Museum on Main Street Part of the "Key Ingredients" exhibit. Sponsors The Nebraska Rural Radio Network--KRVN, KTIC, and KNEB Nebraska Division of Travel & Tourism Nebraska Farm Bureau Services

Key Ingredients: America by Food   May 2005 "Key Ingredients" Nebraska tour opened May 24 in Broken Bow    The 2005-2006 Nebraska tour of “Key Ingredients: America by Food,” a traveling exhibit developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service and presented in the state by the Nebraska Humanities Council (NHC), opened May 24 in Broken Bow. The exhibit, which toured six Nebraska sites, debuted at Custer County Historical Society Museum, 445 S. Ninth Ave. from May 24 to July 9. Each of the six sites developed public humanities programming coinciding with the exhibit’s theme and created events and activities to encourage public participation during the visit. “Key Ingredients” explains the little known, the everyday, and the obvious through an entertaining and informative overview of our county’s diverse regional cooking and eating traditions. It underscores the contributions made by Native American cultures to our palate and eating habits, and addresses the entrepreneurial spirit on which many food production industries are based, such as the food pioneers Heinz, Campbell and Borden. The “Key Ingredients” exhibit consists of an introduction and five content sections—“Land of Plenty,” “Local Flavors,” “Dynamic Delivery,” “Festival of Feasts,” and “Home Cooking.” Together, they investigate how climate, ethnicity, landscape and tradition influence the foods and flavors we enjoy nationwide. From Broken Bow, the exhibit traveled to the Kimball Public Library in Kimball, where it was on display from July 14 to Aug. 28. Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center in Chadron hosted the exhibit from Sept. 2 to Oct. 17, before traveling to the Sturdevant-McKee Historic House Museum in Atkinson, where it stayed from Oct. 22 to Dec. 6. The next stop was the Madison County Historical Society Museum in Madison for a visit Dec. 14 to Jan. 25. The tour ended with a stay at El Museo Latino in Omaha Jan. 30 to March 18. Part of the SITES Museum on Main Street (MOMS) program, “Key Ingredients” is designed for rural audiences and small museums that do not have access to traveling exhibits because of space and cost limitations. The state tour was supported in part by The Nebraska Rural Radio Network—KRVN, KTIC and KNEB. In 2003, the NHC brought the MOMS exhibit "Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future" to Nebraska for a statewide tour of six communities. In 2001-2002, the NHC brought "Barn Again! Celebrating an American Icon" to Nebraska for a tour of 10 communities and the Nebraska State Fair. To visit the MOMS website, click here The Key Ingredients website is here   Nebraska's chosen sites, dates, addresses and other details for "Key Ingredients" are as follows:   Broken Bow May 24 to July 9 Custer County Historical Society Museum 445 South Ninth Avenue Broken Bow, NE 68822 P.O. Box 334 Phone: 308-872-2203 E-mail: custer_county_history@alltel.net Website: www.rootsweb.com/~necuster   Project Director Chard Hirsch Past President, Special Projects Director Phone: 308-872-6616 E-mail: chardh@alltel.net   Kimball July 14 to August 28 Kimball Public Library 208 South Walnut Street Kimball, NE 69145 Phone: 308-235-4523 E-mail: kplib@megavision.com Website: www.ci.kimball.ne.us/city/kimball.htm   Project Directors Carolyn Brown, Librarian Beverly Atkins (308-682-5647) and Shirley Kinnison   Chadron September 2 to October 17 Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center Chadron State College 1000 Main Street Chadron, NE 69337 Phone: 308-432-6066 E-mail: spolak@csc.edu Website: www.csc.edu   Project Director Sarah Polak, Director   Atkinson October 22 to December 6 Sturdevant-McKee Historic House Museum 308 South Main Street P.O. Box 225 Atkinson, NE 68713 Phone: 402-925-2726 E-mail: SturdevantMcKeeMuseum@hotmail.com Websites: www.ci.atkinson.ne.us.com or www.atkinsonnebraska.com   Project Director Michaela Braun, board member Phone: 402-925-2659 E-mail: mbraun@esu8.org Ginger Kollman, Manager Phone: 402-925-5861 E-mail: Kollman2@morcomm.net   Madison December 11 to January 25 Madison County Historical Society Museum 210 West Third Street Madison, NE 68748 P.O. Box 708  Phone: 402-454-2827 E-mail: info@bankofmadison.com Website: www.madisoncountyhistory.org   Project Director Carol Robertson, Executive Director Phone: 402-454-3733 E-mail: smsheriff@cableone.net Don Knapp Phone: 402-454-2654 E-mail: daknapp@conpoint.com   South Omaha January 30 to March 18 El Museo Latino 4701 South 25th Street Omaha, NE 68107 Phone: 402-731-1137 E-mail: mgarcia@elmuseolatino.org Website: www.elmuseolatino.org   Project Director Magdalena A. Garcia, Executive Director & Curator   top

For more information, contact the Nebraska Humanities Council. Phone 402-474-2131 or e-mail nhc@nebraskahumanities.org

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