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Free or discounted entry for members of Time Travelers.

Living History Farms

Ages 3–12
11121 Hickman Rd, Urbandale, IA 50322, USA
Photo: Dennis Bratland, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

About this place

An outdoor history museum on 500 acres in Urbandale where families walk through three centuries of farming life in Iowa and the Midwest. Visitors move at their own pace through different time periods: an Indigenous Ioway settlement from 1700, a pioneer farm from 1850 with crops like corn and wheat, an 1876 frontier town with shops and homes along a main street, and an 1900 farm where draft horses work the fields. Staff and interpreters demonstrate seasonal farm tasks and crafts throughout the year. The museum also runs school programs, family events, harvest celebrations and day camps.

If you are a member here

A membership to Living History Farms carries reciprocal admission, so the same card is worth free or discounted entry at other places in this program.

Reciprocal programs are built for travel and most exclude places close to the one where you hold your membership, so this is worth the most when you are away from home. How reciprocal memberships work

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