Celebrate Kansas Day at the Museum!
Celebrate Kansas Day with the High Plains Museum this Friday January 29th from 2:00-6:00PM! Come build Kansas Structures with Imagination Playground, play Kansas Bingo, and make simple crafts!
Creating Spaces Making Places
“Creating Spaces Making Places” will be up at the High Plains Museum from January 4th, 2016 to March 31, 2016. This exhibit explores Goodland architecture and is accompanied by Imagination Playground, the awesome blue building blocks.
Christmas at the Museum
Join us this Saturday, December 12, from 1-5 PM for Christmas at the Museum! This is a come and go event with simple crafts and a chance to decorate our Christmas Tree! Then come back at 7 PM for cookies and a story! Thank you!
City Bill Explanation
There have been many comments about the City bills the last couple of months. We have had a small handful of people either call or come in to discuss this issue. I have posted a copy of a few residential bills received in Goodland. Here is the breakdown of a residential bill. Residential Electric – […]
Branding Identity
What is Goodland’s Not-So-Secret Identity? Can you name a person, place, thing or event that really stands out to you as a signature part of life in Goodland? The High Plains Museum will be hosting a Kansas Town Hall Program in October and we are starting to look at how our identity has developed. When one […]
Get A Stamp On Our Identity!
What is Goodland’s Not-So-Secret Identity? Can you name a person, place, thing or event that really stands out to you as a signature part of life in Goodland? The High Plains Museum will be hosting a Kansas Town Hall Program in October and we are starting to look at how our identity has developed. Our identity […]
Hook ‘Em!
Ever wish there was an easier way to fasten your boots with buttons? What about shirts? Well the good news is there is a way! You can simply use a buttonhook to fasten those pesky buttons!
Summer Fun!
With the weather getting warmer it is time to start having fun outdoors! The picture on the left shows a group on the Beaver on June 29, 1919 having a nice day together! In the picture is Jack Miller, Edna Schiefen, Forest High, Wallace Wolff, Helen Powers, Hazel High, Dorothy Fike, and Bertha Sherrod.
I Want Candy!
This week I had a brand new experience! For the first time I tried Swedish Fish, a chewy candy that tastes like fruit. Throughout our lives we will have lots of new experiences, and some of these new experiences might come from a museum.
Caldwell’s – The Store of Plenty!
James M. Caldwell, sons Don and Dick Caldwell and son-in-law Maurice Peters started the company Caldwell’s in the 1920’s. James worked for the Goodland Power and Light Co. and was chief electrician for the power company for seven years. It was through his work at the Power and Light Plant that he learned about electrical […]