Our new exhibit "Dig it! The 1950s, '60s & '70s" has its grand opening at the Greene County Historical Museum on Saturday, July 3 -- details are in stories on this website now. Here, the exhibit's co-designers and builders Mikki Schwarzkopf (left) and Dianne Piepel hold some clothing from those three decades when we all got a little more hep, or should we say hip?

One of the displays in the new exhibit "Dig it! The 1950s, '60s & '70s" at the Greene County Historical Museum. What could be more '50s and maybe '60s than a yellow Formica kitchen table, Fiestaware dishes, colorful aluminum cups and bowls, and ashtrays?

Nancy Hanaman, of Rippey, a member of the Greene County Historical Society board, stands with a small exhibit currently at our museum on the history of her community, which on July 31 celebrates its "Sesquicentennial + 1." Rippey's celebration of its 150 years was postponed in 2020 due to pandemic precautions. But it's happening in full form at the end of July this summer. Besides major new exhibits from time to time, the historical society also likes to have smaller exhibits that run for shorter periods of time, like this one. Don't miss the chance during July to stop at the museum and update yourself on Rippey history!

The Greene County Iowa Historical Society's president Dave John (left) and executive director Roger Aegerter are shown after the society was granted $30,000 by the Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation for construction of a badly-needed new roof on our museum in Jefferson. Grow Greene County's awards night program was held Tuesday, April 6, at Wild Rose Casino & Resort in Jefferson.