Hosted by University Museums' interns and staff in conjunction with ISU WinterFest, this festive evening celebrates the holiday season at the Farm House Museum. Visitors can take part in free Victorian yuletide themed activities and crafts while enjoying holiday treat
Get creative with candy as you groove to winter tunes and build your very own festive miniature cottage to display in your home this holiday season. Use graham crackers, icing, and other decorative confections in this hands-on workshop, where our cheerful holiday volunteers will be on hand to help. Also, take a snapshot of your group at our photo op, and enjoy the Gardens and RG Express when you're done!
Gather (in person or online) for casual conversations in Japanese. Chat in your native language or get comfortable speaking in another language.
Gather (in person or online) for casual conversations in Russian. Chat in your native language or get comfortable speaking in another language.
Gather (in person or online) for casual conversations in French. Chat in your native language or get comfortable speaking in another language.
A Reiman Gardens holiday tradition is back! Visitors of all ages will be enchanted by the RG Express Train from Sat., Nov. 8, 2025, through Sun., Jan. 18, 2026. This detailed garden scale display was created by Applied Imagination, an internationally recognized company whose train displays merge botanical design and architecture.
Featuring more than 200,000 dazzling lights throughout 17 acres of outdoor gardens, this walk-through light show includes popular favorites, as well as fun new surprises. Experience captivating tunnels that surround you with color, massive laser-lit disco balls, dynamic light strands dancing across a frozen lake, a whimsical re-creation of the game time favorite Candy Land, and so much more. Don’t miss the lights, colors, music and magic of Winter Wonderscape.
Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, the Fantastic Four must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.
The M-Shop closes down the fall semester at Iowa State with a rocking good show featuring Iowa City-based punk pop favorites Lipstick Homicide and the newly established Des Moines rock band Bat Problem!
A Reiman Gardens holiday tradition is back! Visitors of all ages will be enchanted by the RG Express Train from Sat., Nov. 8, 2025, through Sun., Jan. 18, 2026. This detailed garden scale display was created by Applied Imagination, an internationally recognized company whose train displays merge botanical design and architecture.