Have Fun, Discover, and Explore During Quad Cities Museum Week, June 13-21, 2015!

Quad Cities - On June 13-21, more than twenty museums from across the Quad Cities region will welcome visitors for a week-long adventure of fun activities, great discoveries, and exploration.  Don't miss the first-ever Quad Cities Museum Week!  Information on participating museums and their events can be found at www.qcmuseumweek.com.

Quad Cities Museum Week is for everyone!  Enjoy this celebration of the region's museums and participate in special activities, exhibits and promotions during this fun-filled week.  Each museum features its own, unique theme, history, galleries, and exhibits.  Come and discover these wonderful gems!

Area museums also encourage you to tweet and post about your museum experiences on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.  Use hashtag #QCMUSEUMS!

What you can expect to find:

·        Underground Tunnel Tour - Deere-Wiman House

·        Emancipation and Its Legacies Exhibit - Davenport Freemont Library

·        Driving Tour - Buffalo Bill Museum, Buffalo Bill Cody Homestead, Dan Nagle Walnut Pioneer Village, Alexander Brownlie Sod House

·        Behind the Scenes Art Tours - Augustana College - Augustana Teaching Museum of Art

·        Catich Gallery Art Exhibition - St. Ambrose University

·        Buckskinners Rendezvous and House Tours - Colonel Davenport House

·        Archives & Communities' Education Display - Davenport School Museum

·        Rainforest Exhibit and Kids Yard Sale - Family Museum

·        Highlight Tour, Free Family Day, PechaKucha Night presentation, Print Sale - Figge Art Museum

·        A Look at the Book Exhibit - German American Heritage Center

·        Guided House Tours - Hauberg Center

·        History Presentations - Black Hawk State Historic Site - John Hauberg Indian Museum

·        Kids Scavenger Hunt and truck films - Iowa 80 Trucking Museum

·        Presidents of the Continental Congress manuscript exhibit - Karpeles Manuscript Museum

·        Rock Island Arsenal Exhibit, D-Day 3D Documentary, Family Science Night - Putnam Museum

·        Masonic Temple and chiropractic museum self-guided -  Palmer College of Chiropractic

·        Made in Rock Island County Exhibit - Atkinson-Peek Historical House- Rock Island County Historical Society

·        "Vietnam War" Exhibit - Rock Island Arsenal Museum

"Even if you can't make one of the special events or activities taking place, the museums are open and ready to welcome you all during Museum Week and throughout the year," says Charlotte Doehler-Morrison, VP Marketing & Communications, Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau.  "This is a great opportunity to spend time exploring our wonderful museums with families and friends."

Quad Cities Museum Week was created through collaboration between area museums and the Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau.  The event is designed to showcase the wealth of museums in the Quad Cities region and to create a greater awareness about what each museum has to offer to a variety of audiences throughout the year.