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Free Family Fun Day – Solar Eclipses!
We will all witness history August 21 as a total solar eclipse will cross over the United States and the state of Nebraska. But before it arrives, join the Nebraska ...
Brown Bag Lecture Series: Creative Nebraskans
Many Nebraskans have shown how creative they are in a myriad of ways. Come learn about musicians, photographers, dancers, artists and cooks who have helped create the ...
The Vietnam War: Lunch and Learns
Nebraska's PBS & NPR Stations invite you to attend a preview screening of The Vietnam War, a film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Following the one-hour ...
Brown Bag Lecture Series: Struggles and Survival in the Sandhills
Student videos tell the story of the blizzard of 1949, Halsey Forest, Crazy Horse, and more stories of how people lived in the Sandhills many years ago.
Summer Kids’ Class: Playful Puppets and Their Puppeteers
Tour the George Churley Puppets exhibit for inspiration. Use your imagination to create your own puppet using recycled materials. Have conversations with your classmates ...
Summer Kids’ Class: Etiquette for a Proper 1867 Lady
Meet at and tour the Thomas P. Kennard House and Nebraska Statehood Memorial. Try on Victorian era clothing and practice 1867 manners.
Held at 1627 H Street, Lincoln ...
Summer Kids’ Class: Etiquette for a Proper 1867 Lady
Meet at and tour the Thomas P. Kennard House and Nebraska Statehood Memorial. Try on Victorian era clothing and practice 1867 manners.
Held at 1627 H Street, ...
Summer Kids’ Class
Examine historic quilts. Tour the quilt exhibit on view. Create a quilt block using an 1867 pattern. Tie quilts to be donated to Nebraska children in crisis.
For ...
Summer Kids’ Class: Building a Model 1867 Sod House
See photos of sod houses in Nebraska and learn why homes were built of sod. See a grasshopper plow in the exhibit "Nebraska Unwrapped". Create a model of an 1867 ...