

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Iowa Files; The Monuments Men & the Saving of Culture
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 26 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Ruth Ehler recounts the role her grandfather, Ralph Hammett, had during WWII as one of the Monument Men. The Monument Men was a small corps of mostly middle-aged men and a few women who interrupted their careers to recover countless artworks stolen by the Nazis.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/west-des-moines/iowa-files;-the-monuments-men-and-the-saving-of-culture/200029854595639
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029854595639?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=west+des+moines-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: West Des Moines
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: West Des Moines Public Library
- **lat**: 41.565822921876
- **long**: -93.759117687008
- **full address**: West Des Moines Public Library, 4000 Mills Civic Pkwy, West Des Moines, IA 50265-2012, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: West Des Moines Historical Society (https://allevents.in/org/west-des-moines-historical-society/10559167)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 26 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** West Des Moines Public Library, 4000 Mills Civic Pkwy, West Des Moines, IA 50265-2012, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** West Des Moines Historical Society
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Iowa Files; The Monuments Men & the Saving of Culture ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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