Join us for a 2-part weekend program package to explore and enjoy the arts and culture of the Amana Colonies. Start with a reception including light refreshments, part 1 of a cookie workshop, and a tour at the Homestead Folk Art Museum from 5pm-6:30pm on Friday, December 12. Then, Saturday, December 13th join us back…
Join us for an open Craft Night at the Homestead Folk Art Museum on Monday, November 17th and December 15th from 5:30pm-7:30pm. This event is FREE and no experience is necessary! Bring your own craft to work on or try out something new with supplies we have on hand at the Folk Art Museum. Relax…
Join us in the Amana Heritage Museum Auditorium for a variety of talks and discussions about heritage in the Amana Colonies on March 9-13th beginning daily* at 9am. Get a close look at specific people and families who lived during the Communal Era and after and explore the Amana Family Tree as a group with…
Join us for the Amana Heritage Society Annual Spring Fundraiser Dinner at the Ox Yoke Inn on Friday, March 13th, 2026. Doors open at 5:30pm and dinner will begin at 7pm. Raffle drawings and silent auction winner announcements will be done after the meal. You do not need to be present to win. Your $125…
Come have some fun with us this Saturday evening at the Ox Yoke Inn! Enjoy an all-you-can-eat pizza buffet while we host Amana Trivia in the High Amana Room, right next to the Bierstube in the basement. The Pizza Buffet runs from 4pm-7pm and we will start Amana Trivia at 5pm. See you there!
Updated Time and Location! Saturday, July 11, 2026 5:00pm-6:00pm Homestead Welfare Club, 4215 V Street, Homestead We are thrilled to share that Anne Prinz of Zither International, one of the world’s leading experts in zither performance and history, will return to the Amana Colonies in July 2026 for a special zither concert at the Homestead…
Want to learn more about bookmaking in the Amana Colonies? Join book conservator and book arts educator Gary Frost at the Communal Kitchen Museum’s reconstructed Print Shop & Bookbindery for Fun with Bookmaking! Learn about the craft of bookmaking and make your own journal to take home. This class will take place at the Communal…
"A displaced heart; lend a hand, lead astray, or turn away? The story of an immigrant." Join us for a live performance of “Death of an American Citizen Abroad,” by playwright Janet Schlapkohl at the Amana Performing Arts Center on Saturday, August 8, 2026. Doors will open at 1:30pm and the show will begin…
Amana Colonies Oktoberfest Official Keg Tapping Pre-Party and Parade Oktoberfest Grounds - Amana Festhalle Barn Friday, October 2, 2026 Join Amana’s Bürgermeister, Jon Childers, and his crew for the OFFICIAL AMANA COLONIES OKTOBERFEST KEG TAPPING Pre-Party* and Parade** at the Amana Colonies Oktoberfest at the Festhalle Barn (Weather Update!) on Friday, October 2, 2026. Keg…
The Iowa Play: A Gentle Comedy in Two Acts Amana Heritage Society and TKM Theatrical Productions present Kathe Mull’s gentle, two-act comedy about friendship, community, and the heart of Iowa on Saturday, October 10th, 2026, at the Amana Performing Arts Center (Location Update!) What happens when an Iowa-born theatre artist spends a lifetime…