Council  Bluffs History Gallery

Council

Bluffs 

History 

Gallery

The Council Bluffs History Gallery is included in RailsWest Museum admission fee.  CLOSED for renovation; opening Spring, 2025.


The Council Bluffs History Gallery is included in RailsWest Museum admission fee.  CLOSED for renovation; opening Spring, 2025.


Every town has a past, but because of its location Council Bluffs has touched more history of regional and even national significance than any other city in the West. Not all those creating our history intended to come here, but the reality is we're right on the path of where people were going. Some stayed, others moved on, but all left a rich history.

The Council Bluffs History Gallery takes the visitor through 160 years of local history, from prehistoric into the 21st Century.  

The Council Bluffs History Gallery takes the visitor through 160 years of local history, from prehistoric into the 21st Century.  

There's more to history than memorizing a bunch of dates about wars, political controversies, kings and queens. The truth is history isn't made just by great leaders, but by everyone who has journeyed down the path to the present.


History becomes real when we see how we personally fit into it by exploring the real lives of the real people right here and discovering how our lives are interwoven into the fabric of it all. That’s why local history is so important.

And that's why we're here.


Welcome to the Council Bluffs History Gallery of the RailsWest Museum.

Welcome to your story.


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