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The ultimate museum for the pearl button enthusiast! The pearl button industry - the "gold rush of the Midwest" - was centered in Muscatine, the Pearl Button Capital of the World, in the early 1900s. We feature Muscatine's entrepreneurial, ecological, & philanthropic stories from the 1890s to modern times. Free entry, donations welcomed.The ultimate museum for the pearl button enthusiast! The pearl button industry - the "gold rush of the Midwest" - was centered in Muscatine, the Pearl Button Capital of the World, in the early 1900s. We feature Muscatine's entrepreneurial, ecological, & philanthropic stories from the 1890s to modern times. Free entry, donations welcomed.