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Category Archives: Exhibits
Nebraska’s New Deal Art
For those of you who were unable to make it to the Nebraska History Museum last year for the exhibit entitled, “For the People: Nebraska’s New Deal Art,” we have some good news! These works of art are now available … Continue reading
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Tagged Federal Art Project, Great Depression, New Deal art
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A Feedsack Quilt, A Doll, and a New Online Exhibit
People commonly think of sewing with feed sack fabric as a Depression-era practice. In fact, thrifty stitchers had been doing this since the late 1800s. Necessities such as flour, cornmeal, salt, sugar, and animal feed came in cotton sacks. … Continue reading
Boy Scout Exhibit Now Online
The Nebraska State Historical Society is pleased to announce a new virtual exhibit celebrating the Centennial of the Boy Scouts of America. The Boy Scouts of America, 1910-2010: Celebrating the Adventure – Continuing the Journey replicates the exhibit that was … Continue reading
We Love Quilts! Part 3
Back in March I blogged about the opening of a new quilt exhibit called Beauty in Hard Times: Depression Era Quilts in Nebraska. I mentioned that this exhibit will run for two years and the quilts will change every six months. Well, six months are … Continue reading
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Tagged artifact, collections, Great Depression, museum, quilt
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The Ugliest Artifact I’ve Ever Seen
Museum artifacts can be beautiful. Museum artifacts can be plain. Plain museum artifacts can sometimes represent ugly ideas. It is rare, however, to come across a museum artifact that is, in actuality, literally ugly. Ah, but we’ve found one! Thanks … Continue reading
Saving Memories Exhibit is Now Online
The new virtual exhibit, Saving Memories, features various documentary items from the Library/Archives collections, including diaries, journals, scrapbooks, autograph albums, photo albums, and home movies. The virtual exhibit also features several quilts and hide paintings from the Museum Collections. The … Continue reading
Great Project for the New Deal Art Class in July
Artist Paula Stone just stopped in to talk about the project she has in mind for kids to create in the New Deal Art class in July. Paula has come up with an art project that connects the art that … Continue reading
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Families: Celebrate the Czech Culture
Come to the Nebraska History Museum on Saturday, April 10 to Celebrate the Czech Culture Families are welcome to drop in from 2:00-4:00. The Kramer Sisters will entertain See and try on authentic Czech costumes Hear Czech music Play horse … Continue reading
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We Love Quilts, Part 2
Last time I blogged I talked about how much we love quilts–here’s more proof. We’ve just opened a new exhibit called Beauty in Hard Times: Depression Era Quilts in Nebraska. This exhibit will run for two years and the quilts … Continue reading
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Tagged artifact, collections, exhibit, Great Depression, museum, quilt
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