Connie Mueller • Museum Curator
Connie Mueller accepted the position of museum curator for the Iowa Rock 'n Roll Music Association in October of 2011.
Stop in and say Hello! She looks forward to meeting each and everyone who loves rock and roll music history.
Connie has lived in NW Iowa all her life and moved to Arnolds Park, Iowa in 2008. She has worked as a Graphic Artist Designer for over 20 years. She looks forward to utilizing these talents for IRRMA!
Like the music we celebrate, the IRRMA Museum is alive with the energy, passion, and the spirit of music.
Iowa Rock 'n Roll Music Museum Hours and Location
The Iowa Rock 'n Roll Music Association proudly presents its Museum of Iowa Rock and Roll History at Arnolds Park, Iowa on Lake Okoboji.
Permanent displays include a reproduction of the Iowa Great Lakes Recording Studio, a 60's era radio broadcast booth, vintage recording equipment plus memorabilia from many of the inductees to our Hall of Fame. Also topical changing displays of interest are displayed throughout the year. Check our announcements page for updates.
Off-season hours: October - March
Open Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Noon to 4 p.m. or by appointment for groups of six or more.
Spring Hours: April - May 19th
Open Tuesday-Saturday from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Summer Hours: Memorial Weekend - Labor Day Weekend
Open 7 Days a Week from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Admission
$1.00 per person (13 and over) children 12 and under free.
IRRMA Members free with ID card
Special Tours by Appointment - Call (712) 338-2096
Address and Location
Located at 91 Lake Street, adjacent to the historic Arnolds Park Amusement Park.
P. O. Box 557
Arnolds Park, IA 51331
(712) 332-6540
Photos courtesy of IRRMA Member Mick Buckley and Museum Advisory Committee member Barb Lancaster.
To discover what else Western Iowa has to offer, visit www.traveliowa.org
3rd Saturday of the Month at the Iowa Rock 'n Roll Museum!
Visit the Iowa Rock 'n Roll Museum on the 3rd Saturday of each month for a special rock 'n roll presentation. Presentations will begin at 1:00 PM
Special Exhibits
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Big Bopper Honored
The exhibit was unveiled on the 2012 University of Okoboji Winter Games weekend. We have on display five panels with newspaper articles, photos, record albums, posters and much more.
The highlight of the exhibition is photographer Dick Cole’s photos taken of Buddy Holly at Electric Park Ballroom in Waterloo. A big thank you to Jackie Hein for the items loaned for the display. We have decided to keep the display up until the middle of May, 2012, due to the exhibit’s popularity.
Stop in and take a walk on the Roof Garden floor, play “Everyday”, “Oh Donna”, and “Chantilly Lace” on the jukebox, and remember their story, their music, and the Day the Music Died.
The Museum is located next to the amusement park at 91 Lake Street in Arnolds Park, Iowa. Winter hours are Noon to 4 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and will expand to seven days a week 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. beginning Memorial Day weekend. Tours for six or more persons are available by calling 712-338-2096 a minimum of three days in advance.
2003 Grand Opening
On Memorial Day Weekend 2003 The Grand Opening of the Iowa RockNRoll Music Association Museum was held.
The Museum is located adjacent to the famous Roof Garden Ballroom at Arnolds Park Iowa.
The location is fitting for such a museum as virtually thousands of teenagers and visitors visited the Iowa Great Lakes Region during the 50's, 60's and 70's and packed the historical Amusement Park at Arnolds Park and the famed Roof Garden Ballroom featuring countless national and Iowa bands/musicians.
That is still true today. In 1997, John Senn (Jay of Dee Jay & the Runaways) and music historian Tom Tourville, along with several other interested people, formed the Iowa Rock'NRoll Music Association as a Non-Profit organization in the State of Iowa.
John's dream at that time was eventually to have a museum to permanently display and preserve the rich history of Iowa music, entertainers, radio stations, ballrooms, promoters and others who contributed so much to that history.
In addition, the dream was to utilize the Association to help educate the children of today and future generations about that history.
The location provides access to over 300,000 visitors per year who come to the area.
At this time the Iowa Rock'NRoll Music Association is soliciting support for the museum in the form of sponsors, donations of money, memorabilia, memberships and labor.
Memorabilia can be placed on loan to the museum as well as permanently donated. The museum is but a start. There is much work still to do to preserve Iowa's rich music history.
If you were or are someone associated with the history of Iowa Rock and Roll; radio; the ballrooms etc. and have any historical or anecdotal information you think would be of interest to us we would like to hear from you! Simply click on the
"contact Us" button to the left!
