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  • The Holidays At Brucemore

    Celebrate the majesty of the holiday season with a visit to Brucemore. Recognized as one of the top historic home holiday tours by USA Today in 2019, a visit to…

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  • Home is Where Your Books Are: A Virtual Exhibit

    The Library is one of Brucemore’s most recognizable rooms. Located across the Great Hall from the Study, the room served as a formal family room during the Douglas era. The…

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  • Landscape Open While Mansion Temporarily Closed for Derecho Repair

    Brucemore has temporarily closed the mansion to tours through mid-November to allow recovery work to occur in several interior spaces following damage to plaster ceilings and walls in five rooms…

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  • Brucemore’s Executive Director Receives State Leadership Award

    David Janssen, Executive Director of Brucemore, will be recognized with the Iowa Museum Association Leadership Award at the annual conference scheduled to be held virtually on October 4, 2021. Cynthia…

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  • Community Garden Project Wins National Award

    The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) proudly announces that Brucemore and Feed Iowa First are the recipients of an Award of Excellence forthe Historic Community Garden Project.…

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  • Brucemore Receives Cultural Leadership Partner Grant

    Brucemore is pleased to have been awarded a Cultural Leadership Partnership Grant from the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs. Grant funds will support…

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  • Preservation in Progress

    Brucemore kicked off Phase IV of the Mansion Envelope Restoration Project in April of 2021. This phase focuses on stabilizing the north façade of the 1880s mansion by addressing causes…

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  • Saving the Outdoor Statuary

    An essential part of the Brucemore collection is the statuary scattered outdoors across the estate’s 26 acre cultural landscape. As the second family to call Brucemore home, the Douglases, expanded…

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  • New Officers Elected to Board

    Brucemore announces the officers elected to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees for 2021: President Brian Fagan, Partner at Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC Vice President Doug Neumann,…

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  • Best Garden and Landscape

    Brucemore was voted the Best Garden and Landscape in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area in Little Village‘s annual award competition for the second year a row! Readers had…

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