Category Archives: News

Repaint, Repair, Relaunch!

Sami Windle Around Goodland, Goodland's Treasures, News

Repair! Repaint! Relaunch! Cameron Cross returns this summer to celebrate and reinvigorate the Big Easel painting in Goodland. The Big Easel has stood in Goodland celebrating art and sunflower agriculture for 11 years. Installed on June 19, 2001, the painting by artist Cameron Cross is a reproduc

Happy Fourth of July

Sami Windle Around Goodland, Events, News

Happy Independence Day! Have a safe and happy celebration of America. The High Plains Museum will be closed in observance of the holiday. For local festivities head over to the Sherman County Fairgrounds for the 4th of July Freedom Festival. Events taking place include: 6:00 pm MT Goodland Kiw

Colors Everywhere!

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This Sunday the Historical Society is dedicating a stained glass window to Ruth and Selby Soward.   It will hang in the Ennis-Handy House at 202 West 13th Street here in Goodland.  To help celebrate this event let’s take a look at a brief history of stained glass windows and some other stained

Closed for Economic Development!

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The High Plains Museum will be closed Wednesday morning, June 6th, from 9:00 am till 1:00 pm. We are hosting the quarterly Western Kansas Rural Economic Development Association meeting. We will be showing off the museum, Goodland's community jewel, to visiting professionals from all over Kansas. We

Get Active! Get Involved!

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The High Plains Museum would like to announce an open position on our Advisory Board. If you would like to get involved with Sherman County History and would like to be a part of the High Plains Museum's development, let us know! An Advisory Board member's role is to assist the Director in the di

It’s Camp Time!

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Ever wonder what it was like to go to school in a one room school house?  We know that grades first through eight were all taught in the same place, but how?  Eighth graders were not learning the same thing as second graders right?  If you have completed grades 3-5 and would like to know, sign up

Thanks to the Vets!

Sami Windle Exhibits, News

The High Plains Museum would like to offer our thanks to veterans of all wars this Memorial Day. In observance of the holiday, the Museum will be closed Monday, May 28th. Thank a veteran and look for an article in the Goodland Star News about our 2011 Veterans Oral History Project that collected

Why We Love Kansas!

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In the Kansas! Magazine one can find out all about Kansas.  Where good places to eat are, where to look for great entertainment (including jazz festivals), and where we can learn more about the history of Kansas. The magazine is published by Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, off

Get out Goodland! May First Week is Here!

Sami Windle Around Goodland, Events, News

Help the Carnegie Arts Center, the Goodland Public Library, and the High Plains Museum celebrate Goodland this May during the "First Week" events. This series of events will center around a theme of "Flight". Drop by the Carnegie, Library or the Museum to experience "Flight" and its connection to