Guided Museum Tour
August 30, 2025 |
11:00 am -
12:30 pm
$0-8
Enjoy our seasonal guided tours of the museum with our education coordinator. The tour is open to the public and included with regular admission.
ASL interpreter available upon request. Email requests to [email protected] by the Monday the week of the tour.
Tour begins at 11:00 am in the lobby. No RSVP required. The tour will last until approximately 12:30.
Visitors will explore our permanent exhibition, The German Immigrant Experience, along with our two rotating galleries. Click here to see what’s currently on view.
Open to all ages. We have children’s activity kits and sensory kits available at the front desk for visitors to use for free during their visit.
Join us on Sunday for Kaffee und Kuchen with David and Sarojini Johnson. We will discuss the German Expressionist prints on display and learn more about the artists themselves. Visit the galleries and hear from the Johnsons about their collection and their inspiration as artists.
Visit the Figge Art Museum to see more of the Johnson`s collection in the Lewis gallery as well!
Register Here: https://events.humanitix.com/kaffee-und-kuchen-gallery-talk-with-david-and-sarojini-johnson
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Schuetzen Park Celebration
Sunday August 2nd | 1:00 pm
FREE
�The Schuetzen Park will continue its 155th anniversary celebration of the grand opening of the Park which took place in June 1870 with a free public concert. The Deutsche Polka Band will headline the event on Sunday August 2nd. Beginning at 1:00 food and drinks will be served, and the concert will commence at 2:00. Admission to the Park is always free.
Schuetzen Park is located at 700 Waverly Road in Davenport. More information can be obtained by calling: 563-449-2358 or by email: [email protected].
Photo from Davenport Iowa History:
Schuetzen Park Club House – 1902
"The beautiful and inviting Club House at Schuetzen Park was under the care of Bruchman & Co. in 1902. August Bruchman and Fred Kuehl were lessees of the park, operating the saloon, restaurant, dancing pavilion and bowling alley. Fred Kuehl was the manager of the Turner Hall and the New Grand Opera House at Third and Scott streets, while his brother-in-law, August Bruchman, was the former head bartender at the Turner Hall. August and his wife Mary resided at Schuetzen Park."
Davenport Coliseum, 1911. Images from German American Heritage Center & Museum Collections.
Initially called the Saengerfest Halle, this building is now the Col Ballroom in Davenport, IA.
Look at those colors!
Only a few more days left to enjoy free admission in July! 🎟️
Visit the museum free of charge through July 31st. Explore the history of Davenport and the German immigrants who built our community.
Open:
Tuesday – Saturday 10 am – 4 pm
Sunday 12 – 4 pm
Closed Monday
German Lutheran Church in Geneseo, IL. 1890.
Image from German American Heritage Center and Museum Collection.
The Outing Club, 1900. Image from German American Heritage Center Collections.
Established in 1891. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977 and a contributing building of Vander Veer Park Historic District since 1985.
Though not directly part of the German American Immigrant history, The Outing Club is a pillar in Davenport`s communal history.
Stay tuned for a BIG reveal coming next week!
After 16 years on display and noticeable wear and tear to our permanent exhibition panels, we are installing new, dynamic, and exciting signage and artifacts to our timeline area on the 3rd floor. We can`t wait to see our hard work come to life in our permanent exhibition space.
The new information still explores the experiences of German immigrants to our area, but we are adding more artifacts, telling broader stories and experiences of residents in the Quad Cities during the high points in immigration history, and exploring what German immigrants arrived to in Iowa—some expected, and others not.
Thank you to Regional Development Authority for their support of this project. And thank you to our generous donors who helped us recover the lost funding after the federal budget cuts earlier this year: Cal and Jill Werner, Bob Thoreson, The Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities, and an anonymous donor. We could not have done this project on our original timeline without the support of our community.
And thank you to Edwards Creative for working with us on this project. Your designs and imagination will bring this exciting project to life!
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