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Museum of Danish America

2212 Washington St, Elk Horn, Iowa 51531 USA

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“over 35,000 artifacts”

The museum's artifact collection of over 35,000 artifacts is diverse and wide ranging. There are family heirlooms brought from Denmark, remarkable examples of needlework, tools of early immigrant tradesmen and memorabilia from Danish-American clubs and organizations. Many of the items on display are treasures which have been passed down through the generations in Danish families.

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Donna B.

This was a fantastic museum! Small but mighty. The grounds are kept so well and I loved being able to walk the prairie landscape park by Jens Jensen. There was a lot of good information inside,... Read more

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Cynthia F.

Totally worth a stop. Literally a museum in the middle of a cornfield, so our expectations were low. We could not have been more surprised by this beautiful, complete, and informative museum.... Read more

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Ruth F.

Rather an interesting little museum. There are a couple of oddball items (the tiny 6'x8' chapel a Danish churchbuilder decided to build in his yard, which is now on the grounds, for example), but... Read more

Museum of Danish America

2212 Washington St
Elk Horn, Iowa
51531 USA
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  • Sun: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Mon - Sat: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

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