Bus-eum

May 7, 2023 |
 10:00 am -
 6:00 pm
FREE

Come visit the touring Bus-eum!

Chat with American and German students who have worked on this collaborative project.
The Bus-eum is coming to Davenport!
The BUS-eum will be at the German American Heritage Center and Museum on Sunday, May 7th, 2023 from 10 am – 6 pm. Admission is free.
11:00 AM
Presentation and discussion with the students who worked on the exterior project.
2:00 pm
“Bootleggers in Iowa” presentation and discussion with Michael Luick-Thrams of TRACES.
From April to July 2023, some two dozen European students will crisscross the Midwest in a retrofitted school bus featuring two mobile exhibits. The non-profit, educational “BUS-eum” will bring regional history alive and engage the public in discussions, with related films, presentations, and publications. This year, an all-new exhibit focuses on environmental shifts and extremes facing all of us today: How will we deal with a changing climate, while addressing such challenges locally?
The main exhibit is inside a retrofitted school bus turned into a museum, which has toured the Midwest since 2003 with relevant but often overlooked aspects of history and culture. This mobile format has made topics accessible to audiences in a variety of settings and hundreds of communities across the region.
The new project focuses on the environmental and societal challenges of climate change, under the title “Heartland’s Future: How Might We Live Together on a Changing Planet?” It aims to expand popular awareness about possible responses to climate change by focusing on communal discourse and less on passive education.
Students from the University of Erfurt, Thuringia as well as American students and other volunteers will accompany the BUS-eum, tasked to broaden curbside discussions and offer different perspectives on known and lesser known subjects. In this way, we hope to find common ground on this often-times divisive subject by providing new insights and interactive presentations about possible, simple and cost-effective solutions.

German American Heritage Center and Museum

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Museum exploring the German immigrant experience and history of Davenport and Iowa!

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Our community open house weekend is Saturday and Sunday January 18th and 19th. Enjoy FREE ADMISSION all weekend! Explore our new updates to our permanent exhibition, and view our special exhibition spaces which rotate every few months. There is always something new to see so enjoy history, art, German traditions, and local history in our historic building. 📍 712 W 2nd Street Davenport, Iowa 52802 #freeadmission #museum #qc #qcthatswhere #history #family #quadcities #iowa #illinois #midwest

Our community open house weekend is Saturday and Sunday January 18th and 19th. Enjoy FREE ADMISSION all weekend! Explore our new updates to our permanent exhibition, and view our special exhibition spaces which rotate every few months. There is always something new to see so enjoy history, art, German traditions, and local history in our historic building.

📍 712 W 2nd Street
Davenport, Iowa 52802

#freeadmission #museum #qc #qcthatswhere #history #family #quadcities #iowa #illinois #midwest …

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Paco Erhard: 5 Step Guide to Being German, presented by German American Heritage Center and Quad Cities Cultural Trust, is coming to the Adler Theatre on Saturday, March 29th at 7:30 PM. Hard-hitting and hilarious, Paco Erhard shows you the real Germany behind the scenes. Experience hysterical dilemmas on the Autobahn, learn the truth about lederhosen, find out how the “no sense of humor” stereotype is both true and not true at all, and come to see: we Germans are not blunt or rude, we just value honestly more highly than other people’s feelings. Understand Germany better! Understand yourself better! And find out why Oma Hilda was always a bit weird. Tickets start at $28. Tickets can be purchased through the Adler Theatre Box Office or on Ticketmaster: https://www.ticketmaster.com/paco-erhard-5step-guide-to-being-davenport-iowa-03-29-2025/event/06006226A78714D6?CAMEFROM=CFC_ADLER_OTHER_GAHC_GAHC-ALL #comedy #german #standup #iowa #illinois #quadcities #museum #events #downtowndavenport #qcthatshwere #deutschland #deutsch

Paco Erhard: 5 Step Guide to Being German, presented by German American Heritage Center and Quad Cities Cultural Trust, is coming to the Adler Theatre on Saturday, March 29th at 7:30 PM.

Hard-hitting and hilarious, Paco Erhard shows you the real Germany behind the scenes. Experience hysterical dilemmas on the Autobahn, learn the truth about lederhosen, find out how the “no sense of humor” stereotype is both true and not true at all, and come to see: we Germans are not blunt or rude, we just value honestly more highly than other people’s feelings. Understand Germany better! Understand yourself better! And find out why Oma Hilda was always a bit weird.

Tickets start at $28. Tickets can be purchased through the Adler Theatre Box Office or on Ticketmaster: https://www.ticketmaster.com/paco-erhard-5step-guide-to-being-davenport-iowa-03-29-2025/event/06006226A78714D6?CAMEFROM=CFC_ADLER_OTHER_GAHC_GAHC-ALL

#comedy #german #standup #iowa #illinois #quadcities #museum #events #downtowndavenport #qcthatshwere #deutschland #deutsch …

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The Hope of Plants: Prints by Joseph Lappie is on view now until February 26th, 2025. Herbs, flowers, vegetables, roots, and the occasional creature. This series couples the intentional carved marks of 15th century wood engravings with the bold shapes and composition of early 20th century expressionist woodcuts. The result is a hand-colored contemporary portrayal of personal herbology, or the assumed language of a plant and its individual meaning to a person. Joseph Lappie is a professor and the chair of Art + Design at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. He teaches book arts, drawing, papermaking, & printmaking and serves the regional community in arts-based demonstrations. #exhibition #prints #printmaking #herbs #flowers #germany #germany #woodcut #museum #iowa #illinois #quadcities #qcthatswhere #museumfromhome

The Hope of Plants: Prints by Joseph Lappie is on view now until February 26th, 2025.

Herbs, flowers, vegetables, roots, and the occasional creature. This series couples the intentional carved marks of 15th century wood engravings with the bold shapes and composition of early 20th century expressionist woodcuts. The result is a hand-colored contemporary portrayal of personal herbology, or the assumed language of a plant and its individual meaning to a person.

Joseph Lappie is a professor and the chair of Art + Design at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. He teaches book arts, drawing, papermaking, & printmaking and serves the regional community in arts-based demonstrations.

#exhibition #prints #printmaking #herbs #flowers #germany #germany #woodcut #museum #iowa #illinois #quadcities #qcthatswhere #museumfromhome …

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🇩🇪 JUST ANNOUNCED 🇩🇪 @pacoerhard: 5 Step Guide to Being German, presented by @germanamericanheritagecenter and Quad Cities Cultural Trust, is coming to the Adler Theatre on Saturday, March 29th at 7:30 PM. Hard-hitting and hilarious, Paco Erhard shows you the real Germany behind the scenes. Experience hysterical dilemmas on the Autobahn, learn the truth about lederhosen, find out how the “no sense of humor” stereotype is both true and not true at all, and come to see: we Germans are not blunt or rude, we just value honestly more highly than other people’s feelings. Understand Germany better! Understand yourself better! And find out why Oma Hilda was always a bit weird. Tickets start at $28 and go on sale this Friday, January 10th at 10 AM (please note, there is no pre-sale for this show).

🇩🇪 JUST ANNOUNCED 🇩🇪

@pacoerhard: 5 Step Guide to Being German, presented by @germanamericanheritagecenter and Quad Cities Cultural Trust, is coming to the Adler Theatre on Saturday, March 29th at 7:30 PM. Hard-hitting and hilarious, Paco Erhard shows you the real Germany behind the scenes. Experience hysterical dilemmas on the Autobahn, learn the truth about lederhosen, find out how the “no sense of humor” stereotype is both true and not true at all, and come to see: we Germans are not blunt or rude, we just value honestly more highly than other people’s feelings. Understand Germany better! Understand yourself better! And find out why Oma Hilda was always a bit weird.

Tickets start at $28 and go on sale this Friday, January 10th at 10 AM (please note, there is no pre-sale for this show). …

Open
Our community open house weekend is Saturday and Sunday January 18th and 19th. Enjoy FREE ADMISSION all weekend! Explore our new updates to our permanent exhibition, and view our special exhibition spaces which rotate every few months. There is always something new to see so enjoy history, art, German traditions, and local history in our historic building. 📍 712 W 2nd Street Davenport, Iowa 52802 #freeadmission #museum #qc #qcthatswhere #history #family

Our community open house weekend is Saturday and Sunday January 18th and 19th. Enjoy FREE ADMISSION all weekend! Explore our new updates to our permanent exhibition, and view our special exhibition spaces which rotate every few months. There is always something new to see so enjoy history, art, German traditions, and local history in our historic building.

📍 712 W 2nd Street
Davenport, Iowa 52802

#freeadmission #museum #qc #qcthatswhere #history #family …

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Happy Hanukkah! Hanukkah, or Chanukah, is an eight-day Jewish festival celebrating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem after the Maccabean Revolt around 164 BCE. This year it falls on December 25th - January 2nd. It features the nightly lighting of the menorah, commemorating the miracle of oil that lasted eight days. The holiday includes special prayers, festive foods like latkes and sufganiyot, and games such as spinning the dreidel. Today, the Jewish community in Germany is around 118,000. It is the fourth largest in Western Europe and the eighth largest in the world. The majority of Jews who currently reside in Germany were born in the former Soviet Union (USSR). The United States has the world's second-largest Jewish population after Israel, with around 7.5 million people.

Happy Hanukkah!

Hanukkah, or Chanukah, is an eight-day Jewish festival celebrating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem after the Maccabean Revolt around 164 BCE. This year it falls on December 25th – January 2nd. It features the nightly lighting of the menorah, commemorating the miracle of oil that lasted eight days. The holiday includes special prayers, festive foods like latkes and sufganiyot, and games such as spinning the dreidel.

Today, the Jewish community in Germany is around 118,000. It is the fourth largest in Western Europe and the eighth largest in the world. The majority of Jews who currently reside in Germany were born in the former Soviet Union (USSR).

The United States has the world`s second-largest Jewish population after Israel, with around 7.5 million people. …

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Merry Christmas! Frohe Weihnachten! Wishing everyone an enjoyable and restful holiday.

Merry Christmas! Frohe Weihnachten! Wishing everyone an enjoyable and restful holiday. …

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We will be closed this week on December 23rd - January 1st for the holidays. We will be open regular hours again on January 2nd. Wishing you all a happy and restful holiday and Happy New Year!! 🎄 🎁 ❄️

We will be closed this week on December 23rd – January 1st for the holidays. We will be open regular hours again on January 2nd.

Wishing you all a happy and restful holiday and Happy New Year!! 🎄 🎁 ❄️ …

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