The Heritage Center was established in 1987 for the purpose of preserving local history and currently occupies the second level of the Municipal Building in downtown Ackley, Iowa. It has been said that not a week goes by without some new additions to the Center's growing collection. You can find many interesting artifacts that display past lifestyles, a vast collection of photographs documenting Ackley life and growth, and friendly volunteers to put you in touch with mountains of research materials. The Heritage Center... many things to many people!

• To the Genealogist - Information stored on microfilm of hometown newspapers, and new from East Friesland in the Ostriesche Nachrichten. Plus, census records, plat books, and personal help with family history information including cemetery records and obituaries.
• To the Photographer - Hundreds of pictures with negatives or contact prints. Families and residents, businesses, and historical photos of our small city. Also, a special collection of family portraits and antique cameras used by the early Frantz Studio. Photos can be reprinted for a small fee.
• To the Historian - Find documentation of county history, maps and plats, church history, video tapes of people and events, old ledgers and much more.
• To the Ackley Native - A history of our schools, its students, and their activities - complete with pictures of the graduating classes, a bit of nostalgia in remembering days gone by