Editing Ames, Iowa (section)

== Arts and culture ==
*The Ames History Museum was founded in 1980, and includes a historic schoolhouse.<ref>{{cite web | title = About Ames History Museum | publisher = Ames History Museum | url = https://ameshistory.org/content/about-ames-history-museum | accessdate = May 24, 2022}}</ref>
*Ames Public Library, a [[Carnegie library]],<ref name="carnegieiowa">{{cite web |url=http://clip.grad.uiowa.edu/ |title=Home – Carnegie Libraries in Iowa Project |access-date=December 18, 2010 |author=University of Iowa |year=2010}}</ref> was founded in 1904.<ref name="aplhistory">{{cite web |url=http://www.amespubliclibrary.org/aboutLibrary/HistoryofAPL.asp |title=History of APL |access-date=December 18, 2010 |author=Ames Public Library |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212031556/http://amespubliclibrary.org/aboutLibrary/HistoryofAPL.asp |archive-date=December 12, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*The Octagon Center for the Arts includes galleries, art classes, art studios, and a retail shop. They sponsor the local street fair, The Octagon Arts Festival, and hold an annual National Juried Exhibition Clay, Fiber, Paper Glass Metal, Wood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.octagonarts.org|title=Art Matters|publisher= Octagon Center for the Arts|access-date= June 17, 2011}}</ref>