Forest Park Museum and Arboretum is a 17-acre (69,000 m<sup>2</sup>) museum and arboretum located near Perry, Iowa. It is open year-round on weekdays and weekends April 1 to Nov 1st from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm. There is no admission fee.
The museum and arboretum were originally developed on 5 acres (20,000 m<sup>2</sup>) in the 1940s by Eugene Hastie, a farmer and local historian of Dallas County. He planted his arboretum in straight lines to allow farming between the trees, and in 1953 opened his museum to the public. In 1966, the Dallas County Conservation Department purchased the site, and has subsequently added another 12 acres (49,000 m<sup>2</sup>) of re-established prairie and wildflowers. The museum displays unique artifacts; including a presidential autograph collection, a high quality Iowa book collection and the giant electrical generator built by noted inventor Henry Nelson.
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