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Ames History Museum reports ARPA-funded expansion drew nearly three times prior visitors

5535725 · August 6, 2025
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Museum leaders told supervisors the ARPA-funded expansion opened last October, increasing exhibit space and visitors; they reported about 2,400 visitors in nine months versus 895 in the prior comparable period.

Representatives of the Ames History Museum told Story County supervisors on Aug. 5 that ARPA funds helped complete a museum expansion that opened to the public last Oct. 26 and has nearly tripled visitor counts. Museum staff said the…

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