Museums

The Masters Hotel is the only childhood home of the beloved author Laura Ingalls Wilder that remains on its original site.

Enjoy a personally guided tour and hear the stories of the hardships and joy the Ingalls family faced in 1876, when Laura was nine years old. The Visitors Center across the street from the museum is the restored Burr Oak Bank Building and houses the original bank vault and a gift shop. Both buildings are listed on the National Register of Historical Places.



  The Masters Hotel es la única casa de infancia de la querida autora Laura Ingalls Wilder que permanece en su sitio original.

  Disfrute de una visita guiada personalmente y escuche las historias sobre la adversidad y el júbilo que enfrentó la familia Ingalls en 1876, cuando Laura tenía nueve años. El centro de visitas ubicado frente al museo es el edificio restaurado del Burr Oak Bank y alberga la bóveda bancaria original y una tienda de regalo. Los dos edificios están incluidos en el National Register of Historical Places (Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos).

(traducción de Ella Heiks, Luther College)

Since 1975, Seed Savers Exchange has protected the biodiversity of our food system—and our planet—by preserving rare, heirloom, and open-pollinated varieties of seeds on our seed bank at Heritage Farm and encouraging gardeners and farmers worldwide to grow, harvest, and share heirloom seeds as well as recount the inspirational stories behind them.

Stories like when co-founders Kent Whealy and Diane Ott Whealy were entrusted by Diane's grandfather with two heirloom family seeds, ‘Grandpa Ott’s morning glory' and ‘German Pink’ tomato. These seeds, brought by Grandpa Ott’s parents from Bavaria when they immigrated to Iowa in the 1870s, became the first two varieties in the collection that today includes more than 20,000 plant varieties.

Seed Savers Exchange makes its home on 890 scenic acres in Winneshiek County, Iowa, at Heritage Farm. Visitors are invited to traverse wooded bluffs and valley pastures on a network of hiking trails connecting our orchards, cattle pastures, and remote gardens.


  Seed Savers Exchange cultiva, conserva y comparte semillas de jardín autóctonas. 
  Localizado a solo unos minutos al norte de Decorah, entre arroyos brillantes y cerros de piedra caliza, el campo de 890 acres de Seed Savers Exchange recibe a miles de visitantes cada año.  
  Hermosos jardines de plantas nativas, huertas históricas, y distintas razas de ganados locales limitan con el Lillian Goldman Visitor Center, construido por los Amish, conectando a los visitantes a nuestro diverso patrimonio de jardines.

(traducción de Jessica Campos Arzate, Luther College)