Upcoming events
- "With Much Love" a presentation by JCHS Curator Leigh Ann Randak, Thursday February 11, 1:00 at the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Citizen Center
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with three historic Johnson County couples. Get a glimpse of their lives and relationships from letters to their beloved. Johnson County Historical Society Curator Leigh Ann Randak will read excerpts from letters Sam Hess wrote from the California Gold Fields to his future wife in Iowa City; Jane Kirkwood wrote from their Iowa City home to her husband while he was serving as Secretary of the Interior; and John Coldren wrote to Phila Clark during their time of courtship in Iowa City in the early 1900s.
For more information on what's going on at JCHS, call (319) 351-5738 or email questions@johnsoncountyhistory.org
Be sure to check out our calendar under News & Events!
Museum hours
Johnson County Historical Society Museum
860 Quarry Road, Coralville, IA 52241
Monday: Closed
Tuesday-Saturday: 10 a.m - 5 p.m.
Sunday: Noon- 5 p.m.
Admission* :
$5 per visitor
JCHS members: Free
Under 12: Free
* This price includes admission to the Antique Car Museum of Iowa
To schedule a group tour (self-guided or with a guide) please call (319) 351-5738
plum grove historic home
1030 Carroll Street, Iowa City, IA 52240
Memorial Day-Labor Day: Wednesday-Sunday 1 p.m.-5p.m.
Labor Day - October 31: Saturday - Sunday 1p.m.-5p.m.
1876 Coralville schoolhouse
310 5th Street, Coralville, IA 52241
Open by appointment only. Please call (319) 351-5738 to schedule a tour.
1855 johnson county poor farm & asylum
Corner of Melrose and Slothower Ave. (just west of Hwy. 218), Iowa City, IA
Open by appointment only. Please call (319) 351-5738 to schedule a tour.
Flood 2008:
Contact Information
860 Quarry Road
PO Box 5081
Coralville, Iowa 52241-5081
OFFICE (319) 351-5738
questions@johnsoncountyhistory.org






