Built in 2002, the Sioux City Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center showcases permanent exhibits about the Corps of Discovery’s time in the present-day Sioux City area from late July to early September 1804. The death and burial of Sergeant Charles Floyd on August 20 is at the center of the story. Floyd was the first U.S. soldier to die west of the Mississippi River.
The expedition as a military operation comes to life in exhibits that use interactive devices, including animatronic mannequins, computers, flip books, stamping stations, text-and-graphic panels, lift-and-drop panels, hand-painted murals, a brass-rubbing station, and reproductions of military equipment.
Join us for a visit from Santa Claus! We will have lots of treats, crafts, and music to celebrate the end of our fall programming.
Join us for a visit from Santa Claus! We will have lots of treats, crafts, and music to celebrate the end of our fall programming.
How did children of Lewis and Clark’s time celebrate Christmas? We will find out through making some 19th-century gifts and treats!
How did children of Lewis and Clark’s time celebrate Christmas? We will find out through making some 19th-century gifts and treats!
On Sunday, December 3, at 2:00pm come to the Betty Strong Encounter center to experience "A Journey through the Underworld: Poems by Jeanne Emmons" The author will take you through the Greek and Roman underworld and back, a metaphor for grief over the loss of her mother. The poems explore the mother-daughter relationship, the nuances of grief, and the necessity of embracing life.
Different cultures celebrate differently in the winter months. We will learn how several cultures celebrate in the wintertime, as well as how Lewis and Clark celebrated Christmas on the trail.
Different cultures celebrate differently in the winter months. We will learn how several cultures celebrate in the wintertime, as well as how Lewis and Clark celebrated Christmas on the trail.
The Native Americans used a very important method of farming, called “the Three Sisters.” We will learn a little bit about this method and how the foods of Three Sisters farming became part of the American Thanksgiving tradition.
The Native Americans used a very important method of farming, called “the Three Sisters.” We will learn a little bit about this method and how the foods of Three Sisters farming became part of the American Thanksgiving tradition.
Join us while we host the Culinary students from Western Iowa Tech. They will teach us about some of the foods which are popular in Native American cultures. Lewis and Clark learned a lot about the diet of the Native people and we are really excited to have WITCC students teach some of those things to us.
Join us while we host the Culinary students from Western Iowa Tech. They will teach us about some of the foods which are popular in Native American cultures. Lewis and Clark learned a lot about the diet of the Native people and we are really excited to have WITCC students teach some of those things to us.
No one who signed up for Lewis and Clark’s journey had ever experienced a Midwestern winter. The Native Americans helped the explorers prepare for winter and, in some cases, saved the explorers from perishing in the winter. We will learn how Lewis and Clark’s special relationships with the Native Americans saved them in the winter months.