Living History Farms
Working Farm · Urbandale, Iowa
A five-hundred-acre open-air museum in Urbandale, opened in 1970, that runs three working farms from different centuries side by side — a 1700 Ioway farm, an 1850 pioneer farm and a 1900 horse-powered farm — plus the 1875 town of Walnut Hill with its general store, schoolhouse, bank and law office. Interpreters work the land with the tools and methods of their period, so the comparison between the three is the exhibit. Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass on the site in October 1979 before an audience of around 340,000.
111th Street, Urbandale, Iowa, 50323, United States
⚠ STRONGLY SEASONAL — the farms are worked to the agricultural calendar and operate roughly from late spring through October, with the site closed or on a limited special-event programme only outside that. CONFIRM CURRENT OPENING ON livinghistoryfarms.org BEFORE TRAVELLING. A single adult admission of roughly $15-$20 covers the three farms, the 1875 town of Walnut Hill and the shuttle between them, with reductions for children and seniors and free entry for members. ⚠ SPECIAL EVENTS AND THE AUTUMN AND CHRISTMAS PROGRAMMES ARE OFTEN TICKETED SEPARATELY at a different rate — check which kind of day you are buying into. Free parking. The site is 500 acres with real distances; the shuttle is not optional for most visitors.
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