Shopping Extravaganza where you will find small shops of all types You won’t find any mall stores in the Amana Colonies. It’s just not that kind of place. What you will find are small shops of all types that are owned by the Amana Society (the original settlers of the community) or mom and pop entrepreneurs…
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Historic Communal Dinners Taste and experience our history To efficiently feed the population of the seven villages it was decided that meals would be made and eaten together. This meant that there would need to be a series of kitchens and dining halls in each village. Each kitchen would be responsible to feed about 40…
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Story of the Amana Woolen Mill Weaving a connection from Germany to Amana One of the mainstays of communal Amana was the 2 woolen mills, one in Amana and the other in Middle Amana. These mills were a vital part of the financial success of the Amana Colonies and had their roots as far back…
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Woodworking + Furniture Making Woodworking from Amana Craftspeople with Over a Century of Tradition From the village cabinet maker to the furniture maker to the home workbench Amana residents have a long history of making handcrafted wooden products during our communal past and that tradition lives on today. Many of the homes have workbenches where…
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Winter Events for Everyone The season begins with a magical event There are few sights prettier than a freshly fallen snow in the Amana Colonies. The snow crystals glisten from the street lamps and against the brick and sandstone building. The Colonies are a peaceful place and even more so on a snowy night. An…
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Venues for Large Groups and Rallies The Colonies offer more than just a space Amana RV Park Look into the field north of highway 220 in between Amana and Middle Amana and on any given summer day you might be looking at a sea of RV campers and trailers. The Amana RV Park and Event…
One Original Bakery Still Survives Carrying on a century old tradition During our communal era, each Amana village had a bakery that would supply bread to the numerous communal kitchen houses. A pile of wood kindling was stacked by each bakery. The baker would use this to stoke the brick oven and then let the…
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Made in the Amana Colonies Handcrafted excellence It is amazing how much is made in these seven small villages of around 1,500 people. That shouldn’t be too surprising since they were almost self-sufficient from 1855-1932. Most everything that our ancestors needed they made themselves. Today, some of the original businesses still operate and many of…
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General Stores – Anything but General Bringing the world to the Colonies During our communal era (1855-1932) each village had a general store. They supplied the residents of the Colonies and those in nearby farms and towns with things that could not be made or grown in the Amana Colonies. Their purpose was to bring…
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Fall Events + Festivals to Experience Autumn in Amana, you’ll remember it for a long time to come Autumn is a special time of year in the Amana Colonies. As the weather turns just a little cooler and the leaves begin to change the landscape transforms into a painter’s palette of multiple shades of yellow,…
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