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Museum Hosts Milestone Reception

August 28, 2024

Visitors, guests and artists squeezed into the exhibition galleries at 575 E Street on Aug. 24th for the final opening reception at the museum’s current location. Nearly 70 guests stood shoulder to shoulder to view the Impact Nebraska “Pollinators” exhibition and hear the artists present comment on their piece. The exhibition will be on display […]

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Current summer exhibition invites farm memories

April 11, 2024

“We Always Had Chickens” is the current exhibition by Wisconsin artist Lorraine Ortner-Blake. Even as their dairy farming practices changed over the years, her mother would often say, “Well, we always had chickens.” It was just one among many, many memories of Lorraine’s youth. She has captured more in this collection. The Bone Creek staff […]

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Erase the Winter Blues with Brilliant Color

February 01, 2024

Bone Creek Museum is the Nation’s only art museum dedicated solely to the art of the land. Located only 30 minutes north of Seward, I-80 exit 379, Bone Creek is passionate about connecting viewers to the land through art year-round.  

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4 Stereotype-busting Reasons to Visit Bone Creek Museum

January 13, 2024

#1 – It’s relatable. It’s the ONLY Agrarian Art Museum in the U.S. “Agrarian” is pertaining to lands and its tenure.The museum’s mission is to Connect People to the Land through Art. One thing people might say as a reason to not visit an art museum is because they might not understand what they are […]

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Museum receives major art donation

January 11, 2024

Jan. 11, 2024 The Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art, David City, Nebr., received a major gift of art late in 2023. The Overland Gallery of Minneapolis gifted 24 paintings by American artist Gary Ernest Smith (1942- ). A handful of paintings from this new collection are on display now in an exhibition called, “Gary […]

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