Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Herbert Hoover Library Association
| Use More Historical Documents in Your Classroom! |
In 2009, educators from across Iowa once again researched topics at the Hoover Presidential Library and in the online holdings of the Library of Congress. Click here to see the 2009 lesson plans. Click here to see the 2008 lesson plans.
| The Public Papers of Herbert Hoover are now available to search online. |
Click here to search the papers of Herbert Hoover during his term as president.
View the film footage as seen on C-SPAN's Presidential Libraries: History Uncovered.
See video of the presidential library directors talking about their "favorite things" at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Truman Library!
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Hoover Wore Many Hats, an interactive game for children of all ages. Play the game. |
Hoover's Cross-Country Adventure
Drive your car across the USA by answering state trivia. Have fun and learn along the way! Play the game!
(This game works best with Macromedia's Flash Player. Download the free Flash Player from Macromedia.)
is the leadership of Uncommon Men or Women."
The Hoover Library & Museum enables visitors to experience for themselves the many sides of Iowa's only president:
- The permanent galleries begin with Hoover's boyhood in Iowa and continue on to the Waldorf Towers in New York where he spent the final years of his life.
- The Quarton Gallery offers exciting temporary exhibits relating to American history.
- In the Hoover Library people of all ages can learn about President Hoover's life and career. Using manuscripts, photographs and oral histories, one can learn the stories of our history.
The Hoover Museum sits on the grounds of the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site where visitors can tour:
- Mr. Hoover's birthplace cottage
- a blacksmith shop
- Quaker Meeting house
- the gravesite of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover
The Herbert Hoover Library Association has recently completed a new Hoover Library & Museum Orientation film hosted by Herbert Hoover's great granddaughter Margaret Hoover.
View the video, please be patient, this takes several minutes to load.
Coming Soon |
Holidays with the Hoovers
November 21 - January 3, 2010
20 decorated Christmas trees based on the life and travels of Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover. Read more.
Christmas Past Weekend
Dec. 4 - 6, 2009
An old fashioned holiday celebration, for more details click here.