Humanities Nebraska

Humanities Nebraska inspires and enriches personal and public life by delivering opportunities to engage thoughtfully with history and culture.

Humanities Nebraska was established as a state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1973. Over the last four decades, Humanities Nebraska programming has evolved and expanded to include these programs, with many taking place in Omaha:

- Grants to nonprofit organizations conducting public humanities programs
- A Speakers Bureau with nearly 300 humanities programs available and a easy booking process
- Nebraska Chautauqua, The Fifties in Focus, a history festival with activities for all ages, in Ashland in 2020 (July 31 - August 1)
- Capitol Forum on America’s Future for high school students
- Prime Time Family Reading Time, a reading and discussion program, open to all families with many programs in Omaha
- Nebraska Warrior Writers, a workshop for veterans and their families, led by professional instructors in Omaha (and Lincoln)
- Museum on Main Street exhibitions from the Smithsonian
- Governor’s Lecture in the Humanities, an event bringing a humanities speaker to Nebraska every year, alternating between Omaha and Lincoln (in Lincoln in 2020)
- Nebraska History Day, a year-long program that engages students in grades 6-12 in the process of discovery and interpretation of historical topics, co-sponsored with Nebraska Wesleyan University
- The Nebraska Literary Tour, a free tour that connects Nebraska places with stories and poems set in Nebraska and Nebraska authors. https://humanitiesnebraska.org/literary-tour/welcome.html