Communal Kitchen Museum

The Ruedy Küche (1863) is the only fully intact communal kitchen surviving from the Amanas' collective era, preserved exactly as it appeared on the last day it fed 40 villagers in 1932 — complete with original cookware, dining room, attached family home, wash house, and chicken house. Operated by the Amana Heritage Society and listed by the National Park Service, it reopened with expanded access in June 2022.

The move: Walk through the attached Ruedy Home and kitchen together, imagining your meals assigned by village elders, then cross the street to the Cooper Shop to watch the barrel-making exhibit — cap it with dinner at one of the Amana Colonies' family-style restaurants a few minutes away to eat communally as the Inspirationists once did.

📍 Amana Colonies
💸 $
⚡ Up for anything
🌗 Indoors

Where: 1003 26th Ave, Middle Amana, IA 52307

Hours: Mined 2026-06-07 — confirm current hours before you go.

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Verified 2026-06-07.