The Archway is a highly acclaimed exhibit featuring a self-guided tour that takes visitors on a 180-year journey from the Oregon Trail Era to the present day. It offers a memorable experience suitable for individuals of all ages.
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Join us at the Archway to create a milk carton gingerbread house! Then enjoy cookies, hot chocolate, and festive holiday music! $5/person, limited supply, so please register online at Archway.org/events. Click the link to the left to register....

Join us at the Archway to decorate cookies. write a letter to Santa, enjoy a cup of hot chocolate, sing along to Christmas music, then take your picture with Santa! $5/person, limited supply, so please register online at Archway.org/events. Click the link to the left to...

Get creative with art instructor Diane Sciachitano in this workshop for budding artists, aged 10 - adult.  Diane will lead the group in a project that will help you develop your art skills while you create a lovely painting that you'll enjoy for years to...

Join us for a Halloween event that's kind of scary, but mostly fun!  At the Archway's HalloweenFest, we'll play creepy carnival games, conquer the haunted obstacle course, and go on an I-spy hike, and that's only the beginning.  We'll enjoy live music with Kearney's own...

Join us for an entertaining and informative afternoon with Humanities Nebraska performer Michael McDonald.  He'll perform some traditional cowboy poetry and introduce us to "Nighthawk Tunes," the songs that cowboys sang to help settle their cattle at night.  The performance is free. As always, the presentation...

In this camp, we’re going wild for wildlife! Join us as we learn about jungle habitat and the animals who live there. Then it’s all fun and games as we learn and practice a variety of animal sounds. We’ll make our own binoculars. We’ll head...

Join us as we discover the magic of music. During this day-long, hands-on camp, we’ll learn all about sounds and the ways that they come together to make music. We’ll play a dance game and musical chairs. And, we’ll make our own instruments, like flutes...

Join the Adventure Campers as we welcome spring to Nebraska. This day-long camp is filled with hands-on activities that will help us to understand the weather. Learn about our atmosphere and the conditions that bring about snow, rain, and sunshine. We’ll learn about rain clouds...

Join us as we explore the mysteries of the undersea world. We’ll learn all about sea creature identification and about life on a coral reef. We’ll make our own model of a jellyfish. Join in the ocean scavenger hunt and make a rainbow paper plate...

Everyone knows that science is fun if you do it right! Join us as we explore the wide world of science. During this day-long camp, we’ll learn about rainbows and make one of our own. Then, we’ll use a cabbage leaf to observe the way...