Editing Sioux City, Iowa (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Floyd chas.jpg|thumb|upright|Sergeant Floyd Monument]]
[[Image:091607-SiouxCity-Historic4th.jpg|thumb|[[Fourth Street Historic District (Sioux City, Iowa)|Fourth Street Historic District]]]]
[[Image:Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City, IA.jpg|thumb|right|[[Hard Rock Hotel and Casino]]]]

* The [[Sioux City Public Museum]] was originally located in a Northside neighborhood of fine Victorian mansions. The portico-and-gabled stone building was originally the home of the banker, John Peirce, and was built in 1890. The museum was recently relocated to downtown Sioux City, where it features Native American, pioneer, early Sioux City, and natural history exhibits.
* The [[Sioux City Art Center]], located Downtown, was formed in 1938 as part of the [[Works Progress Administration|WPA]]'s support of the arts.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1938-04-01 |title=WPA opens forty-eighth federal art center at Sioux City |journal=Museum News |language=en |volume=15 |pages=1, 4}}</ref> The Art Center supports artists from Iowa and the greater Midwest. Also, the Center has a general program of acquisition of work by national and international artists, including important works by [[Thomas Hart Benton (painter)|Thomas Hart Benton]], [[Salvador Dalí]], [[Käthe Kollwitz]], [[Robert Motherwell]], [[Claes Oldenburg]], [[James Abbott McNeill Whistler]], and [[Grant Wood]].
* The [[Sergeant Floyd Monument]] commemorates the burial site of U.S. Army Sergeant [[Charles Floyd (explorer)|Charles Floyd]], the only man to die on the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].<ref name="LCHistory" /> It is a [[National Historic Landmark]], with its prominent {{cvt|100|ft|m|-1|adj=on}} obelisk situated on {{cvt|23|acre}} of parkland, high on a river bluff with a view of the [[Missouri River]] valley.
* Chris Larsen Park, informally known as "The Riverfront," includes the Anderson Dance Pavilion, the Sergeant Floyd Riverboat Museum and the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, opened in 2004. Missouri River development began in 2005 with the opening of the MLR Tyme Marina area, which included Bev's on the River, an upscale restaurant, that has now become a Crave.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rushing |first=Ty |date=2016-12-01 |title=Sioux City's first Crave restaurant to replace Bev's on the River early next year |url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/business/sioux-city-s-first-crave-restaurant-to-replace-bev-s/article_bf76b8ce-2c25-568e-9e2a-40cadf13f010.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2022-01-09 |website=[[Sioux City Journal]] |language=en |issn=2689-5544}}</ref>
* The [[Sioux City Symphony Orchestra]] (SCSO) was founded in 1915. The orchestra continues offering seven concerts within its annual season. Performances take place in the [[Orpheum Theatre (Sioux City, Iowa)|Orpheum Theatre]] in Sioux City, Iowa. Concert dates run from September to April each year. The SCSO has included several movie scores, with film, on its concert schedule. The SCSO's education programming reaches 9,000 to 12,000 young people via the partnership with Carnegie Hall's Link Up program with 100 orchestras in the country, programs for SCSO musicians to perform and teach music lessons in the schools, and performances in nursing homes, hospitals, and elsewhere.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
* Milwaukee Railroad Shop is a {{cvt|31.5|acre}} facility that is being renovated by the Siouxland Historical Railroad Association. It includes a [[4-6-2|4-6-2 Pacific type]] steam locomotive, the [[Great Northern 1355]], a model railroad exhibit, as well as multiple buildings including the roundhouse that are open to the public.
* Grandview Park is located north of the downtown area, up from Rose Hill, between The Northside and The Heights. The Municipal Bandshell is located in the park with Sunday evening municipal band concerts. The [[Saturday in the Park (music festival)|Saturday in the Park]] music festival began in 1991 and is held there annually on a weekend close to the Fourth of July holiday. Behind the bandshell is a rose garden with an arbor and trellises which has been a site for outdoor weddings, prom and other special occasion photographs, and for children to play during the Sunday evening band concerts and other events. Downtown is also home to the historic [[Orpheum Theatre (Sioux City, Iowa)|Orpheum Theatre]]. In 1927 when it was built, it was the largest theater in Iowa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} Orpheum Live |url=https://www.orpheumlive.com/history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220330013451/https://www.orpheumlive.com/history/ |archive-date=2022-03-30 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=[[Orpheum Theatre (Sioux City, Iowa)|Orpheum Theatre]] |language=en}}</ref>
* Theatre is produced in Sioux City by three main entities, the Sioux City Community Theatre (SCCT), LAMB Arts Regional Theatre, and Shot in the Dark Productions. Each of these produce a full season of shows each year.