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Plainsman Stays Focused: Elarton Photography Studio Grand Opening September 17

For a few months now, there's been a buzz on the boardwalk. Sometimes it comes in the sound of hammer and saw, sometimes the swish of a...

Beautiful Bronzes Added to Collection

For many years, a large bronze statue of an Indian Scout has been sitting with great distinction, one hand over his brow, seeking a trail...

Grandmother's Wedding Dress

As our executive director, Tina Larson, always says, "They aren't objects. They are stories." So when Millard Carnes and his wife Jan,...

Aeolian: Music of the wind

Aeolian: things related to Aeolus, the Greek god of wind. The Aeolian Orchestra of Aurora was organized in the fall of 1917, and directed...

Faces of Hamilton County 2017

Be one of the Faces of Hamilton County! July 27-30, at the Hamilton County Fair - in front of, (or on top of, if you are game) the...

Aurora 6th Graders Journey through Yesterday

Today is History Day for the Aurora Middle School sixth graders, and they took a journey through yesterday at the Plainsman Museum. The...

Walking Tour: Floor Murals That Floor You

As you enter through the double doors into the rotunda of the Plainsman Museum, you'll be tempted to look up, and stay there. The murals...

Save the Date: Nimble Thimble Quilt Show

And what is life? A crazy quilt; Sorrow and joy, and grace and guilt, With here and there a square of blue For some old happiness we...

An Object Lesson

We found a story the other day, on the green bench outside our door, anonymously drawn by our “Open” sign. It was patiently waiting to...

Not Your Grandma's Buffalo

In 2016, Congress passed legislation, the National Bison Legacy Act, which named the hoofed beast as a “historical symbol of the United...