Sioux City Public Museum / What’s Happening / Exhibitions
Walking in Antarctica is an immersive, interdisciplinary exhibition bringing together photography, sculpture, and audio narrative to take the viewer on a journey through an extraordinary environment of remote places that the tourist ships do not reach and few people get to witness in person.
The Sioux City Public Museum presents Toys & Quilts, an inviting exploration of the warm, handcrafted traditions that have shaped childhood and community for generations.
This fan-favorite exhibit features 100+ stunning specimens including rocks, minerals, meteorites, petrified wood, fossils, and more.
A retrospective of the prominent Winnebago artist's works is showcased along with a selection of Native American artifacts from the Museum’s collection.
The 34th annual exhibit showcases models and posters of local historic landmarks, people, and events created by 100 local fourth-grade students.
The 33rd annual exhibit showcases models and posters of local historic landmarks, people, and events created by 86 local fourth-grade students.
The 32nd annual exhibit showcases models and posters of local historic landmarks, people, and events created by 96 local fourth-grade students.
Powerful images taken by a Sioux City soldier during the liberation of a WWII concentration camp.
An in-depth look at featured artifacts from the Sioux City Public Museum's exhibit, "The Women’s Suffrage Campaign in Sioux City" presented by Matt Anderson, Curator of History.
Dia de los Muertos altars are an important tradition celebrated by Mexican people throughout the world. Altars created by Morningside University students, Irving Elementary School families, Unity In Action, and friends of the Museum are on display.
Discover Sioux City’s pivotal role in telecommunications history—from launching one of Iowa’s first telephone exchanges in 1880 to becoming a regional hub for over a century. Historic photos, iconic telephone designs, and original equipment bring this story to life.
Shutter and Sound: The Jazz Photography of Bob Willoughby will feature the dynamic jazz scene of the 1950s, a time—in the words of Dave Brubeck—“of youth, exuberance, hope, and change.”
The Sioux City Public Museum proudly presents its latest exhibit showcasing Uncle John’s Ceiling Mural, by Paul Chelstad. Experience all 22 panels of the full mural up close, removed from its original ceiling setting and displayed in the Museum’s gallery.
Models and posters of local historic landmarks, people, and events created by fourth-grade students are showcased in the 34th annual Sioux City History Projects exhibit.
Dinosaurs of the Hell Creek will feature an array of dinosaur fossils excavated from the Hell Creek Formation by amateur Sioux City paleontologists Brian Buckmeier and Darren Maurer.
Iconic Views of Sioux City: 1886-1962 features 23 large format photographs of Sioux City scenes.
Dia de los Muertos altars are an important tradition celebrated by Mexican people throughout the world. Altars created by Morningside University students, Irving Elementary School families and friends of the Museum are on display.
Exploring the fashion and goods of three Iowa department store giants of yesteryear.
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