Prairie Boy's Summer book cover

Hour at the Museum Story Hour

When: June 27, 2017, 10:00am to 11:00am
Where: Nebraska History Museum
Native American man on horseback

Noon Bites

When: August 7, 2017, 12:00pm to 12:15pm
Where: Nebraska History Museum
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How shall we make Beatrice Grow article from Nebraska History Magazine
June 23, 2017
Flashback Friday: How Shall We Make Beatrice Grow!": Clara Bewick Colby and the Beatrice Public Library Association in the 1870s
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Boys fishing at Hanscom Park, Omaha, 1928 [RG3882.PH0019-0007-2]
June 22, 2017
Throwback Thursday Photo, Gone Fishing
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Mayor James Dahlman of Omaha historical souvenir
June 20, 2017
Timeline Tuesday: Gaining and Losing: James C. Dahlman and William Howard Taft
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Scottsbluff Army Air Field Historical Marker
June 19, 2017
Marker Monday: Scotts Bluff Army Air Field
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Army's Achilles' Heel in the Civil War Plains Campaigns article from Nebraska History Magazine
June 16, 2017
Flashback Friday: The Army's Achilles' Heel in the Civil War Plains Campaigns of 1864-65
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Good Old Man recording the Corn Song, 1905 [RG2039-84]
June 15, 2017
Throwback Thursday Photo, Good Old Man
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Home Canning and Drying publication cover
June 13, 2017
Timeline Tuesday: Canning the Way to Victory
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Lodgepole Creek Historical Marker
June 12, 2017
Marker Monday: Historic Lodgepole Creek Valley
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Nebraska Statesman
June 9, 2017
Flashback Friday: The Nebraska Statesman: The People Behind the Picture
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Kearney Street Fair, 1901 [RG2608.PH0-002495]
June 8, 2017
Throwback Thursday Photo, Street Fair at Kearney
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Wedding Party
June 6, 2017
Timeline Tuesday: Human Nature at the Marriage License Bureau
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Burton's Bend Historical Marker
June 5, 2017
Marker Monday: Burton's Bend
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June 2, 2017
Inherent Vice
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Dan Desdunes
June 2, 2017
Flashback Friday: Dan Desdunes: New Orleans Civil Rights Activist and "The Father of Negro Musicians of Omaha
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Saline County District 51 Taffy Pull, May 1914 [RG0813.PH0-000564]
June 1, 2017
Throwback Thursday Photo, Taffy Pull
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Hall County Courthouse from Johnsons History of Nebraska 1880
May 30, 2017
Timeline Tuesday: Harrison Johnson's History of Nebraska
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Old Dodge School POW Branch Camp historical marker
May 29, 2017
Marker Monday: Old Dodge School, World War II P.O.W. Branch Camp
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Photo of Lakotas dressed for a post-harvest dance
May 26, 2017
Flashback Friday: “I Don’t Know What We’d Have Done Without the Indians”
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Decoration Day in Comstock, NE, ca. 1910 [RG3335.PH000006-000012 ]
May 24, 2017
Throwback Thursday Photo, Decoration Day
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Photo of Charles Henry Morrill from The Morrills and Reminiscences
May 23, 2017
Timeline Tuesday: Drought and Depression in 1890s Nebraska
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Massacre Canyon historical marker
May 22, 2017
Marker Monday: Massacre Canyon
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Nebraska Farmer cover
May 19, 2017
Flashback Friday: Child Labor on the Farm
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Three men with bicycles in Alliance, July 1891 [RG2956.PH0-000024]
May 18, 2017
Throwback Thursday Photo, Bicycles in Alliance, NE
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Photo of first day of Prohibition in Nebraska, May 1, 1917
May 16, 2017
Timeline Tuesday: Bootleggers' Carnival
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First Presbyterian Church of St. Paul historical marker
May 15, 2017
Marker Monday: First Presbyterian Church of St. Paul
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Nebraska History Museum

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9:00am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday
1:00pm - 4:30pm Saturday - Sunday

Phone Number
(402) 471-4782

Address
131 Centennial Mall North
Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
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Chimney Rock

Hours
9:00am - 5:00pm Daily

Phone Number
(308) 586-2581

Address
PO Box F
Bayard, NE 69334
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Fort Robinson

Hours
8:30am - 5:30pm Daily (Memorial Day-Labor Day)

Phone Number
(308) 665-2919

Address
3200 West Highway 20
Crawford, NE 69339
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Willa Cather

Hours
9:00am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday
1:00pm - 4:30pm Saturday - Sunday

Phone Number
(402) 746-2653

Address
413 N Webster
Red Cloud, NE
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Thomas P. Kennard

Hours
By Appointment Only Monday - Friday

Phone Number
(402) 471-4764

Address
1627 H Street
Lincoln, NE
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John G. Neihardt

Hours
9:00am - 5:00pm Monday - Saturday
1:30pm - 5:00pm Sunday

Phone Number
(402) 648-3388

Address
306 E Elm St
Bancroft, NE 68004
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Neligh Mill

Hours
10:00am - 5:00pm Tuesday - Saturday
1:00pm - 5:00pm Sunday

Phone Number
(402) 887-4303

Address
N Street at Wylie Dr
Neligh, NE 68756
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Senator George Norris

Hours
1:00pm - 4:30pm Wednesday - Friday
1:00pm - 3:30pm Saturday

Phone Number
(308) 345-8484

Address
706 Norris Ave
McCook, NE 69001
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Reference Room

Hours
Tuesday - Friday, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Saturday, 10:00am - 4:00pm, limited service

Phone Number
(402) 471-4751

Address
1500 "R" Street
P.O. Box 82554
Lincoln, Nebraska 68501
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NSHS Headquarters

Hours
8am - 5pm Monday - Friday
10am - 4pm Saturday

Phone Number
(402) 471-3270

Address
1500 "R" Street
P.O. Box 82554
Lincoln, Nebraska 68501
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