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Downtown Live music series returns with the launch of summer First Fridays
(Sioux City Journal) - Downtown Sioux City will be teeming with live music, a variety of food options, pop-up shops and family-friendly activities as Downtown Partners launches First Fridays, a new monthly event series, on Friday.
Mural showcasing music legends on display at the Sioux City Museum
(KTIV) - Visitors will have the opportunity to see music legends up close at the Sioux City Public Museum.
The Sioux City Public Museum is celebrating the history of recorded music with a new music exhibit, called “Uncle John’s Celling Mural,” by Paul Chelstad.
Sioux City Public Museum invites public to enjoy summer programs
(KCAU) — The Sioux City Public Museum is hosting a cluster of events throughout this summer.
Newly found ‘ghost sign’ tells historians about Sioux City’s past
(KCAU) – History is everywhere in downtown Sioux City, and sometimes all you have to do is look up.
Check out the interview with the Museum’s own Tom Munson, and make sure Historic Preservation Week 2025 is on your calendar!
34th annual 4th graders’ history exhibit at Sioux City Public Museum
(KTIV) - Models and posters depicting local historic landmarks, people, and events are on display at the Sioux City Public Museum.
Honoring Black History: Ghosts of the softball field
(KCAU) — Sioux City’s own, “Sioux City Ghosts” softball team entertained crowds from Iowa to the west coast, Canada and Mexico from 1925 to 1956. They were dubbed the “Harlem Globetrotters” of softball.
What's The Frequency: Meet the men who made the South Dakota finds that comprise the Dinosaurs of Hell Creek exhibit in Siouxland
Siouxland Public Media - The Dinosaurs of Hell Creek exhibit has just begun a six-month run at the Sioux City Public Museum.
Dinosaurs of Hell Creek came to fruition as the work of two local dinosaur hunters, Darren Maurer and Brian Buckmeier, over many years.
Sioux City Public Museum unveils new dinosaur exhibit
(KTIV) - The Museum has announced it’s latest exhibit that promises to be a “roaring” good time for the whole family. The exhibition titled “Dinosaurs of the Hell Creek” will showcase a collection of dinosaur fossils excavated by Sioux City paleontologists Brian Buckmeier and Darren Maurer.
NAACP hosts ‘Mentors, Mothers and Movers’ to kick off Black History Month in Sioux City
(KTIV) - The NAACP of Sioux City hosted ‘Mentors, Mothers, and Movers’- An event celebrating African American women in the community Saturday afternoon at the Sioux City Public Museum.
Uncovering the influential legacy of Black women in Sioux City
(Sioux City Journal) - "With February being Black History Month, I wanted to spotlight the role that Black women have had in Sioux City.” - Jim Tillman
The free, open to the public presentation will also include a discussion with a panel of Black Siouxland women that will be moderated by Briar Cliff University (BCU) Social Work Professor Margarite Hardnett Reinert.
Hunting the past: Sioux Cityans to exhibit rare 'Hell Creek' dinosaur fossils at public museum
(Sioux City Journal) - Tail and femur bones of the ostrich-like Struthiomimus, a frill from a Triceratops and the complete upper skull of a new dragonesque-dinosaur species are among the rare fossils visitors to the Sioux City Public Museum will see in the upcoming exhibit "Dinosaurs of the Hell Creek."
Sioux City Museum celebrates the Lunar New Year
(KCAU) – This is the first time the Sioux City Museum has celebrated the Lunar New Year. The day involved a focus on the dragon, the color red, and making red lanterns.
Sioux City Public Museum to host Lunar New Year celebration
(KCAU) — The Sioux City Public Museum will be ringing in the Lunar New Year with a celebration on January 18, 2025.
Sioux City Public Museum holding discussion on historical impact of Black women
(KCAU) — This Black History Month, the Sioux City Public Museum is holding a discussion and educational program on the impact that Black women have had in the community.
Preserving Sioux City’s Peirce Mansion: Meet the volunteers behind the renovations
(KTIV) - Preserving Peirce Mansion is no small task, and over the last decade, a group of men have taken on the role of “construction crew.”
Grow Siouxland - Darren Maurer
(KSCJ: Grow Siouxland) - Darren Maurer, amateur paleontologist, promoting “Dinosaur’s of the Hell Creek” fossil exhibit on display February 1, 2025 to August 3, 2025 at the Sioux City Public Museum.
Five questions with Sioux City Public Museum's Tom Munson
Sioux City Journal - Munson, the Sioux City Public Museum's archives manager, has been with the museum since 1997, when he became a volunteer with the museum, at the time still housed at the Peirce Mansion.
Pierce Mansion hosting Holiday Open House
(KCAU) — Sioux City’s Victorian-era mansion will be open to the public with refreshments, festive entertainment, and a visit from Santa Claus on December 8 from 1 to 4 p.m., featuring a musical performance by harpist Mary Watts.
Sioux City Public Museum displaying ‘Iconic Views of Sioux City’
(KCAU) — The Iconic Views of Sioux City: 1886-1962 exhibit is now being displayed in the Sioux City Public Museum.
Downtown Partners and IBEW Local 231 prep for biggest Holiday Lighted Parade ever
Sioux City Journal - This year's parade route will start at 6:15 p.m. Nov. 25 on Iowa Street, following Fourth Street down to Nebraska Street, where Santa Claus the holiday tree in front of the Sioux City Public Museum, 607 Fourth St.