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Scanning this QR code at the Plainsman Museum will take viewers to a new display featuring narrated scripts and archive photographs explaining the exhibit.

Scanning this QR code at the Plainsman Museum will take viewers to a new display featuring narrated scripts and archive photographs explaining the exhibit.

Museum tapping technology to enhance viewer experience

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
The Plainsman Museum hosted its annual meeting Sunday, reviewing progress and updates made during the past year while also sharing a first glimpse of technology being developed to enhance guests’ experience with videos and historical scripts narrated by local volunteers.
This large and in-charge piece is a steam engine, used in place of a tractor, to pull a thresher machine through a field.

This large and in-charge piece is a steam engine, used in place of a tractor, to pull a thresher machine through a field.

Wesley Huenefeld Agricultural Museum set to reopen

Cheyenne Rowe
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Agriculture is a keystone in Hamilton County and so too is the history behind it.  There is no better place to showcase said history than the Wesley Huenefeld Agricultural Museum, a part of Aurora’s Plainsman Museum.
New board members recognized Sunday during the Plainsman Museum’s annual meeting include, from left: Zavien Burr, Tim Huls, Jana Gibson and Clint Mickey. Not pictured are Keith Wasem and Gabe Hewen.

New board members recognized Sunday during the Plainsman Museum’s annual meeting include, from left: Zavien Burr, Tim Huls, Jana Gibson and Clint Mickey. Not pictured are Keith Wasem and Gabe Hewen.

Plainsman recaps busy, challenging year

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Staff, board members and volunteers reviewed a busy yet challenging year during Sunday’s annual meeting of the Plainsman Museum. Though the doors were open much of the year after a virtual pandemic shutdown in 2020, the number of visitors and activities still reflected COVID-19’s on-going impact.
Making a stop in Aurora, Humanities Nebraska associate director Mary Yager (right) was welcomed by Plainsman Museum executive director Tina Larson. Together the duo walked through the ‘Community Works’ exhibition, in which Yager played a key role.

Making a stop in Aurora, Humanities Nebraska associate director Mary Yager (right) was welcomed by Plainsman Museum executive director Tina Larson. Together the duo walked through the ‘Community Works’ exhibition, in which Yager played a key role.

Humanities Nebraska visits ‘Community Works’ exhibition

Cheyenne Rowe
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Back in action for another viewing period at the Plainsman Museum, “Community Works” attracted a special guest last week.
Marsha Pawley, center, explains how cream is turned to butter during a demonstration at the Plainsman Museum’s 2019 Day on the Farm. The event is returning after a one year break.

Marsha Pawley, center, explains how cream is turned to butter during a demonstration at the Plainsman Museum’s 2019 Day on the Farm. The event is returning after a one year break.

Plainsman’s Day on the Farm set to return Sunday

Jeni Obermier
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
During the hustle and bustle of everyday life, the Plainsman Museum in Aurora is offering the public a chance to step back to a simpler time during its annual Day on the Farm. After being canceled in 2020, the annual event is set to return Sunday from 1-4 p.m.