150th Anniversary of the Homestead Act Continues in 2013

2013 EVENT CALENDAR

Visiting Homestead in 2013, the Year of the Homesteader?
Check the event calendar to see what is happening at Homestead during your visit!

 

Sunday Drive

Judy Thompson

Judy Thompson: Homestead Paintings Series

View 2010 Homestead Artist-in-Residence Judy Thompson's Homestead Painting Series at the monument's Education Center, October 1, 2012- April 7, 2013. She is a watercolor artist from Iowa.

 

"Year of the Homesteader" Book Discussion Series

 

Agrarian Art Exhibit from the Bone Creek Museum

April 14- July 27, 2013 at the Education Center
More information to come....

 

Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War exhibit

August-September 2013 at the Education Center
More information to come...

 

Homestead's Traveling Exhibit May Be Coming to Your Area!

Homestead National Monument of America will be sending a traveling exhibit around the country in 2013. This series of exhibit banners is meant to raise awareness about the commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Homestead Act.

Check back soon on the travel schedule to see if it will be displayed at a site near YOU!

 

Quilt Discovery Experience

A new visitor experience is coming to Homestead. This project is the result of community member Kay McKenzie's dream and the hard work of a team of people.

Homestead partnered with the Nebraska State Quilt Guild to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Homestead Act and held a quilt design contest.

Click here to find out who won the quilt design contest!