National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium

National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
Established June 28, 2003
Location Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Type Aquarium, History,
Natural history, Science
Visitors 250,000+ annually[1]
CEO Kurt Strand
Website www.rivermuseum.com
Museum & Aquarium

The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium is a museum located in Dubuque, Iowa, USA. The museum is a property of the Dubuque County Historical Society,[1] with two centers on the riverfront campus: the Mississippi River Center and the National River Center.[2]

The museum is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM)[3] and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).[4]

The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium Campus

The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium is home to museum exhibits on the culture and history of America's rivers. The campus also includes over a dozen aquariums featuring wildlife representative of that found in the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico and other river systems and deltas, including giant catfish, sturgeon, ducks, frogs, turtles, rays, octopus, river otters, and more. There are also outdoor exhibits, featuring river otters, a marsh, and large artifacts, such as boats, a blacksmith shop, a stream, and raptor aviaries including bald eagle.

Permanent exhibits

William M. Black.

William Woodward Mississippi River Center

Diamond Jo National River Center

  • RiverWays
  • Craver Stingray Touch Tank
  • Rivers to the Sea
  • RiverWorks
  • National Rivers Hall of Fame
  • Mississippi River Plaza
  • River's Edge Cafe
  • 3D/4D Large-format Digital Theater

National Rivers Hall of Fame

The National Rivers Hall of Fame focuses on the lives of people who made their living on and around the rivers in the United States.[7] The Hall of Fame was created in 1985 and over 100 experts on American rivers, including conservationists, writers and historians, voted for the first inductees.[8] John P. Bickle was one of the driving forces behind the creation of the Hall of Fame which started fund-raising in 1979.[9][10] The Hall of Fame building has a 62-seat theater.[11]

Inductees

See also

Notes

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  3. ↑ "American Association of Museums". aam-us.org. AAM. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Currently Accredited Zoos and Aquariums". aza.org. AZA. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
  5. 1 2 "National Mississippi River Museum". mississippiriveradventures.com. Mississippi River Adventures. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
  6. ↑ "NMRMA permanent exhibits". Archived from the original on October 29, 2006. Retrieved April 27, 2007.
  7. ↑ Clark, Brian E. (14 February 2014). "Plenty of reasons to visit National Mississippi River Museum". Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  8. ↑ "Who's Tops On River? Find Out May 3". Quad-City Times. 24 April 1986. Retrieved 2018-05-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Hovelson, Jack (3 May 1986). "River Hall of Fame, Museum to Dubuque". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2018-05-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Wiley, Debora (16 May 1988). "Dubuque Museum Honors Spirit of River Explorers". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2018-05-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Rivers Hall of Fame Opens in Dubuque". St. Cloud Times. 17 July 1988. Retrieved 2018-05-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Twain Leads Charter Group Into Rivers Hall of Fame". The Des Moines Register. 4 May 1986. Retrieved 2018-05-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "6 Members Inducted into Hall of Fame". The Des Moines Register. 17 May 1987. Retrieved 2018-05-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Hall of Fame Inducts Four for River Work". The Des Moines Register. 1 May 1988. Retrieved 2018-05-07 – via Newspapers.com.
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  41. ↑ "National Rivers Hall of Fame Inducts Fisher". The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise. 16 October 1998. Retrieved 2018-05-08 – via Newspapers.com.
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  52. ↑ "Zebulon M. Pike". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  53. ↑ "Captain Ernest E. Wagner". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  54. ↑ "Jim Bridger". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  55. ↑ "Orrin Ingram & the Ingram Family". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
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  58. ↑ "Dr. William Peteresen, 'Steamboat Bill'". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  59. ↑ "Showboat Team". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
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  61. ↑ "Abraham Lincoln". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
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  63. ↑ "Auguste & Pierre Chouteau". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
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  72. ↑ "Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  73. ↑ "Jedediah Strong Smith". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
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  75. ↑ "Seth Eastman". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  76. ↑ "Ulysses S. Grant". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
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