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Full-time staff
Museum Director – Crystal Werger
I grew up in Murdock, Nebraska, a very small town between Omaha and Lincoln. I attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln where I studied history and art history. My last year in college I interned at the Sheldon Museum of Art and so began my love of museums. In 2002, my husband, Mike, and I moved to Elwood, Nebraska. In 2020 we moved into Lexington where we live with our sons Caleb and Joshua. I have had a passion for history all my life! I knew as a child I would do something with that passion but over the years it has changed from wanting to be an Archeologist to Art Historian to Preservationist to Museum Registrar. All those ideas eventually lead me to apply for the job as Director of the Dawson County Historical Society and Museum. It’s a good fit because now I get to do everything I enjoy!
Board Of Directors
Board President – Don Batie
Don Batie and his wife, Barb, farm northeast of Lexington. Don traces his roots in Dawson County to his great-grandfather James Pickering, who immigrated to Plum Creek in 1873. Don and Barb own and farm the original homestead, which was filed in April of 1873. They live on James’ tree claim that was filed in 1879. Don is also active on several other boards, including Dawson County Farm Bureau, the Dawson County Planning Commission and the Nebraska Natural Resources Commission. Don and Barb have two daughters, Julie (Doug) Loudon of Grand Island and Cicely Batie of Washington, D.C.
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Board Of Directors
Director – Donn Newquist
I grew up in Dawson county and went to school in Sumner Eddyville Miller. After graduation I attended school in Lincoln at UN/L and got a degree in American History. I taught school for 35 years in Nebraska, Arizona, Georgia, and back to Nebraska. In all the years of teaching I only got to teach history for five years so my love of history became my avocation. No matter where I have lived or traveled I have always relished studying the history around me either through books or discussions with the old timers of the area. Living in Dawson county the last 11 years and being on the DCHS board has given me a lot appreciation for the history that is around us here in central Nebraska. A little known fact about me is I have three college degrees all from the University of Nebraska. History from UN/L, Reading from UN/O, Counseling from UN/K. I am a product of the University of Nebraska system.
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“Wash Day” Exhibit At Dawson County Museum
Remember the days of hanging laundry outside to dry?
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The feel of the summer heat and the smell of lilacs?
Experience it all over again at the Dawson County Museum’s exhibit “Wash Day”. We’ll be exhibiting everything from clotheslines and aprons to wash tubs and mangles.
Take a step back in time when wash day really was a day all its own!
Remember the days of hanging laundry outside to dry?
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The feel of the summer heat and the smell of lilacs?
Experience it all over again at the Dawson County Museum’s exhibit “Wash Day”. We’ll be exhibiting everything from clotheslines and aprons to wash tubs and mangles.
Take a step back in time when wash day really was a day all its own!
The dates for this exhibit are June30 – September 30.
Cozad Art Club In Our Gallery
We have the Cozad Art Club in our Art Gallery NOW through June 20th. They have brought paintings, drawings, and photographs. The walls are FULL of their artwork! And some are on sale! Don’t let time pass by without dropping by to view this Art Work … and bring your checkbook in case you see something that will enhance your own collection at home!
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Dedication Ceremony
We will be having a dedication ceremony for the Oregon Trail/Ezra Meeker Monument outside of the museum on Saturday, May 16th at 1:30 PM. Refreshments will be served following the ceremony. We invite you to participate in this event and spend a little time at the museum while enjoying your refreshments!
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“Quilting Bee and Exhibit”
We wanted to let you know that the Dawson County Museum has a new exhbit in the main Gallery.
“Quilting Bee and Exhibit” by the Plum Creek Quilt Guild, now showing through June 20th. Join us during this exhibit and freshen up your history of Quilting!
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Crock-pot Cook Off
\This Saturday, bring the entire family to the Dawson County Historical Museum for the Crock-pot Cook-off from 5-7pm. For a Freewill Donation, you can eat the crock-pot dishes, appetizers, dessert plus Hamburgers, chips, pop and water will also be served. Enjoy the museum and the meal with your family while supporting the preservation of our county’s wonderful history!
If you are entering the contest, be sure to have your dish at the museum by 4:15pm. Judging will begin at 5pm.
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