Iowa’s pearl button industry featured in Smithsonian exhibit

A colorful map of the United States of America is displayed on a large screen, labeled "Connected by Nature." Below the map is a touch screen saying, "Select a Map."Pearl buttons from Iowa are on display at the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C., part of an “America 250” exhibit of rare objects and specimens from all 50 states. Dustin Joy, director of the National Pearl Button Museum in Muscatine, said someone from the Smithsonian contacted him about the project and the […]

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