Iowa’s People & Places: A Program Commemorating 175 Years of Iowa Statehood Hosted by the Davenport Public Library
Join State Curator Leo Landis as he covers 13,000 years of Iowa history to help commemorate the 175th anniversary of Iowa statehood. In this webinar on Thursday, December 16th at 6:00 pm, Leo highlights stories and artifacts from the exhibition “Iowa’s People and Places,” which opened at the State Historical Museum of Iowa in Des Moines on March 5, 2021. Registration is required to receive meeting information at: https://davenportlibrary.libcal.com/event/8219170.
Leo Landis is State Curator and Museum Curator for the State Historical Society of Iowa, where he has worked since March 2013. He began his museum career at Living History Farms in Urbandale, Iowa, worked at Conner Prairie in Fishers, Indiana, and was a curator at Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan, for eight years. He also worked as a curator and educator at Salisbury House in Des Moines, Iowa. Leo has a B.S. in history from Iowa State University (ISU), an M.A. in Historical Administration from Eastern Illinois University, and completed coursework toward a Ph.D. from ISU.
This event is FREE and open to the public. For more information visit www.davenportlibrary.com or call the library at (563) 326-7832.