712-297-8139 [email protected]

Lower Level

Our “Town Square”!

FEATURES OF THE LOWER LEVEL

Dentist office

Two doctors offices with artifacts

A beauty shop / barber shop

Optometrists  office

The House of Sweets

A general store

Elaborately decorated doll house

Community tribute cases

Railway history

Operating model trains

Our lower level, or “Town Square” as we call it is set up to give you a taste of businesses from the past in Calhoun County.

Perhaps you don’t care to go to the dentist or doctor. Well, after checking out the equipment in our historical Dentist and Doctor’s offices, you may decide that it isn’t so bad after all!

We also have a beauty shop area, optometrist, and sweet shop display.

Think shopping at your local grocery is fun? Take a look at our replica mercantile store and imagine getting your various parcels wrapped in brown paper and string! Reusable shopping bags didn’t just start a few years ago!

We also have a nice display of various tools in the hall at this level.

In 2024 a major renovation began in the train room. A new train layout will feature the rail systems that built Calhoun County. You can take a peek!

ELABORATE DOLLHOUSE

DOC SOUDER OFFICE

BEAUTY SHOP

TOWN SQUARE VIEW

DENTIST DRILL

MERCHANTILE STORE

OPTOMETRIST EQUIPMENT

TOWN SQUARE VIEW

TRAIN ROOM #1

TRAIN ROOM #2

ROCKWELL CITY DEPOT MURAL

Phone

(712) 297-8139

VISIT

Museum is open Sundays 1:30 – 4 P.M. from first Sunday in May, through last Sunday in September, or to set up an individual appointment, call 515-570-8991

Calhoun County Museum

Address

150 High Street
Rockwell City, Iowa 50579