George Maier Rural Heritage Center of Clayton County

07/04/2026

Happy Fourth of July! Looking for something to do today? The Rural Heritage Museum is open from 12 noon to 4 .

06/18/2026

The Clayton County Museum Crawl is full swing this week. Be sure to pick up a passport at any museum. Our model train is up and running so bring the kids to operate it.

06/15/2026

05/20/2026

The RHM is open every weekend and will be 1 of 17 museums participating in the 2026 Clayton County Museum Crawl. Throughout the month of June you can visit all the museums in Clayton County. Be sure to get your museum crawl passport stamps so you can have a chance to win the grand prize.
Bring the family. New at the RHM is a model train that the kids can play operate.

04/11/2026

A big THANK YOU to the Central Students for helping us load the numerous volumes of past Clayton County Registers from the Elkader Library. The Rural Heritage Museum was asked by the the editor of the Times-Register if we could preserve the newspapers. The museum board felt that it was our responsibility to preserve them. A new room was refurbished along with installation of shelving to display the newspapers. Please come and visit the museum - the opening date for the season is April 25th. Also, mark your calendars for the 2nd annual Clayton County Museum Crawl during the month of June.

Our Central LEAD students recently partnered with the Rural Heritage Museum for a hands-on learning experience! They helped transport historical newspapers from the library to the museum and will spend time organizing materials that date all the way back to the 1800s.

Thank you to Roger and Steve for providing this meaningful opportunity for our students to connect with local history!

03/17/2026

Roger and Steve wow the crowd with our remarkable float in beautiful downtown Elkader in this year’s cold, cold St Patrick’s Day parade.