Burnt toast? Not anymore!
You wake up in the morning and put some bread in the toaster. You want to get the perfect toast and set the dial to your optimal setting. You leave the toast for a minute to finish getting ready and when you get back your toast is done. Luckily you did not have to wait […]
That’s the way the finger sandwich crumbles
You are at home or a restaurant and you cut into a roll. Then you notice that there are crumbs on the tablecloth or table and brush them away. Did you know that brushing crumbs away used to be a part of American dining during the Victorian Era? Or that someone would come and do […]
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.