Living History Farms

500-Acre Open-Air Iowa Heritage Site

Living History Farms is a 500-acre outdoor museum in Urbandale showing 350 years of Midwest agriculture - working farms from 1700, 1850, and 1900 plus a frontier town. Reassigned to Des Moines metro hub.

Day Camps and Historic Skills Classes

Programs include:
- Summer Day Camp
- K-12 school field trips
- Barnyard Readers program
- Historic Skills Classes (blacksmithing, gardening)
- Scout, 4-H, and daycare group reservations

What's Included

• Tractor cart access between farm sites
• Costumed-interpreter farm activities
• Group field trip booking
• Hands-on heritage-craft sessions

Experience

Outdoor working-farm setting. Best for kids who like farm animals, hands-on heritage skills, and long active days in open fields.