Exhibitions

March 24 – July 9, 2023 A national juried exhibition inspired by contemporary poetry. Penny Niemi’s “Farm Island Anthology,” set against the backdrop of rural America, challenges a new generation to perpetuate the legacy of rugged, aging farmers who have passionately loved and worked and valued the land. It depicts an agrarian lifestyle that embodies […]

June 11 – Aug. 29, 2021 Author/photographer Matt Steinhausen will feature selections from his sell-out book The Least Interesting Place (2020) at the museum. The coffee table book with a clever title explores many facets of life in Nebraska. The museum’s selections focus on rural livelihoods and the unique landscape of the state. A reception is planned […]

March 5 – June 6, 2021 In Paul A. Johnsgard’s book, Crane Music: A Natural History of American Cranes, the author writes, “There is a river in the heart of North America that annually gathers together the watery largess of melting Rocky Mountain snowfields and glaciers and spills wildly down the eastern slopes of Colorado […]

Nov. 21, 2020 – Feb. 28, 2021 Paintings of grain elevators in Eastern Nebraska will grace the walls of the Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art Nov. 21, 2020 through Feb. 28, 2021. The museum in David City is free of charge and open to the public. Face masks are currently required. Featured artist Louise […]

Extended to July 26, 2020 Plant life blooms early this spring in paintings by James Brewer at the Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art. A new exhibition, Garden Symphonies, opened Wednesday Feb. 19 and planned to run through April 19, but has been extended to July 26. The museum’s south gallery will be filled with […]

April 22- July 26, 2020 At present, this exhibition is opening virtually. Images of the artworks and exhibition commentary in part will be made available digitally. Robert Henri (1865-1929) wrote a famous book, The Art Spirit, which has inspired generations of artists across the world. One such artist of a Pennsylvania farming lineage has assembled […]

August 1- November 15, 2020 Nebraska has many talented artists who have found inspiration from the earth around them. As an art museum dedicated to the land, we have sought to compile an exhibition of the best of the best Agrarian Artists currently living and working in Nebraska. This is not to ignore the exceptional […]

May 3 – July 28, 2019 See the broad brush strokes of Swedish impressionist Birger Sandzen (1871- 1954) with a selection of original paintings on loan from the Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery in Lindsborg, Kansas.

August 1 – Nov. 17, 2019 Sculptor Diana Le Marbe and painter Jeri Desrochers have teamed up to depict an often overlooked period of immigrant history under the Braceros Labor Contract from Mexico (1942-1964). Braceros History By Raymond Cobos The Braceros Program- The Bracero Program is a term given to the Mexican Farm Labor Program Agreement […]

Nov. 22, 2019- Feb. 16, 2020 Ernest Ochsner has been painting the vivid green fields around Aurora, Nebr. for decades as he has found constant inspiration and renewal from the change of life’s seasons.