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Sioux City Lewis and Clark Interpretive CenterSioux City Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center

Siouxland’s riverfront gathering place

Sioux City’s highest-rated attraction of its kind on Yelp

The Center’s

Assets

We use our unique, top-shelf assets to deploy a broad range of culturally enriching programming. And we’re working hard to diversify our programming options.

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People

Our North Star

The Center’s staff welcomes every person who sets foot on our campus and seeks to provide them with a rich cultural experience.

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Support

The Center is a private, nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that is not funded by tax dollars. We rely on grants and donations entirely to fund our operations.

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Our History

Missouri River Historical Development, Inc. built the Sioux City Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in 2002 to commemorate the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial.

The Center expanded in late 2007 with the opening of the adjoining Betty Strong Encounter Center to fulfill a permanent mission of commemorating a history of encounters before, during and after the expedition.

Joined by a long indoor pathway called the Crossroads, the two facilities comprise 20,000 square feet of office, exhibit and programming space.

Our Mission

The Center explores the stories of how we live together as diverse people; and how we care for our land, our great river, and the other natural resources we have inherited.

In its ongoing journey, the Center aims to create a home for dialogue that fosters understanding and peace among people who were in this area before Lewis and Clark, those who came after, and those who continue to make their home in this region.

Informally, we also seek to provide our community with a welcoming place of learning, exploration and entertainment with a broad range of programming offerings to improve Siouxland’s quality of life.

Help Us Achieve Our Mission

Our biggest supporters

Missouri River Historical Development (MRHD) built the Center in 2002, and has sustained our operations ever since with a generous annual grant and ongoing guidance.

Grantors

Granting entities play an important role in allowing the Center to expand and diversify our programming. Center staff has recently redoubled efforts to earn grants through a variety of sources with a goal of becoming more self-sustaining over time.

Association Members

Our Association Members are an important source of funding for the Center, and we appreciate their loyal support.

Businesses and individual donors

Siouxland’s business community has proven to be generous in their support for the Center, and though we don’t charge admission, our guests make sure our donation boxes are never empty.

900 Larsen Park Road
Sioux City, IA 51103
Exit 149 off I-29
712-224-5242

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  • Home
  • What We Offer
    • Adults/Families
    • Businesses
    • Nonprofits/Service Orgs
    • Schools/Tour Groups
    • Youth
  • The Center
    • Auxiliary Sites
    • Exhibits
    • Spaces/Purposes
    • Staff
  • Events/Classes
  • Support Us
    • Become a Member
    • Give
    • Share Your Talents
    • Sponsor
    • Volunteer
  • 2025 Summer Series
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