The State Historical Society of Iowa’s “Iowa History 101” mobile museum is coming to Pella. The Pella Public Library is hosting the exhibit June 28th through the 30th in their parking lot.

Pella Historical Society Executive Director Valerie Van Kooten tells KNIA/KRLS News the Iowa History 101 mobile museum houses a 300-square-foot exhibition and is filled with artifacts from the State Historical Society’s collection.

Some of the local items include a battered hat from a Marion County coal miner and a 1917 prototype of the state flag designed by Dixie Cornell Gebhardt of Knoxville.

The museum will be open, free of charge, on June 28th from 4-9 p.m.; June 29th from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; and June 30th 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The 38-foot Winnebago will visit all 99 Iowa counties by the end of 2019, with stops at schools, libraries, local museums, community festivals, county fairs and other places where Iowans gather.