National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium

The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium is a museum located in Dubuque, Iowa, USA. The museum is a property of the Dubuque County Historical Society,[1] with two centers on the riverfront campus: the Mississippi River Center and the National River Center.[2] The museum originally opened as the Fred W. Woodward Riverboat Museum in 1982 before being expanded and re-organized into its current form.

National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium

Established	June 28, 2003
Location	Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Type	Aquarium, History, Natural history, Science
Visitors	250,000+ annually[1]
CEO	Kurt Strand
Website	www.rivermuseum.com

Museum & Aquarium

The museum is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM)[3] and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).[4]

The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium Campus

The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium is home to museum exhibits on the culture and history of America's rivers. The campus also includes over a dozen aquariums featuring wildlife representative of that found in the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico and other river systems and deltas, including giant catfish, sturgeon, ducks, frogs, turtles, rays, octopus, river otters, and more. There are also outdoor exhibits, featuring river otters, a marsh, and large artifacts, such as boats, a blacksmith shop, a stream, and raptor aviaries including bald eagle.

Permanent exhibits

William M. Black.

William Woodward Mississippi River Center

• Mississippi River Discovery Center
• Carver Wet Lab
• Historic Train Depot
• Fred W. Woodward Riverboat Museum[5]
• Steamboat William M. Black, a National Historic Landmark
• The Pfohl Boatyard[5]
• Woodward Wetland[6]

Diamond Jo National River Center

• RiverWays
• Craver Stingray Touch Tank
• Rivers to the Sea
• RiverWorks
• National Rivers Hall of Fame
• Mississippi River Plaza
• River's Edge Cafe
• 3D/4D Large-format Digital Theater

National Rivers Hall of Fame

The National Rivers Hall of Fame focuses on the lives of people who made their living on and around the rivers in the United States.[7] The Hall of Fame was created in 1985 and over 100 experts on American rivers, including conservationists, writers and historians, voted for the first inductees.[8] John P. Bickle was one of the driving forces behind the creation of the Hall of Fame which started fund-raising in 1979.[9][10] The Hall of Fame building has a 62-seat theater.[11]

Inductees

• 1986: Samuel Clemens, James Eads, Henry Shreve, Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette.[12]
• 1987: John Fitch, Robert Fulton, Merriwether Lewis, William Clark, Nicholas Roosevelt and an honorary award to Ralph Clark.[13]
• 1988: De Witt Clinton, Mary B. Greene, Zadok Cramer and George Caleb Bingham.[14]
• 1989: James Howard,[15] Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle,[16] John W. Cannon,[17] and Diamond Jo Reynolds.[18]
• 1990: John James Audubon,[19] Stephen Collins Foster,[20] Sacajawea,[21] and Thomas P. Leathers.[22]
• 1991: James Rees,[23] J.P. Doremus,[24] Constance Lindsay Skinner,[25] and Isaiah Sellers.[26]
• 1992: William Hopkins,[27] Richard Bissell,[28] Henry Rowe Schoolcraft,[29] and Black Hawk.[30]
• 1993: Frederick Way, Jr.,[31] John Wesley Powell,[32] and Daniel Smith Harris.[33]
• 1994: John A. Roebling, Washington Roebling,[34] and James Rumsey.[35]
• 1995: Mary Miller.[36]
• 1996: Stephen H. Long,[37] and Betty Blake.[38]
• 1997: E.W. Gould,[39] and Grant Marsh.[40]
• 1998: King Fisher,[41] Henry Bosse,[42] and Alexander Mackenzie.[43]
• 1999: Karl Bodmer, and Louis Armstrong.[44]
• 2000: William Peter Sprague,[45] and Charles Ellet, Jr.[46]
• 2001: Ben Lucien Burman,[47] George Catlin,[48] and Callie Leach French.[49]
• 2002: Fate Marable,[50] and Joseph LaBarge.[51]
• 2003: Zebulon Pike,[52] and Ernest E. Wagner.[53]
• 2004: Jim Bridger,[54] Orrin Ingram and the Ingram Family,[55]
• 2005: Philip Suiter,[56] and Louis C. Hunter.[57]
• 2006: William Peteresen,[58] and the Showboat Team.[59]
• 2007: Charles Ward,[60] and Abraham Lincoln.[61]
• 2008: James Burns,[62] Rene August Chouteau and Pierre Chouteau.[63]
• 2009: Blanche Douglass Leathers,[64] and David Thompson.[65]
• 2010: George Byron Merrick,[66] and Mike Fink.[67]
• 2011: William E. Merrill,[68] and Rachel Carson.[69]
• 2012: C.C. Webber,[70] and William S. Hays.[71]
• 2013: Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling,[72] and Jedediah Strong Smith.[73]
• 2014: Andrew Atkinson Humphreys,[74] and Seth Eastman.[75]
• 2015: Ulysses S. Grant,[76] and Samuel de Champlain.[77]
• 2016: John Muir,[78] and Jane Muckle Robinson.[79]
• 2017: Aldo Leopold,[80] and Minnie Mossman Hill.[81]
• 2018: Stephen Beck Hanks,[82] and Rosalie Edge.[83]

See also

• Dubuque Freight House
• Port of Dubuque

Notes

1. "National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium". encyclopediadubuque.org. Encyclopedia Dubuque. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
2. "National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium". rivermuseum.com. National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
3. "American Association of Museums". aam-us.org. AAM. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
4. "Currently Accredited Zoos and Aquariums". aza.org. AZA. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
5. "National Mississippi River Museum". mississippiriveradventures.com. Mississippi River Adventures. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
6. "NMRMA permanent exhibits". Archived from the original on October 29, 2006. Retrieved April 27, 2007.
7. Clark, Brian E. (February 14, 2014). "Plenty of reasons to visit National Mississippi River Museum". Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on May 7, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
8. "Who's Tops On River? Find Out May 3". Quad-City Times. April 24, 1986. Retrieved May 7, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Hovelson, Jack (May 3, 1986). "River Hall of Fame, Museum to Dubuque". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved May 7, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Wiley, Debora (May 16, 1988). "Dubuque Museum Honors Spirit of River Explorers". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved May 7, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Rivers Hall of Fame Opens in Dubuque". St. Cloud Times. July 17, 1988. Retrieved May 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Twain Leads Charter Group Into Rivers Hall of Fame". The Des Moines Register. May 4, 1986. Retrieved May 7, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "6 Members Inducted into Hall of Fame". The Des Moines Register. May 17, 1987. Retrieved May 7, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Hall of Fame Inducts Four for River Work". The Des Moines Register. May 1, 1988. Retrieved May 7, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "James Howard". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
16. "Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
17. "Capt. John W. Cannon". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
18. "Diamond Jo Reynolds". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
19. "John James Audubon". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
20. "Stephen Collins Foster". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
21. "Sacajawea". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
22. "Captain Thomas P. Leathers". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
23. "James Rees". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
24. "J.P. Doremus". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
25. "Constance Lindsay Skinner". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
26. "Captain Isaiah Sellers". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
27. "William Hopkins". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
28. "Richard Bissell". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
29. "Henry Rowe Schoolcraft". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
30. "Black Hawk". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
31. "Captain Frederick Way, Jr". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
32. "John Wesley Powell". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
33. "Captain Daniel Smith Harris". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
34. "John A. Roebling and Washington Roebling". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
35. "James Rumsey". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
36. Eaton, Yvonne (April 10, 1996). "Steamboat License Made Portland Woman a True Pioneer in 1884". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved May 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
37. "Stephen H. Long". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
38. "Betty Blake". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
39. "E.W. Gould". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
40. "Captain Grant Marsh". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
41. "National Rivers Hall of Fame Inducts Fisher". The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise. October 16, 1998. Retrieved May 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
42. "Henry Bosse". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
43. "Alexander Mackenzie". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
44. Rogers, Ken (June 27, 1999). "North Dakota Well Represented in Rivers Hall of Fame". The Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved May 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
45. Gantt, Marlene (August 23, 2008). "The Sprague Was 'Big Mama' of Tow Boats". The Dispatch. Retrieved May 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
46. "Charles Ellet, Jr". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
47. "Ben Lucien Burman". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
48. "George Catlin". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
49. "National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
50. "Fate Marable". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
51. "Captain Joseph LaBarge". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
52. "Zebulon M. Pike". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
53. "Captain Ernest E. Wagner". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
54. "Jim Bridger". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
55. "Orrin Ingram & the Ingram Family". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
56. Speer, Mary Louise (February 21, 2006). "Area Residents Set to Honor First Licensed Rapids Pilot On the River". Quad-City Times. Retrieved May 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
57. "Louis C. Hunter". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
58. "Dr. William Peteresen, 'Steamboat Bill'". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
59. "Showboat Team". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
60. "Charles Ward". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
61. "Abraham Lincoln". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
62. "James Burns". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
63. "Auguste & Pierre Chouteau". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
64. "Captain Blanche Douglass Leathers". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
65. "David Thompson". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
66. "George B. Merrick". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
67. "Mike Fink". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
68. "William E. Merrill". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
69. "Rachel Carson". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
70. "C.C. Webber". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
71. "Col. William S. Hays". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
72. "Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
73. "Jedediah Strong Smith". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
74. "Captain Andrew Atkinson Humphreys". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
75. "Seth Eastman". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
76. "Ulysses S. Grant". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
77. "Samuel de Champlain". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
78. "John Muir". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
79. "Jane Muckle Robinson". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
80. "Aldo Leopold". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
81. "Captain Minnie Mossman Hill". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
82. "Capt. Stephen Beck Hanks". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. 2018. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
83. "Rosalie Edge". National Rivers Hall of Fame Inductees. 2018. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium Documentary produced by Iowa Public Television