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  • Bison exhibit at University of Nebraska State Museum Morrill Hall

    University of Nebraska State Museum Morrill Hall 645 North 14th Street, Lincoln, NE, United States

    BISON - a traveling exhibit exploring the past, present, and future of this great North American mammal - will be at the University of Nebraska State Museum Morrill Hall from […]

    Free – $13
  • Faces of Nebraska Women in Agriculture Exhibition: Innovation Campus

    Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center 2021 Transformation Dr., Lincoln, NE, United States

    The Nebraska Women in Agriculture program will mark the start of its 41st year with the next chapter of the Legacy of Leadership: Faces of Nebraska Women in Agriculture art […]

  • Americans and the Holocaust Traveling Exhibition

    University of Nebraska Kearney Calvin T. Ryan Library 2508 11th Ave, Kearney, NE, United States

    The Americans and the Holocaust traveling exhibition from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., will be at the Calvin T. Ryan Library on the University of Nebraska […]

  • The Negro Motorist Green Book exhibit

    The Durham Museum 801 S 10th Street, Omaha, NE, United States

    The Negro Motorist Green Book offers an immersive look at the reality of travel for African Americans in mid-century America, and how the annual guide served as an indispensable resource for the […]

    Free – $15
  • Kearney Area Storytelling Festival 2026: Stories for Adults

    Kearney Country Club 2800 19th Ave, Kearney, NE, United States

    At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. Lyn Ford and Paul Strickland - Stories for Adults 7:00 pm […]

  • Train Songs and Tales

    Columbus Community Building 2500 14th St., Columbus, NE, United States

    Speaker: David Seay Sponsored by the Friends of the Columbus Public Library

  • Film screening and discussion: The Great Dictator

    The World Theatre 2318 Central Ave, Kearney, NE, United States

    In conjunction with the Americans and the Holocaust traveling exhibition at the Calvin T. Ryan Library on the University of Nebraska Kearney campus, the 1940 film "The Great Dictator" will […]

  • Opening Ceremony: Americans and the Holocaust Traveling Exhibition

    University of Nebraska Kearney Calvin T. Ryan Library 2508 11th Ave, Kearney, NE, United States

    Dr. Torsten Homberger, author of "The Honor Dress of the Movement: A Cultural History of Hitler's Brown Shirt Uniform, 1920–1933," will speak about the rise of Nazism, setting the stage […]

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