Winter Happenings at the Museum!
Winter, despite the often dismal weather, is an exciting time for us at the Legacy of the Plains Museum. Some of our most exciting events happen in our slower months. …
Vintage Halloween Exhibit Opens!
The year is 1927. It’s a dark, chilly October evening as you arrive to your best friend’s home. It is the night of Hallowe’en. You walk up the front steps …
Eclipse MegaMovie Awareness Tour at Legacy!
Multiverse at UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory kicked off its “Eclipse MegaMovie Awareness Tour” – a series of town hall and science education meetings in communities along the path of …
Approaching the Long Awaited Weekend
It’s the final countdown to the most anticipated weekend here at Legacy of the Plains Museum. In just a few weeks, we’ll be having two spectacular events coming up.
The first …
Square dance and pie social
An active, old-fashioned form of entertainment will liven up the museum Saturday, Feb. 20, when square dance caller and instructor Lucky Kochenower puts dancers through their paces.
Square dancing is considered …
How to move a log house in 12 easy steps
Moving a museum definitely presents challenges. For example, how do you move a three-sided roofless log house?
Thank goodness we were able to raise the funds to call in professionals (Summers House …
“Free Land? Chautauqua” is coming to town!
Scottsbluff had a Chautauqua building from 1905-1911, where Roosevelt School is today. During Chautauqua meetings, people rented tents and camped on the grounds.
We are excited that the Humanities …