History* Museum of Amana History, comprised of three 19th
century buildings. The Noe House, built in 1864, was originally a communal
kitchen and later a doctor's residence. Exhibits in the Noe house trace the
history and development of Amana, depict a church interior and display varied
crafts and industries of the Inspirationists. The Schoolhouse was built in 1870. It contains the
Christmas Room, Kinderschule, toys, dolls, handwork, carpet weaving and a
communal Amana school display. The original washhouse/woodshed, an integral part of
communal Amana, houses wine-making and gardening displays. Admission charged. * Mini Americana Barn Museum, in the scale of one
inch to the foot, Henry Moore has built a unique world with dozens of buildings
of historic interest. Major themes include his Amana reproductions, pioneer
Iowa farmsteads, small town Americana, Abraham Lincoln's village of New Salem,
Ill., a California logging camp of the 1890s, an Indian village, The Little
Brown Church and a Louisiana sugar plantation of the 1840s. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
April through October, weather permitting. Admission charged. * Community Church Museum, Hosts guide visitors
through the 1865 Amana Community Church building, explaining Amana's religious
heritage, practices and beliefs. Open May 1-Oct. 31. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Monday-Saturday; noon-5 p.m. Sunday. * Woolen Mill: Iowa's only operating woolen mill, with looms in
operation Monday-Friday. View mill historical display. Open daily year-round. * Communal Kitchen and Coopershop Museum. Built in 1863, the communal kitchen is the only
intact communal kitchen remaining in the Amana Colonies, preserved as it was
when closed in 1932, The coopershop next door interprets the craft of
barrel-making in communal Amana. |
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