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Free events in Des Moines in December 2026

9 events from Tuesday, December 1 to Thursday, December 31, 2026. Busiest venues: Christian Petersen Art Museum, Brunnier Art Museum, Des Moines Art Center.

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

Visual arts
until Dec 18

Terra Cotta Conservation in the Art on Campus Collection

Christian Petersen Art Museum · Ames (Iowa State University)
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 18

Christian Petersen: Memory in Metal

Christian Petersen

Christian Petersen Art Museum · Ames (Iowa State University)
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jul 23

Create and Replicate - Single Object Focus

Brunnier Art Museum · Ames (Iowa State University)
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 18

Luis Jiménez: The Mythic Southwest

Luis Jiménez

Christian Petersen Art Museum · Ames (Iowa State University)
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 31

Midwest Maker Series: Mary Merkel-Hess

Mary Merkel-Hess

Brunnier Art Museum · Ames (Iowa State University)
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 31

Wood for Function and Expression

Brunnier Art Museum · Ames (Iowa State University)
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 24

Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way: Contemporary Latinx Painting

Des Moines Art Center · Greenwood-Ashworth
- Visual arts
Free

Friday, December 4, 2026

Music
5 PM

Friday Soirée

Maintenance Shop (M-Shop) · Ames (Iowa State University)
- Music
- Theatre
Free
Visual arts
Time not announced

First Friday: Clay

Mainframe Studios · Downtown
- Visual arts
Free

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