Planning a graduation party, family reunion or rehearsal dinner?
Planning a graduation party, family reunion, wedding rehearsal dinner, retirement party, anniversary party or baby shower?
Check out our new banquet hall at our Museum!
Did you know that our entire fourth floor was totally rennovated into a beautiful banquet hall space? Windows wrap around the space offering amazing views of the Mississippi River and Downtown Davenport during the day. At night, the space transforms into an elegant setting with spectacular views of downtown and the lighted Centennial bridge.
Our space holds 100 people and offers all of your audio visual needs. As an added bonus for you, when you rent our banquet hall your guests will enjoy $1 off admission to the museum during your rental time.
If you are intersted in viewing our banquet space for a possible rental, please email director@gahc.org or contact 563-322-8844.
The banquet hall is wonderful for several types of events including: Family Reunions, Wedding Rehearsal Dinner, Wedding Reception, Engagement Party, Anniversary Celebration, Birthday Party, Baptism Celebration, Charity Fundraiser, Spring Festival, Business Meeting, Networking Event, Christmas Party, Club Meeting, Social Dance, Concert, Annual Dinner, etc.
FACILITY RENTAL (GENERAL)
$225 FOR UP TO 3 HOURS (NON-MEMBER RATE)
$175 FOR UP TO 3 HOURS (MEMBER RATE)
$100 PER ADDITIONAL HOUR
(Additional charges apply for audio rental equipment, special set up, etc.)
NON-PROFIT RATE
$25 FOR UP TO 2 HOURS
$10 PER ADDITIONAL HOUR
(GENERAL RATES APPLY FOR NONPROFITS THAT WANT TO RENT THE SPACE 6 PM OR LATER)
Teacher museum orientation this July
Save the date for our teacher orientation to our museum this July. The orientation is free for teachers, and will include a museum tour, curriculum guides and lesson plans, and refreshments. For your convenience, we are repeating the orientation 6 times as follows: Tuesdays July 13, 20 and 27 from 1 - 3 p.m. or 6 - 8 p.m.
Old-fashioned Toy Section Added to our Museum Gift Shop!
We have added an Old Fashioned Toys section in our gift shop. New toys include clay marbles, marble shooter, nine-pins, kazoos, jacks, pick-up-sticks, nine-pins, graces, feather pen quills, doll kits, and looms kits!
Click here for photos of the new (old-fashioned) toys!
Stop by our gift shop and step back in time with an old-fashioned toy!
Cup and Ball Toss Toy
Wikipedia: The main goal of the game is to get the ball into the cup. While the concept is very easy, mastering the game sometimes requires many hours of practice. To play, the player holds the cup by the handle and lets the ball hang freely. The player then tosses the ball upward by jerking the arm holding the toy, attempting to catch the ball in the cup. (Wikipedia)
Hand-Rolled Clay Marbles & Marble Shooters
Wikipedia: A German glassblower invented marble scissors in 1846, a device for making marbles. One version of the game involves drawing a circle in sand, and players will take turns knocking other players’ marbles out of the circle with their own marble. This game is called ringer. (Wikipedia)
Nine-pins
Wikipedia: Nine-pins is a bowling game. European championships are held each year. Over 90,000 members are on teams in Germany, often playing in officially registered Bundeskegelbahn (federal bowling alleys) to be found in almost every sizable town.
Graces
Wikipedia: The Game of Graces was a popular leisure activity for young girls during the early 1800s. First documented during the 1830s, The Game of Graces was considered a proper game benefiting young ladies and, supposedly, tailored to make them more graceful. Graces was hardly ever played by boys, and never played by two boys at the same time, either two girls, or a boy and a girl.
Kazoos
Jacks
Pick-up-sticks
Feather pen quills
Whistles
Doll kits
Looms kits
New interactive video game in permanent exhibit
The new interactive video game lets the visitor choose a character who portrays a German immigrant of the mid-1800s. Then they answer a set of trivia questions. Clues and answers to the questions can be found throughout the exhibit. When they finish answering the questions they are rewarded with two fun video games to play that simulate activities that were played by boys and girls during the turn of the century.
The museum includes about 4,000 square feet of state-of-the-art interactive exhibits including a new trivia video game, wired antique party line phones to listen to, and the audio-visual experience, “Step into my Shoes.” The museum also includes two original restored hotel rooms, 1800s period style clothing that visitors may try on, many artifacts on display, and a mini-theater.
The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Sundays from noon – 4 p.m. Admission is as follows: Adults: $5; Seniors: $4; Children: $3 (5 - 17 years old); Family: $12; Free for children under 5; and free for museum members.
Visitors will enjoy an interactive experience as you learn about immigrants’ journey by sea, train and foot, to their final destination at the German American Heritage Center building, which was originally a very busy hotel for thousands of immigrants in the 1860s. The German American Heritage Center works to preserve and enrich the German immigrant experience and its impact on the American Culture. The museum also partners with other cultural groups to demonstrate the contributions immigrants from many countries and from varied backgrounds have made to the ethnic palette which is the United States.
For more information on all of the museum’s exhibits, programs, events, classes, and workshops visit www.gahc.org, facebook, or call 563-322-8844. he German American Heritage Center is located at the foot of Centennial Bridge at 712 West Second Street, Davenport, Iowa.
