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  • Weaving Activity for Kids & Families

    West Nebraska Arts Center 106 East 18th Street, Scottsbluff, NE, United States

    Fun, free event for the whole family.

  • Illustration of smiling Black students working on workbooks in a classroom with art hung around the walls.

    Young History Detectives Summer Camp 2025 (registered students only)

    Young History Detectives Summer Camp 2025 (registered students only)
    Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, United States

    Young History Detectives is a youth enrichment program for grades 7-12 (ages 12-17). YHD participants learn research skills, history, and oral storytelling. Oral Histories preserve community history uniquely. We explore storytelling through art, music, dance, gaming, creative writing, illustration, yoga, meditation, sound therapy, and photography. Each day blends calm and creativity—with daily yoga, mindfulness, and […]

  • Lewis & Clark: What Was Their Value Worth? Seaman, York, Sacagawea & Pomp Stories

    Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

    The Corps of Discovery was a fascinating group of individuals. But there were four members of the corps that were “valuable” but not paid. Hunt discusses these four members and tells stories of their adventures. She also dispels a few myths about these members. This program is appropriate for all ages. Presented by Renae Hunt

  • Early Japanese Settlers in Nebraska

    Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

    Although the majority of Japanese immigrants settled in Hawaii, California, and the West Coast, some pushed further inland, to work on the railroad and coal mines, ending up in Nebraska. A few died from illness, the Spanish Flu, train accidents, their gravestones written in Japanese characters. Others returned to Japan or moved to larger cities. […]

  • Guadalupe Dancers

    Midwest Theater 1707 Broadway, Scottsbluff, NE, United States

    Enjoy traditional music while the Guadalupe Dancers perform! The Los Guadalupanos is a Traditional Mexican Folklore dance group out of Western Nebraska.

  • Meet El Vaquero: America’s First Cowboy

    Midwest Theater 1707 Broadway, Scottsbluff, NE, United States

    Free family fun with an educational thread! El Vaquero is a conglomeration of many different cowboys who first roamed the continent. You'll be enthralled as he is brought to life […]

  • Women’s Rights and the Saucy Mrs. Adams

    Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

    Five years after Abigail Smith married John Adams, the American colonies adopted the British law of coverture. This law held that no female person had a legal identity. Married women owned nothing—not even the clothes on their backs. More importantly, they had no rights over their own bodies, or custody of the children they bore. […]

  • Sacred Seed: Reviving Indigenous Agricultural Lifeways

    Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

    Seed is sacred to the First Peoples of this land. Taylor Keen shares his 10 year journey to reclaim his Omaha tribal seeds and the teachings afforded by the Plant Nations. Presented by Taylor Keen, who is of Omaha and Cherokee heritage and is a full-time instructor at Creighton University. Keen is the author of […]

  • The Origins of American Cowboy Culture

    Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

    Why are there rodeos? Why are there cowboys? Why are there horses in America? Where did the word cowboy come from? The Stetson cowboy hat? Why were there TV shows like Gunsmoke, The Lone Ranger, and The Cisco Kid? This fascinating presentation traces cowboy culture’s roots from the open plains of Spain to the establishment […]

  • “Ins” & “Outs” of the Nebraska Hall of Fame

    Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

    This session will discuss the various Nebraskans, some well-known and some lesser-known individuals, who have shaped the history and culture of our state. Presented by Dr. Sara Crook, Professor Emeritus, […]

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