Museum of Nebraska Art
Kearney, NE
308-865-8559
The Nebraska
Art Collection was begun in 1976 and the Museum of Nebraska Art was founded
in 1986 in the old Kearney Post Office, originally built in 1911 and listed
on the National Register of Historic Places. The facility was expanded and
completely remodeled in 1991-93 and reopened as the NEW Museum of Nebraska
Art in October of 1993.
The Museum of Nebraska Art is located just off Interstate I-80 on the historic Lincoln Highway, U.S. Route 30, and the Oregon Trail at the corner of 24th Street and Central Avenue in Kearney, Nebraska near the entrance to the downtown Kearney Centre. The Museum of Nebraska Art is located at 2401 Central Ave., Kearney, NE 68848. Hours are posted in the museum's website.
Nebraska
Public Television archives MONA Moments on Nebraska Public Radio,
written and narrated by Ron Roth, Director of the Museum of Nebraska Art.
In the site's search box, enter "mona moments" and choose "NET
Websites" to access 137 episodes as of November 2008. The NPTV web
site says that Moments "...are designed to "educate and
inform NPR listeners on Nebraska's visual art heritage, and to promote MONA."
Each Moment, with 2 to 7 minutes of audio, has a separate web page
containing a link to enable the viewer to replay the audio broadcast, a
complete transcript of the audio, plus a thumbnail image of the art subject
being covered to provide context. The thumbnail image is linked to a larger
image with a caption on a separate page.
Google announced in 2004 a collaboration with institutional libraries, such as the University Of Michigan Library, to digitize large quantities of books: the Google Books Library Project. Public domain books are made available to the public on an open access basis. Copyrighted material is treated in one of three ways. Google negotiates with cooperating publishers through its Google Books Partner Program for "full view" or "limited preview" of entire books, pages or sections within books. For scanned books without copyright permissions, "snippets" may be made available to the public. For remaining books basic information is provided without ability to search within the book. Snippets inform readers about the relevance of the book to their subject of inquiry. A Google Book Search conducted January 12, 2009 located books listed below as having been published by the Museum of Nebraska Arts.
John Robert Weaver, American Artist, By John Robert Weaver, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Museum of Nebraska Art. Published by Museum of Nebraska Art, 2005. ISBN 0615130178, 9780615130170. 268 pages: Google Books says: "Published in conjunction with the exhibition entitled John Robert Weaver : American artist, a retrospective, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Neb., Sept. 9, 2005-Jan. 22, 2006 and Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, Sept. 9-Dec. 8, 2005."
Eric Berggren, Fables in Wood, By Eric Berggren, Museum of Nebraska Art. Published by Museum of Nebraska Art, 2003. Google Books says: "Exhibition held at the Museum of Nebraska Art [November 2, 2003-February 1, 2004]"
The Museum of Nebraska Art Presents Leonard Thiessen: Nebraska Modernist, By Leonard Thiessen, Museum of Nebraska Art, Josephine Martins, Museum of Nebraska Art, Published by Museum of Nebraska Art, 2002 .39 pages. Google Books says: "Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Nebraska Art, May 5-Sep. 19, 2002."
The Heritage of Audubon, By Museum of Nebraska Art. Published by Museum of Nebraska Art, 1998. Google Books says: "Catalog of exhibition held Mar. 13-Apr. 19, 1998, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Neb."
Augustus Dunbier: Nebraska Impressionist, By Augustus Dunbier, Museum of Nebraska Art. Published by Museum of Nebraska Art, 1994. Augustus W. Dunbier: Catalog essay on Augustus Dunbier by Roger Augustus Dunbier written for Museum of Nebraska Art's exhibition Augustus Dunbier: Nebraska Impressionist held April 24 to June 5, 1994
Thomas Hart Benton on the Oregon Trail: Original Illustrations for Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trail, By Museum of Nebraska Art, Thomas Hart Benton, Jane Rohman, Published by Museum of Nebraska Art, University of Nebraska at Kearney, 1992. 23 pages. Google Books says: "Catalog for an exhibition of works from the permanent collection of the Museum of Nebraska Art."
Myra Biggerstaff: A Retrospective, By Myra Biggerstaff, Museum of Nebraska Art. Published by Museum of Nebraska Art, 1992
One Hundred Years of Nebraska Women Artists, By Museum of Nebraska Art. Published by Museum of Nebraska Art, 1990
Grant Reynard: A Centennial Exhibition, By Museum of Nebraska Art, Grant T. Reynard, Nebraska Art Collection, Museum of Nebraska Art, Western Heritage Museum (Omaha, Neb.). Published by Museum of Nebraska Art, 1987. 20 pages. Google Books says: "Exhibition and catalogue by Daryl R. Landon."
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