Funded in part by Western IA Tourism Region

Welcome

Bienvenue!  Welcome to the French Icarian Village, a work in progress.  In 1848 France, the Icarians pursued a special vision for their future.  To carry out this ideal, they made a remarkable journey from France to Adams County in the new state of Iowa.  The French Icarian Colony Foundation Board of Trustees are now shaping another remarkable journey the development of a living history museum that will authentically tell the Icaria story. 

French Icarian Colony Foundation

503 8th Street ~ Corning, IA  50841

641.322.4717 ~ Icaria@frontiernet.net

www.icaria.net

Upcoming Events

27 September 1008 Paul Gauthier Memorial Golf Tournament

Happy Hollow Country Club ~ Corning, IA

27 & 28 September 2008 Rural School Reunion

French Icarian Village ~ Corning, IA

The FICF is restoring and rebuilding the French Icaria Village on 33.69 acres of original Icaria land that includes the rededicated Icaria Pioneer cemetery three miles east of Corning, Iowa.  The heart of the Village, the 1878 Refectory (communal dining hall) and the 1860 one-room Icaria school are being restored and will open in 2009.  Currently, you may visit the Icaria Museum and Research Library in Corning, open Thursday and Fridays or by appointment.

Development of the village will include replica's of the original log cabins and the later two-story, two-family homes, barns and other farm out-buildings, and a visitors center that will provide new space for the Icaria Museum and Research Library.  The village will provide an Icarian experience that will invite, educate and engage visitors.  For more information, please contact us.