Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the High Plains Museum! Over the holiday the museum will be closed December 24th and 25th and January 1st. We will be open December 22nd and 29th during regular hours, 9 AM to 5 PM. Don't forget to stop by and see our traveling exhibit from the Smithso
Oscar Winner Andrew McCrea and his radio program American Countryside took a tour of the High Plains Museum this year. You can hear from Director Karen Anderson about the history contained in the Museum in McCrea's First Helicopter broadcast. "The American Countryside is truly a slice of American
Happy Thanksgiving! In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, The High Plains Museum will be closed Thursday the 22, Friday the 23, Saturday the 24, and Sunday the 25. The museum will reopen Monday the 26 at 9:00 AM. The regular hours of the museum are Monday and Wednesday through Saturday f
During the 1930's in parts of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado and Kansas the top soil started to blow. Due to the extensive drought in these areas the top soil would form huge dust clouds that would obsure the sun and sweep over the plains. This disaster has been chronicled in Ken Burns tw
Labor Day is coming right around the corner. Beyond it being an excellent vacation day at the beginning of fall, it is also an occasion to celebrate the way we work. Share your work story with us over the next few days to help celebrate! What do you do? What is your dream job? A note to visitors
The Exhibit "Goodland Treasures" will be closing August 6th. Get in to see the Treasures of Goodland before it closes. Take the time to also view the Big Easel Project exhibit detailing the story of our Big Easel and its companions in Altoona and Emerald. Coming soon is the exhibit "Serve & P
On the Rotary Visitor guestbook at the Big Easel there are plenty of great questions and appreciative comments. Of the many great questions, "How big was the artist/paint brush?", is one of our favorites. Cameron Cross, the artist behind the Big Easel Project, is 5'10". Pretty normal sized guy.
Cameron Cross, the Big Easel artist, has nearly completed his work repairing and repainting Goodland's Big Easel. The painting had been removed from the easel July 11th to get work done on the faded and worn "canvas." To celebrate the completion of the "Repaint, Repair, Relaunch" project, the City