A busy Harvest Festival!
Gosh, there was so much going on at Harvest Festival this year, we didn’t have time to run around to take a lot of pictures!
The corn harvest demos, pick-your-own-potato patch, …
The Way We Worked
We are so thrilled to be the first location in Nebraska to display the Smithsonian traveling exhibit “The Way We Worked”!
Representatives of several Nebraska museums were on hand today to …
Technology Through Time, day 1
The first day of Technology Through Time for 2015 is in the books. This event, coordinated by ESU13 for area fourth graders, is an introduction to simple machines using antique …
Circle the Bluffs Powwow at Legacy
The Circle the Bluffs Powwow has returned to the community – this time, on the museum grounds!
Volunteers and staff worked to clear a dancing space, install a shade arbor for …
“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 …
How to move a museum
Do you remember the last time you moved? The chaos of boxes and packing material covering every available inch of floor and that unsettling feeling of everything being out of …
Harvest Festival 2014 will be sweet!
Every year, the Legacy of the Plains Museum Harvest Festival features a different crop for historic demonstrations. Harvest Festival XVIII will feature sugar beets.
The sugar beet will be …
Legacy of the Plains Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of Legacy of the Plains Museum members will take place on Thursday, March 13, 2014 at the Gering Civic Center. The doors open at 6 p.m. for …