Lecture: Ames Oddities

Schedule

Tue, 20 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Ames Public Library | Ames, IA

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All around Ames are certain structures and features that are odd-looking, have a strange shape, or don’t seem to fit into the rest of their surroundings. Some are remnants of past landscape features, some were influenced by historic decisions that are hardly remembered in the current day. We’ll take a pictorial tour of these “oddities” and relate the fascinating and sometimes quirky reasons why these things are the way they are. Perhaps those “oddities” will make more sense and you’ll see our city with new eyes.
Ames Oddities: A Pictorial Tour
Speaker: Kathy Svec, museum volunteer, with help from Sharon Wirth, Bob Bourne, and Alex Fejfar
Tuesday, May 20 at 7:00 pm
Attend in person: Ames Public Library, 515 Douglas Ave.
Attend online: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8217361761184/WN_CRVruH4gT9mry74hYe4AbA
2025 Lecture Series presented in partnership by Ames History Museum and Ames Public Library.
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Ames Public Library, 515 Douglas Ave,Ames, Iowa, United States

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