St. Patrick’s Day Celebration!
Come celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the High Plains Museum this Saturday, March 16th, from 1-5 PM! At the celebration you will learn about St. Patrick and why we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day as well some lucky symbols from around the world. For each lucky symbol talked about there is a fun craft and some […]
You did the mash…the potato mash!
Ever look at your potato masher and wonder about the story behind it? In our collections we have a wooden potato masher that while our object does not contain much history, the history behind the object itself is very interesting.
A smokin’ good time
The High Plains Museum began collecting in 1959, and those many years of collecting have yielded a collection of fascinating objects. The HPM cannot display all these objects at once, instead we curate an exhibit to feature certain objects. Ever wonder what objects the museum has stored? Each week we will bring you one fascinating object […]
Business After Hours
The Goodland Chamber of Commerce is pleased to host the monthly Business After Hours, a great way to unwind and network with other business people and find out what is going on in the community. The next Business After Hours is February 28th from 5:30 to 7:30 at the High Plains Museum, sponsored by the […]
Space Walk
The first Saturday of March through July the High Plains Museum will host the Space Walk Program. This program is a come and go from 1:00 to 5:00 PM and will feature a different theme each month that relates to our current exhibit Earth From Space. March will be all about weather. Take a look […]
It’s a snow day!
It’s snowing! With all the snow comes fun snow related activities that you can do. Grab your sled and some friends and go sledding at Pioneer Park. According to the Farmers Almanac sledding is actually a great way to burn calories! It can burn up to 450 calories per hour, it also gets you outside which will […]
Currently showing at the High Plains Museum… Earth From Space
Come see the Earth through a new perspective! Showing now at the High Plains Museum is Earth From Space a poster exhibit from the Smithsonian and the United States Geological Survey. We also have our own planetarium immersive experience where the visitor can view the constellations, and see if you can discover which constellations are […]
Copernicus and the High Plains Museum
Today is Nicolaus Copernicus’ 540th birthday! Copernicus is known as the founder of modern astronomy because of his study of the sky.
Goodland USD Students show us The Way We Work
“What three jobs do we depend on most? What might happen if we didn’t have these jobs in Sherman County? Five six graders in the Goodland USD 352 school system produced a five-minute film that addresses these two questions. Uploaded onto YouTube is the fantastic film developed by the students as part of the programming […]
The High Plains Museum to Host Smithsonian Earth from Space Exhibition
Beginning February 13th, visitors to the High Plains Museum will be able to experience the popular exhibition Earth from Space produced by the Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibition Service in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey. The exhibition will be on view at the High Plains Museum, February 13 through July 29. Enjoy the exhibit at […]