IOWA CULTURE-Past and Present features Iowa museums. Carson Ode spent two years researching an estimated 95% of Iowa's culture mines of the past-large and small. It is an amazing trip you can take with him, reading colorful stories and looking at over 2,100 color photos. Art centers, theaters, performance halls and arenas are also noted in the 400-plus page book. This book completes a series of high quality books that provide an unprecedented look at IOWA.