The Archway is excited to partner with the University of Nebraska Kearney to present The Orphan Train Colloquium, a platform designed to study and discuss the impact of the movement known as “The Orphan Train.”  The orphan train movement was a supervised welfare program that operated from 1854 to 1929 and relocated abandoned, orphaned or homeless children from urban centers in the eastern U.S. to foster and adoptive families in the Midwest and Great Plains region.  Nearly 3,500 of the children who participated in the program settled with families in Nebraska.  Colloquium events will take place at the University of Nebraska Kearney, the Museum of Nebraska Art and at the Archway. For a complete schedule, visit http://unk.edu/orphantrain.

Enjoy some frightening Halloween fun with the Archway and Crane River Theater Company when Zombies Attack! at the Archway.  Run for your life over the 2 mile course surrounding the Archway, strewn with obstacles, and infested with zombies.  Outrun the undead, save your “life flags,” and win!   Get into the spirit of the season and join the fun as a zombie, runner, or observer.  For a full timetable and online registration, click the “More Info” link to the left.

Enjoy a full afternoon of fun Halloween activities.  Explore the Haunted Mystery Maze.  Get scary with Festive Face Painting.  Create a monstrously yummy treat in the Cookie Decorating Laboratory.  And, Trunk or Treat with First Baptist Church.  Crane River Theater Company and the Archway team up to celebrate a cherished fall tradition. For more information, click the “More Info” link to the left.