#1 of 9 Things To Do in Anamosa
National Motorcycle Museum
200 E Main St Anamosa IA - 319-462-3925
~0.07 miles from Anamosa city center
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The National Motorcycle Museum located at 200 East Main Street in Anamosa, Iowa is a non-profit museum, founded in 1989 by motorcycle builders, racers, and riders. Its purpose to maintain the experience of bikes past and present as well as motorcycle memorabilia, documents and actual vintage bikes from as far back as 1903. It was named Iowa Tourism Attraction of the Year in 2001.
The museum contains a huge collection of motorcycles over the past 100 years as well as thousands of photos, postcards and posters. The bikes come from all over the world; there are American, Japanese, British and other European motorcycles on display.
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#2 of 9 Things To Do in Anamosa
Mount Mercy College
1330 Elmhurst Dr Ne Cedar Rapids IA - 319-363-8213
~20.30 miles from Anamosa city center
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Mount Mercy College is a four-year, co-educational Catholic liberal arts college located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The school was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1928.
Intellectual development and strong career preparation are the twin anchors of academic life at Mount Mercy College, a 79 year-old Catholic four-year co-educational college founded by the Sisters of Mercy. Students take a core of liberal arts courses providing a comprehensive foundation for many specific areas of study including: English, fine arts, history, mathematics, multicultural studies, natural science, philosophy, religious studies, social science and speech/drama. The college offers over 34 majors in both liberal arts and professional programs.
Mount Mercy College's 40 acre campus is located in a tree-lined residential neighborhood in the heart of Cedar Rapids, Iowa (population 120,000).
Mount Mercy College was founded as a two-year college for women in 1928 by the Sisters of Mercy of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Sisters of Mercy, whose order was founded in 1831 by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, have been active in Cedar Rapids since 1878. The college was an outgrowth of their concerns about the education of women.
In 1957, the College became a four-year institution and awarded its first bachelor’s degree in 1959. The college received accreditation as a baccalaureate institution by the North Central Association in 1960. In 1968 the Sisters of Mercy transferred their legal authority and responsibility to a self-perpetuating independent board of which three members would always be Sisters of Mercy. Mount Mercy College became coeducational in 1969. While integrating a strong liberal arts component, the college has always emphasized professional development from its early involvement, as a junior college, on business courses and teacher education. The departments of nursing, education and social work were accredited in the 1960s and 1970s as the four-year programs developed. Begun in 1997, the ADVANCE program, a joint Mount Mercy College/Kirkwood Community College accelerated degree completion program for working adults meets an important community workforce development need. The college continues under the spiritual and intellectual auspices of the Sisters of Mercy, whose commitment is to "serve human needs where they exist."
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#3 of 9 Things To Do in Anamosa
Coe College
1220 1st Ave Ne # 1 Cedar Rapids IA - 319-399-8000
~20.86 miles from Anamosa city center
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With more than 40 majors that cover a range of fields, you're sure to find your interests. We award the following degrees: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Music (B.M.), and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.); a Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) may also be earned.
Liberal Arts
A foundation in the liberal arts provides Coe students with a well-rounded education. Students have the opportunity to experience a variety of subjects outside their program of study.
Faculty
Your classes will be taught by our involved and committed faculty, 91 percent of whom hold the highest degree in their field. This means your classes will be taught by experienced professionals who have in-depth knowledge of their subjects—not teaching assistants.
Off-Campus Opportunities
Your education at Coe won't just happen in the classroom—you'll have numerous opportunities to engage in off-campus study such as: the Coe Wilderness Field Station in the Boundary Waters of northern Minnesota; study abroad in countries such as Germany, Spain, Costa Rica, and Japan; participate in Coe's New York Term, where you can experience the life of an artist firsthand. The opportunities are endless.
Rankings
Coe is one of the finest liberal arts colleges in the U.S., and is listed in college guidebooks such as The Princeton Review's "366 Best Colleges" and "Peterson's Guide to Selective Colleges." Barron's "300 Best Buys in College Education" ranks Coe as "Very Competitive."
http://www.coe.edu
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#4 of 9 Things To Do in Anamosa
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
410 3rd Ave Se Cedar Rapids IA - 319-366-7503
~21.41 miles from Anamosa city center
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The mission of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art is to excite, engage, and educate our community and visitors through our collection, exhibitions, and programs.
Inspired by the extraordinary art gathered together at the World’s Colombian Exposition in Chicago, community leaders from Cedar Rapids formed an art club in 1895. Ten years later, when they were offered a specially designed gallery in the new Carnegie Library, the club incorporated as the Cedar Rapids Art Association and began exhibiting art in a gallery in the newly built Carnegie Library. The first painting was acquired for the collection in 1906. Local artists were often important members, helping arrange exhibitions, lectures, and special events. Among the most active members in the early 1920s were artists Grant Wood and his close friend Marvin Cone. Receiving Federal support from 1930 to 1935, the Association also ran the highly regarded Little Gallery, directed by Ed Rowan, who later helped run the Public Works of Art Project.
In the early 1960s, the Art Association acquired and renovated a building for itself in a nearby downtown location—the Torch Press Building—providing 16,000 square feet of space on four floors. The Association renamed itself the Cedar Rapids Art Center and hired its first professional director since Rowan’s Depression-era tenure. In 1981, the Art Center earned accreditation by the American Association of Museums.
The Cedar Rapids Public Library moved to a new building in the mid 1980s, vacating the Carnegie building where the Art Association was first established. The City of Cedar Rapids offered the original Carnegie building and some adjacent land to the Art Center. A successful campaign raised $10 million for the renovation of the Carnegie building and the construction of a 42,000 square foot addition designed by Charles W. Moore (1925-1993) and Centerbrook Architects. The new Cedar Rapids Museum of Art was formally opened with John Carter Brown (then Director of the National Gallery of Art) cutting the ribbon in December 1989. The CRMA remains an AAM accredited museum to this day.
In 2002, the CRMA was given the building that houses the original studio of Grant Wood. Located just three blocks from the Museum, the loft studio, known by its fictitious address of 5 Turner Alley, was designed and constructed by Wood, who lived and worked there between 1924 and 1935. It was here that he painted American Gothic (1930)—now part of the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago—and many of his most famous paintings. The Grant Wood Studio is open to the public for guided tours several days per week.
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#5 of 9 Things To Do in Anamosa
National Czech and Slovak Museum
30 16th Ave Sw Cedar Rapids IA - 319-362-8500
~21.58 miles from Anamosa city center
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The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA, was originally established in 1974 but was not added to the Congressional Record until July 2, 1992. The announcement was made by Senator Chuck Grassley and construction of the new 60,000 sqft building began in 1996. President Bill Clinton, Václav Havel of the Czech Republic and Michal Kovác of the Slovak Republic presided over the current building's dedication. The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library is the United States’ foremost institution interpreting Czech and Slovak history and culture.
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#6 of 9 Things To Do in Anamosa
Cedar Rapids Area Convention
119 First Avenue SE Cedar Rapids IA - 319-398-5009
~21.60 miles from Anamosa city center
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The Cedar Rapids Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (CRACVB) works hard to promote the incredible variety of events and opportunities the area has to offer. Unfortunately, their previous website wasn’t working nearly as hard as they were. They came to Metro Studios looking for a website that was as vibrant as Cedar Rapids itself.
We provided the CRACVB with an eye-catching design and an easy-to-use database that showcases the area’s attractions, restaurants, and hotels. Finally, our copywriter rewrote the site, providing fun, fresh content.
http://www.cedar-rapids.com
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#7 of 9 Things To Do in Anamosa
Science Station
427 First Street SE Cedar Rapids IA - 319-363-IMAX
~21.61 miles from Anamosa city center
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The Science Station in Cedar Rapids is housed in a renovated 1917 fire station. Over 130 hands-on exhibits feature light, sound, optical illusion and electricity.
Hobbies & Activities category: Science, technology attraction or museum
http://www.sciencestation.org
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#8 of 9 Things To Do in Anamosa
Rosebud Gallery and Gardens
4241 Johnson Ave Nw Cedar Rapids IA - 319-261-1801
~24.55 miles from Anamosa city center
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#9 of 9 Things To Do in Anamosa
Field of Dreams
Dubuque IA
~29.44 miles from Anamosa city center
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The Field of Dreams is a baseball field and pop-culture tourist attraction built originally for the movie of the same name. It is in Dubuque County, Iowa, near Dyersville.
The studio built the baseball diamond on two farms, a few miles outside Dyersville. When production completed, the baseball diamond created for the movie was left behind. Most of the baseball field, including the diamond and the adjacent house, was on one farm owned by the Lansing family, but the left and center field were on an adjacent property owned by the Ameskamp family. The field was built on the two properties because the producers wanted the field in a location where sunset shots would be uninhibited.
After filming was completed, the Lansing family kept their portion of the field intact, and added a small hut where visitors could buy souvenirs. The Ameskamp family returned their land to farming for a year, but then restored the remainder of the field and opened up their own souvenir stand. The two owners had operated separate tourist facilities, and had also been at odds regarding commercialization of the site.
Keith Rahe, a neighboring farmer, put together a baseball team dubbed the "Ghost Players" to entertain the visitors at the field. The team's presence at the field on Sunday afternoons once a month attracted thousands of additional fans to the field. Unfortunately, the Lansings failed to support the Ghost Players and prohibited them from using their half of the field for their, "Greatest Show on Dirt." In 1991 and 1992 the Upper Deck Company sponsored a celebrity game at the Field. Executive Producer Tony Loiacono, who later received the key to the city, brought Hall of Famers like Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson and Bob Feller to take on Hollywood Stars like Kelsey Grammar and Meatloaf in a charity game. The two games raised over $100,000 for local charities.
In August 2007, Rita Ameskamp sold the land containing her portion of the baseball field to Don and Becky Lansing - the owners of the remainder of the field. As a result the movie site is now entirely owned by the Lansing family. In 2009, the Lansings canceled the 20 year Field of Dreams celebration because of the economy. They donated $5,000 to the local food pantry instead.
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