Calling Kansas Explorers!

Now showing at the High Plains Museum are two traveling exhibits from the Kauffman Museum: “K is for Kansas” and “Considering the Commonplace”. “K is for Kansas: Exploring Kansas from A to Z” features interactive enlarged children’s blocks that detail Kansas history and culture. The Kansas alphabet includes the state symbols that all Kansas children […]

“Get Your Taxes Paid and Auto License Here!”

In 1984 a massive metal counter came to the High Plains Museum from the Sherman County Courthouse. It was immediately placed into storage, hidden behind the exhibits. In September 2011, a new multipurpose space was created and the the counter was rediscovered, having since been covered with collection materials. The counter was cleaned up and […]

Wrap Up Your Christmas Shopping!

The High Plains Museum gift shop features books, Kansas trinkets, jewelry, puzzles, t-shirts and more! It’s a great place to shop for little somethings to wrap up your Christmas shopping. Now featured on sale is Marci Penner’s 8 Wonders of Kansas Guidebook, $29.95. The 8 Wonders of Kansas Guidebook is a 272-page book filled with […]

Call for Artifacts & Information

The High Plains Museum and the Goodland Police Department are collaborating on an upcoming exhibit detailing the history of the Goodland Police Department. To make the exhibit a great success, we are asking the public to come forward with information or objects that are related to the history of the Goodland Police to loan to […]

Now Showing: Getting to Know Van Gogh

Now showing at the High Plains Museum is a playful animated movie that details the life and work of Vincent van Gogh! Getting To Know, Inc.’s “Getting to Know Van Gogh” film will be shown every Saturday from November 5 through December 10 (except Nov. 26 as the High Plains Museum is closed). The movie […]

New Exhibit: Vincent van Gogh

A new exhibit opens today at the High Plains Museum: Vincent van Gogh, a traveling exhibit from Teacher’s Discovery. The exhibit features large reproductions of a selection of Vincent van Gogh’s more popular works including “Starry Night”, “Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe”, “Yellow Wheat and Cypresses”, “Café Terrace at Night” and “Trees in the […]

Art in a Big Way: Goodland’s Big Easel

In the spring of 2001, the “World’s Largest Painting on an Easel” was erected in Pioneer Park, in Goodland, Kansas along Business Highway 24. The 24 by 32 foot painting is a reproduction of Vincent Van Gogh’s Three Sunflowers in a Vase, the first in a series of seven sunflower paintings painted in Arles, France, […]

Ordinance 1599

ORDINANCE NO.  1599   AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING SOLID WASTE FEES PAID BY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS AND AMENDING SECTION 7-113 and 7-114 (a) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF GOODLAND, KANSAS.   BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF GOODLAND, KANSAS:   SECTION 1.  Section 7-113 of the Code of […]

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