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Hastings Downtown District Added to National Register of Historic Places
We're pleased to announce that the Hastings Downtown Historic District has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places!
History Nebraska is pleased to ...
Billy clubs and vagrancy laws: hobos in Nebraska
What was it like to live as a hobo? And what did hobos experience in Nebraska?
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Our new trustees for 2019
Charles Schroeder of Eagle and David C. Levy of Omaha have joined our Board of Trustees for 2019.
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One Leg in the Grave!
Omaha police officer James MacDonald spent a decade with one leg literally in the grave.
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Horses of a Different Color
It's always satisfying to see a restored piece come out of the Painting Lab, but this work we did for the Frontier Army Museum really brought this painting back to ...
Bloodshed at Fort Robinson and our newest historical marker
As historians, the names we give to events are important. They imply interpretation but are also matters of consensus. This is a story of the ongoing debate over the ...
Noon Bites Lecture: Learn All About Cattle Brands
Actual cowboy Marlen Luff stopped by the Nebraska History Museum to share what he knows about the history of cattle branding and show off a few of his own brands. Catch ...
Immaculate Conservation
Much has been made over the last several years over “restoration” work performed by untrained people. First there was the fiasco of the fresco “Ecce Homo” in the ...
Six New Locations Added to National Register of Historic Places
History Nebraska is pleased to announce six Nebraska locations have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Domme-Haase Farmstead in Madison County, ...
Farm Strike! The 1977 Tractorcade
On December 10, 1977, Lincoln experienced one of its worst traffic jams ever, as over a thousand tractors and farm trucks descended on the capital to send a message: ...
Scenes From Nebraska’s World War I Experience
World War I had a massive impact on every state in the Union, and Nebraska was no exception. This video, produced after the war, shows some of Nebraska's World War I ...
Scenes from Norway
It was a challenge, but our Ford Conservation Center helped the Wikel family preserve their grandfather's 116-year-old oil landscape paintings.
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