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Animals

Featuring select animals on display or available through outreach programming
gar fish swimming
alligator gar
Alligator Gar
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Alligator Snapping Turtle
American Alligator
American Alligator
American Kestrel
American Kestrel
Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle
Barn Owl
Barn Owl
black crowned night heron
Black-Crowned Night Heron
blue catfish
Blue Catfish
brook trout
Brook Trout
Cownose Ray
Cownose Ray
river cooter
Easter River Cooter
Eastern Box Turtle
Eastern Box Turtle
eastern massasauga rattlesnake
Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
Giant Pacific Octopus
Giant Pacific Octopus
golden eye duck
Goldeneye Ducks
North American River Otter
North American River Otter
Paddlefish
Paddlefish
Red-Eared Slider
Red-Eared Slider
red-tailed hawk
Red-Tailed Hawk
Sturgeon
Sturgeon
wood ducks
Wood Ducks
Wyoming Toad
Wyoming Toad
yellow garden eel
Yellow Garden Eel

The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium

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350 East 3rd Street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001

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  • 563-557-9545
  • 800-226-3369

info@rivermuseum.org

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Tidepool Touch Tank Now Open

Get up close and personal at our Tidepool Touch Tank and touch Sea Stars, Sea Anemones, and more!

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Inspire Stewardship

Donations to the River Museum support conservation efforts and expand educational opportunities.

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Toad-ally in love!

The Wyoming Toad was once a critically endangered species-at one point, there were only seven toads in the wild. Since 2008, the River Museum has helped breed and release 50,000 Wyoming toad tadpoles back to Wyoming.

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How many objects are in our collection?

The Dubuque County Historical Society has 26,000 artifacts, but that number changes often through new donations and deaccessions.

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So many ways to learn

From on-site adventures to outreach programs that rock, the River Museum provides a wide variety of fun historic, cultural, and STEM-related programs for youth.

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Guess What

The River Museum opened in 2003, and is the flagship entity of the Dubuque County Historical Society which was founded in 1950.

Conservation

Take action through advocacy, research and engagement

We are doing our part to save species, preserve and restore the Mississippi River and its watershed, and promote environmental sustainability.

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Membership

Free admission, reciprocal perks, and exclusive benefits!

Learn how your membership inspires stewardship of our rivers and history for individuals and families from around the world.

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Buy Tickets

Every admission ticket is actually a two-day pass!

Part museum, part aquarium, part science center—it’s the total package for family fun!

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Support

Together, more is possible.

Every donation supports mission-driven educational experiences, conservation efforts, and historic preservation.

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