visiting a sick child during the polio epidemic in 1952. Personal photographs on loan from Newmans family and photographic equipment from the era are showcased in the exhibit as well. |
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4/8/2006
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5/21/2006
"Sioux City History Projects " |
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This annual exhibition features history projects made by 4th grade students from participating schools in Sioux City. The projects are models and posters of some of Sioux City’s historic landmarks, events and people. More than 60 projects will be on display, chosen for their quality, creativity and uniqueness from approximately 700 projects completed by Sioux City 4th graders. |
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1/28/2006
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4/2/2006
"Home Market for the Great Northwest " |
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This exhibition will cover the history of the meat industry in Sioux City from the establishment of the first packing house by James E. Booge in 1873, through the formation of the Union Stockyards Company in 1887 up to the closing of the Sioux City Stockyards in 2002. The exhibit will include the stockyards company itself, the packing houses, floods, related industries and events. |
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11/26/2005
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1/22/2006
"Warmth, Hope & Joy for the Holidays: Red, Green & White Quilts" |
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Warmth, Hope & Joy for the Holidays: Red, Green & White Quilts exhibit is a display of fourteen hand-made quilts featuring colors that symbolize the holiday season. The quilts showcased in the exhibition are from the Museum’s collection as well as on loan from private collectors. While a few of the quilts on display feature simple patchwork designs, most are red and green appliqué quilts. This style of quilt was popular from the 1840s to 1900 among upper class women who had the means and time to sew such labor intensive quilts. These quilts were most often made after a young woman announced her engagement or made later in life when a woman had more time to quilt. The detailed patterns, designs, and stitching were a testament to the woman’s skill, and therefore, the quilts were their ‘best’ pieces and not for everyday use. |
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11/22/2005
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11/2/2005
"Los Dias de los Muertos (Days of the Dead) " |
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10/8/2005
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11/20/2005
"Sioux Citys Music Man : Leo Kucinski" |
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8/6/2005
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9/25/2005
"The Iowa Loess Hills Exhibition at the Sioux City Public Museum" |
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Photographer Don Poggensee offers an insightful look at the beauty and wonder of the unique wind blown hills that have shaped the landscape and heritage of western Iowa. Free. |
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