"The imperative need of this nation at all times
is the leadership of Uncommon Men or Women."

— Herbert Hoover, August 10, 1954

The Hoover Library & Museum enables visitors to experience for themselves the many sides of Iowa's only president:

• The permanent galleries begin with Hoover's boyhood in Iowa and continue on to the Waldorf Towers in New York where he spent the final years of his life.
  
  
• The Quarton Gallery offers exciting temporary exhibits relating to American history.
  
  
• In the Hoover Library people of all ages can learn about President Hoover's life and career. Using manuscripts, photographs and oral histories, one can learn the stories of our history.
  

The Hoover Museum sits on the grounds of the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site where visitors can tour:

• Mr. Hoover's birthplace cottage
• a blacksmith shop
• Quaker Meeting house
• the gravesite of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover

January 13, 2007
2:00 PM
Free demonstration on the art and technology of holography in the Herbert Hoover auditorium. Call 319-643-5301 for more information.

Hoover's Cross-Country Adventure
Drive your car across the USA by answering state trivia. Have fun and learn along the way!   Play the game!
(This game works best with Macromedia's Flash Player. Download the free Flash Player from Macromedia.)

History in a New Light:
The Art of the Hologram
January 13 - March 24, 2007

Technology offers a way to draw the historical object and image in three dimensions.