West Branch, Iowa — The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch is back open to the public this week for the first time since March 2020. The National Archives and Records Administration gave it the green light to re-open because of declining COVID-19 numbers in Cedar and Johnson Counties.
Museum Director, Tom Schwarz, told KCRG-TV they are excited to get back open.
The museum brings in more than 35-thousand visitors to the city of just more than two thousand. Steven Grace, with Main Street Sweets, says they’ve missed that foot traffic over the last 16 months. He’s happy the museum is back open for more than one reason.
The museum is now open Tuesday through Saturday. If you want to visit, you will have to buy tickets online. Hoover is the only Iowan elected president.
