Between March 14 and 28, the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium will be hosting - Spring Break Amazing Afternoons for kids ages 5-12! Spring Breakers will experience several hands-on activities including live animal encounters, fun interactive games and crafts, and explore all of the wildlife the aquarium has to offer. Click Here for details on each camp.

Pricing for each session: $20/non-members, $15/members. Registration is required by 11:00 AM day of the program.  For further information contact 563-557-9545 x 213 or mwersinger@rivermuseum.com. 

Great Give Day is back! 

The second annual Great Give Day, a 24-hour, online giving event for Northeast Iowa nonprofits presented by the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, will take place on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Last year's event raised $205,630 in just one day!

Start giving in 2 easy steps:

1. Starting at midnight on May 5, 2015, click on www.GreatGiveDay.org.

1. 2. View the leaderboard to find Dubuque County Historical Society and donate!

This summer the Museum & Aquarium will offer 7 camps spanning 7 weeks during the months of June, July & August for kids ages 5 to 13. Our summer camps are designed to provide a unique opportunity to explore the Mississippi River while having a ton of fun! Your sponsorship would help these kids dive into our one-of-a-kind summer camps-it's their ticket to Mississippi River summer fun! Click here to  

A special thanks go out to the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque

for supporting our "Development 2.0" project, which works to increase the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium's capacity to engage donors, cultivate prospective donors, and empower staff to meet community needs.

A special thank you to Tim and Nancy Butler for being our first summer camp sponsor for 2015! We could not have done it without you and your sponsorship will help a least 10 kids enjoy summer camp this year.