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Use Historical Documents in Your Classroom!

In 2008, educators from across Iowa researched topics at the Hoover Presidential Library and in the online holdings of the Library of Congress. Click here to see the lesson plans. Click here to see "Hoover and the Economy"

The Public Papers of Herbert Hoover are now available to search online.

Click here to search the papers of Herbert Hoover during his term as president.
Presidential Seal

View the film footage as seen on C-SPAN's Presidential Libraries: History Uncovered.

See video of the presidential library directors talking about their "favorite things" at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Truman Library!

Games

Hoover Wore Many Hats, an interactive game for children of all ages. Play the game.

Hoover's Cross-Country Adventure
Drive your car across the USA by answering state trivia. Have fun and learn along the way! Play the game!
(This game works best with Macromedia's Flash Player. Download the free Flash Player from Macromedia.)

"The imperative need of this nation at all times
is the leadership of Uncommon Men or Women."

— Herbert Hoover, August 10, 1954

The Hoover Library & Museum enables visitors to experience for themselves the many sides of Iowa's only president:

The permanent galleries begin with Hoover's boyhood in Iowa and continue on to the Waldorf Towers in New York where he spent the final years of his life.
The Quarton Gallery offers exciting temporary exhibits relating to American history.
In the Hoover Library people of all ages can learn about President Hoover's life and career. Using manuscripts, photographs and oral histories, one can learn the stories of our history.

Herbert Hoover Museum

The Hoover Museum sits on the grounds of the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site where visitors can tour:

Mr. Hoover's birthplace cottage
a blacksmith shop
Quaker Meeting house
the gravesite of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover

The Herbert Hoover Library Association has recently completed a new Hoover Library & Museum Orientation film hosted by Herbert Hoover's great granddaughter Margaret Hoover.

View the video, please be patient, this takes several minutes to load.

Now on Display

Iowa A - Z

Iowa A - Z
Now through November 1

This exhibit highlights the impressive features of the state of Iowa. Enjoy a review of Iowa's history, land, weather, animals, people and places of interest! Read more.

Coming Soon

Old Fashioned Independence Day
July 4, 2009

Celebrate the 4th with historical characters and the Marengo Civil War Band. Read more.

Free Admission on Wednesday Nights in July and August

Beginning July 8th admission will be free on Wednesday evenings from 5 - 8 pm.

The Vietnam Veterans Moving Wall
July 30 - August 2, 2009

A half-size replica of the Washington, DC Vietnam Veterans Memorial that has been touring the country for more than twenty years. Read more.

The Hoover Museum is an official trip stop for KCRG Channel 9 Road Trip, to be aired July 6 - July 10. Read more.

Hooverfest

August 1, 2009

Free admission, entertainment, Hooverball and fireworks. Read more.

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