..... ....... You might think working at a museum is a fairly risk-free gig. You’d be mistaken. Here are just a few ways a museum can kill you. ... ... Arsenic & Old Animals ...... Many of the animals in our Museum are adorable. But, please—no [...]
HASTINGS, Neb., July 16, 2019 - The Hastings Museum is encouraging the Tri-cities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing by hosting a variety of events this weekend. "We are so excited for this milestone." said Becky Matticks, director of the Hastings Museum. "We'll be incorporating our Planetarium, our new Dobsonian telescopes, [...]
What an evening! We hosted our annual Member Celebration on June 13, and – WOW! We premiered our most recent educational film: Disneynature’s Penguins, as well as From Earth to the Universe, our summer Planetarium show. As always, we [...]
On March 15, 2019, the Hastings Museum and its Premiere-Level Members took part in the world-wide premiere of Superpower Dogs! That’s right, our Premiere Members watched this film in their hometown at the same time that it premiered on big screens in New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, and around the world. The evening was wall-to-wall [...]
We know that moms rock it on a daily basis, but these women were in a league of their own. Unsung heroines of the westward movement, pioneer mothers endured through blizzards and bank failures, crop failures and catastrophic storms, droughts and disasters to leave a legacy of strength and pride for their descendants. Wow! [...]
Low Sensory Sundays are a simple way for the museum to make all patrons comfortable. As members of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the Museum closely follows AAM’s working group on Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI).
On the 100th anniversary of the end of First World War, Academy Award-winner Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) presented the world premiere of an extraordinary new work showing WWI as people had never seen it.
