Helping people explore what connects us and makes us human

Sign up for weekly email notifications and/or our printed newsletter here.

Upcoming Events

Visualizing Survivance, Visualizing Permanence art exhibition

Sheldon Museum of Art Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Drawn from Sheldon's collection, this exhibition centers artwork by Native American artists and photographs that demonstrate the everlasting presence of Native American communities. These works illustrate the spirit of visual […]

Deadline for 2025 Bright Lights Summer Learning Adventures scholarships

Online

Bright Lights provides unique, motivating, hands-on summer learning camps for K-8th grade students, including humanities subjects like literature and writing, history, world cultures. and languages. Scholarships are available, and the deadline […]

$10 – $145

The Life and Drive of Mari Sandoz

Westminster United Presbyterian Church 460 Broad St., Campbell, NE, United States

Speaker: Peg Gilbert Sponsored by the Westminster United Presbyterian Church

Vaquero: The Genesis of the Texas Cowboy

Trails and Rails Museum 710 W. 11th St., Kearney, NE, United States

“Vaquero” was created by the Wittliff Collections at the Alkek Library, Texas State University-San Marcos, presented in partnership with Humanities Texas. It features sixty-two digital carbon prints with bilingual narrative […]

24-25 Poetry & Music Project Concert

Omaha Conservatory of Music 7023 Cass St., Omaha, NE, United States

Now in its 8th year, the Poetry & Music Project connects student poets and their words with composers to create original music and explore the connections between poetry and music. […]

Nebraskans possess the knowledge, understanding, and empathy
to cultivate a more informed, thoughtful, and just society.

We believe that culture and connection are essential rights of human expression.

We celebrate shared histories and diverse cultures.

We value conversation that respects difference and finds points of common experience.

We develop engaging experiences for all Nebraskans.

We provide inclusive opportunities to learn from the past to enrich our future.

We are flexible and responsive to the changing and pressing needs of Nebraskans.
We expose people to other worlds of expression and human existence.
We foster lives of purpose and meaning.

Log Into Access

Your gift helps support our mission

website2023_CF

Thank you for your gift to Humanities Nebraska!

Sign up for HN's newsletter

Reach our staff Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Central Time, at 402-474-2131