The Sweetest Day of the Year! Root Beer Float Day at The Durham Museum
07/20/18
The Durham Museum will celebrate National Root Beer Float Day with free 8 oz. root beer floats to all visitors on Saturday, August 4. Each visitor will receive a ticket for one root beer float during museum hours, 10AM-5PM. Regular museum admission applies and members are free. The complimentary floats are being generously underwritten by the Baer Foundation. As a… Continue Reading The Sweetest Day of the Year! Root Beer Float Day at The Durham Museum Back by Popular Demand!
06/29/18
Back by popular demand…Go behind closed doors for a one-of-a–kind tour experience at The Durham Museum! Don white gloves and your own “All-Access” badge and join our curators as we take you to places you have never seen before. The first-ever “Museum Insider” tours sold-out immediately when the program launched this past March. New tours have since been added to… Continue Reading Back by Popular Demand! The Little Newspaper You Never Knew About
06/11/18
This week I am featuring a gem I stumbled upon in our archival collection. It is a newspaper called The Star and later The West Omaha Star which ran from 1933-1940 and featured news of the Walnut Hill Neighborhood area. Jimmie McGaffin tells his story in the final editorial as he suspends his paper: You may note that he says… Continue Reading The Little Newspaper You Never Knew About ALL ABOARD for a fun-filled weekend!
06/08/18
Celebrate our region’s rich railroad heritage and all things train and track at Railroad Days 2018. On Saturday, July 14 and Sunday, July 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Lauritzen Gardens, The Durham Museum, Union Pacific Railroad Museum, RailsWest Railroad Museum and the Historic General Dodge House are teaming up for this favorite annual event. Passes for Railroad Days… Continue Reading ALL ABOARD for a fun-filled weekend! Celebrate Flag Day at The Durham Museum
06/05/18
Join us for a special event celebrating Flag Day at The Durham Museum on June 14, 2018. The event kicks-off at 10AM. The Honor Guard from Offutt Air Force Base will be here to help us retire our current flag and raise our new 20’ x 30’ American Flag in the Suzanne and Walter Scott Great Hall, accompanied by patriotic… Continue Reading Celebrate Flag Day at The Durham Museum The Durham Museum to Host Annual Sentimental Journey Event: “With Honor”
05/22/18
The Durham Museum will host its annual fundraiser, Sentimental Journey, on Friday, November 16, 2018. The theme of this year’s event is Sentimental Journey: With Honor, and will celebrate our community’s strong military history. The Honorary Chairs are Ann and Ken Stinson. The event will begin at 6 p.m. with a cocktail and hors d’oeuvres reception, followed by an elegant… Continue Reading The Durham Museum to Host Annual Sentimental Journey Event: “With Honor” Durham Museum Launches “$5 after 5” Summer Admission Deal
05/17/18
The Durham Museum is launching a new program called “$5 after 5” to encourage guests to visit the museum after 5PM on Tuesday evenings throughout the summer. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, admission for all ages will be just $5 after 5PM on Tuesdays. On Tuesday nights, the museum stays open until 8PM, giving guests the opportunity to visit… Continue Reading Durham Museum Launches “$5 after 5” Summer Admission Deal Intern Feature
05/08/18
We just said goodbye to another intern class here at the museum, but the reach of their work goes beyond their time in the building! Intern Ryan Hanrahan worked with letters written during World War II. He scanned, cataloged, and transcribed them for future use. They are also now stored nicely in acid free folders in an acid free box… Continue Reading Intern Feature Place your bets!
03/29/18
Hello. Today’s topic: Place your bets! We very recently received a donation of three notebooks in a metal safe box. Pretty normal-looking stuff, but the story and content is the fun part! These notebooks contain betting figures, names, and profits carefully managed by Eddy Barrick. Barrick and a business partner Sam Ziegman controlled gambling in the area and eventually moved… Continue Reading Place your bets! Bostwick’s Caribbean Cruise Photos
02/12/18
Hello! Today’s topic: Bostwick’s Caribbean Cruise Photos The really interesting thing about the Bostwick Collection, besides his subject matter, is that he switched from glass plates to film during his career. He took photos from the turn of the century through the early 1940s! While we have both film and glass plate from other photographers, the collection is usually all… Continue Reading Bostwick’s Caribbean Cruise Photos 