Hastings Museum

The Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History is located in Hastings, Nebraska. It is housed in a building funded by the Works Progress Administration and dedicated on June 15, 1939.[1] The Museum is under the jurisdiction of the City of Hastings and and all employees are personnel of the Hastings governement.[2] The museum is governed by a 7 member board, with each member serving a term of 5 years.[3] The board has the power to adopt rules and regulations as they deem appropriate and has exclusive control of expenditures of the Museum fund.[3] The board is responsible to the Mayor and City Council of Hastings, Nebraska.[4] It is also supported by a Foundation to increase awareness and support, which was incorporated in 1985.[5]

The Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History preserves, displays and interprets artifacts, provides research and shares knowledge pertaining to the natural and cultural histories of Hastings, Adams County and the Great Plains of Nebraska. It was founded in 1926 by Albert Brooking and became home to many exhibits which included Brookings own personal collection of Native American artifacts, fossils and his collection of mounted birds. Albert Brookings’s bird collection was one of the largest in the United States.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Museum history". Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History. 2010-08-09. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
  2. ↑ "Employment". Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History. 2010-12-10. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
  3. 1 2 "Board of Trustees". City of Hastings. 2010-11-16. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
  4. ↑ "Hastings City Code, Chapter 27, Section 101" (PDF). City of Hastings. p. 1. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
  5. ↑ "Hastings Museum Foundation". Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History. 2010-08-09. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
  6. ↑ "About Us". Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History. Retrieved 2016-10-30.

Coordinates: 40°36′00″N 98°23′29″W / 40.6001°N 98.3915°W / 40.6001; -98.3915

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