History

This lifelong learning program invites you to explore how the Red Cross is evolving to meet urgent needs - hrough lifesaving blood services, rapid disaster relief, health and safety education, and building resilient communities.

The Riverside area of Sioux City provided a variety of industries and recreational opportunities for Siouxland's citizens in the past 170 years.

The Robert E. Dunker Leadership Lectures examine and discuss examples of leadership displayed in life by prominent people in America, both nationally and locally.
• Sacagawea - Explorer, Adventurer - and Mother?
• Bill Turner - TV Pioneer

The civilization of ancient Egypt, which lasted from 3,000 B.C. to 332 B.C., before being conquered by Alexander the Great, continues to enthrall us. Egyptologist Mary Vaught will explore this fascinating world in images and words.

The American Red Cross shares how global rules protect civilians and limit the impact of armed conflict.

Jazz in Sioux City, presented by the Sioux City Public Museum’s Curator of History, Matt Anderson, will feature photographs of the places where jazz music was played and the artists who played the music.

It has been almost a quarter of a century since Bill Clinton left the White House. But the changes and challenges make it seem like it was from a different time.

We will sit in on a look back at four years of an explosion of good times and great music, the years 1964 to 1967. 

In this presentation, Haley Aguirre, Archival Records Clerk from the Sioux City Public Museum, will present a collection of Sioux City firsts.

Although it may seem like violent crimes and horrific homicides have been more prevalent in recent decades and occur most often in major cities, that’s not always true.

As the 1970s were saying it was no longer just a man's world, Marcia Muller proved it - and gave the world Sharon McCone, a female private eye. While she was not the first she certainly was the first created in the mold of the male PI.