COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Stained glass decorates a renowned artist’s former Victorian home in German Village that is on the market for $2.2 million, overlooking the pond at Schiller Park and complete with a custom wine cellar. Once owned by Theodore Von Gerichten, a German Immigrant who founded a stained glass company in the mid-1880s, […]
There will be two extra reasons for the German American Heritage Center & Museum in Davenport to celebrate this fall. Its assistant director and curator, Clare Tobin, will be honored by the Iowa Museum Association (IMA) as a 2023 Rising Star Award recipient. And the GAHC&M (at 2nd and Gaines streets) will be part of […]
The Western Illinois University Museum Studies program, together with the Figge Art Museum and the Putnam Museum, will host the 2023 Iowa Museum Association (IMA) Annual Conference, Power of Place: Celebrating our Museum Community. The conference will take place Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 2-3, with a kickoff event at the German American Heritage Center Sunday, Oct. 1.
Born into slavery in Diamond, Missouri, baby George’s parents were Mary and Giles. Their master was Moses Carver, a German immigrant. At a week old, George was kidnapped. Moses Carver
The Western Illinois University Museum Studies program, in conjunction with the Figge Art Museum and the Putnam Museum, will host the Power of Place: Celebrating our Museum Community, 2023 Iowa Museum Association (IMA) Annual Conference Oct. 2-3, with a kick off event at the German American Heritage Center Oct 1.