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Romney Hall, Public Affairs Coordinator
319-273-7615 or romney.hall@uni.edu
Facts and information about the UNI Museums
The University Museum and the Marshall Center School together form the "UNI Museums." The University Museum is a natural history museum with collections from all over the world. The Marshall Center School is an authentic one-room schoolhouse located on UNI's campus.
The UNI Museums are free and open to the public. Location/hours
The University Museum
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2005-06 Attendance: 11,475
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Permanent Exhibits: Birds; Rocks, Fossils, Minerals; Campus Memories; People of the World
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Recent Changing Exhibits: A Magic Web; In Touch With Knowledge: The Educational History of Blind People; Hold It! Natural and Cultural Containers; Dr. Seuss Wants You!
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Recent Programs: Soup's On!; Family Fun Day; Holiday Luncheon and Gift Shop Sale; Light's On, Girl and Boy Scout Badge Programs
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The University Museum began in 1892, with the collections of artifacts and specimens for faculty member's use in the classroom. Collecting began in the disciplines of geology and biology but later expanded to include history and anthropology, culminating in a collection of more than 116,000 objects today.
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The UNI Museums have been accredited by the American Association of Museums since 1975, an honor bestowed on less than 10% of the museums in America. -
The UNI Museums are also members of the Iowa Museum Association, dedicated to promoting museums within the state as leading centers for preserving, interpreting and understanding our natural and cultural heritage. -
One of only five major natural history museums within the State of Iowa, the collections cover a wide selection of natural and human history topics.
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Both permanent and changing exhibits are on display at the University Museum.
Marshall Center School
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2005-06 Attendance: 1,903
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Recent Programs: Ice Cream at the Marshall Center School; Family Weekend Open-House; An Old School House Christmas; Mark DeWalt: Amish Education in the U.S. and Canada
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Originally located five miles south of Laurens, Iowa, in Pocahontas County, the Marshall Center School was built in 1893 and used as a school until 1944.
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The schoolhouse was moved to the UNI campus to commemorate Iowa's national reputation in education and its long-standing role in producing the teachers that build that reputation.
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The schoolhouse has been restored to appear as it did in 1922.
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It was heated by a coal stove and has no indoor bathrooms.
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Seven of the students' desks are the originals.
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Additions (actual antiques) that resemble the items that were present in the Marshall Center School include a glass front bookcase, telephone, pot-belly stove, sandbox, 48-star flag, portrait of George Washington, hanging maps, globe, and dictionary.
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