Events
Dates: October 18, 2024 - January 22, 2025
Location:
Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center, 10209 Main Street, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA (View on Map)
This traveling exhibit from the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation uses large-scale reproductions of historic maps, photos, and explanatory text to show how America looked before the journey of Lewis and Clark, and what it looked like after. Using cutting-edge scientific techniques and methods as old as humanity, they...
https://www.fairfaxva.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/20756/309
Dates: November 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Location:
Columbia River Maritime Museum, Marine Drive, Astoria, OR, USA (View on Map)
This new permanent exhibit Opens at Columbia River Maritime Museum on November 1st. Cedar and Sea: the Maritime Culture of the Indigenous Coastal People of the Pacific Northwest - Pacific Northwest Coastal Indigenous People used their deep knowledge of their environment to harvest its natural wealth, developing sophisticated technologies that...
Dates: November 25, 2024 - July 25, 2025
Location:
Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center, North Main Street, Chamberlain, SD, USA (View on Map)
Wóuŋspe – Education celebrates the profound relationship between Native American students and their mentors, viewed through an artistic perspective. The exhibition emphasizes an artistic perspective, showcasing pieces past and present of St. Joseph’s Indian School alongside the works of established Native American artists. The exhibition emphasizes the sharing of cultural heritage,...
Dates: December 1, 2024 - March 25, 2025
Location:
6717 Highway 12 West PO Box 995 Lolo, MT 58947 (View on Map)
Pop! Goes the Expedition dives into the theme of Lewis & Clark in art & popular culture. More than 50 books and objects, as well as 17 original and reproduction works of art, will be on display from November 29th, 2024- March 25th, 2025. The exhibit includes reproductions of some...
Date: December 14, 2024
Time: 5:00 pm
Location:
Fort Osage National Historic Landmark, Osage Street, Sibley, MO, USA (View on Map)
https://www.makeyourdayhere.com/Event-Calendar/Candlelight-Tour-of-Fort-Osage
Dates: December 14, 2024 - December 15, 2024
Location:
Lewis and Clark (Camp River Dubois) State Historic Site, Lewis and Clark Trail, Hartford, IL, USA (View on Map)
On December 12, 1803, the Lewis & Clark Expedition arrived at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and fixed on a place to build Camp River Dubois. Arrival Weekend [December 14 & 15] marks this arrival with reenactors, demonstrators, and more! The event will feature exhibitors of vintage...
https://campdubois.com/events/arrival-weekend-december-14-15/
Date: December 15, 2024
Time: 2:00 pm
Location:
Betty Strong Encounter Center, Sioux City, IA, USA (View on Map)
One of the Center’s favorite duos, Mike and Jack Langley will present “Classic Langley Originals and Holiday Favorites” at the Betty Strong Encounter Center on December 15 at 2:00 pm. Admission is free, with reception to follow. Known for presenting a heart-warming show, this wonderful father and son will share...
Date: December 21, 2024
Time: 5:30 pm
Location:
Camp Brewster, Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue Boulevard North, Bellevue, NE, USA (View on Map)
Winter Solstice Celebration Come celebrate the changing seasons of the Forest at our Solstice/Equinox preparation event! Each Solstice/Equinox celebration will include a seasonal craft, a short hike, a bonfire with s'mores, and an opportunity to learn more about the folklore that surrounds each of these astrological phenomena. Program Fee: This program...
https://8913.blackbaudhosting.com/8913/Winter-Solstice-Celebration-21Dec2024
Date: December 28, 2024
Time: 4:30 pm
Location:
Ponca State Park, Spur 26 E, Ponca, NE, USA (View on Map)
Enjoy the magic of the holiday season at Ponca State Park with lighted hayrack rides through the woods. Rides are FREE and start at 4:40 p.m. every Saturday in December. Guests can sign up for hayrack rides at the Park Office/Resource and Education Center, which is also the pick up...
https://calendar.outdoornebraska.gov/event/christmas-in-the-woods-at-ponca-state-park/2024-12-28/
Dates: December 30, 2024 - January 3, 2025
Location:
Frazier History Museum, West Main Street, Louisville, KY, USA (View on Map)
Step in from the cold this winter break at the Frazier, where we’ll be taking a look at some of the coolest things from history: From Mt. Everest cold cases to strange winter sports. We’ll even spend some time diving into the great books you may curl up with around...
Date: January 1, 2025
Time: 11:00 am
Location:
John James Audubon State Park, U.S. 41, Henderson, KY, USA (View on Map)
Join the nationwide movement to get outdoors on the first day of the year! John James Audubon State Park will host two First Day Hikes on New Year’s Day, 2025. Hike #1 will begin at 11 A.M. and Hike #2 will start at 2:00 P.M. All participants, please meet our...
Date: January 1, 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location:
4583 Jackson Highway, Winlock, WA, USA (View on Map)
Come join Park staff as we explore the beautiful old-growth forest that Lewis and Clark State Park has to offer. Participants will learn about the area's rich history as well as the abundant flora/fauna. This scenic hike takes visitors under towering cedar and fir trees strung with lichen and moss,...
https://parks.wa.gov/find-activity/event-calendar/2025/jan/lewis-and-clark-first-day-hike
Date: January 1, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm
Location:
100 Jefferson St, Jefferson City, MO, USA (View on Map)
Ring in the new year with fun, fresh air and scenic views, or start a new tradition with your friends and family by participating in a First Day Hike in one of Missouri’s state parks or historic sites. The First Day Hikes program is promoted by America’s State Parks and...
Date: January 4, 2025
Time: 11:00 am
Location:
6717 U.S. 12, Lolo, MT 59847, USA (View on Map)
Wailing Aaron Jennings is a singer and songwriter living in Missoula, Montana. Jennings’s songs champion the traditions of Honky Tonk and Western Swing while giving a knowing wink and a nod to the modern world. Every song is a story whether it’s a rambling waltzing exposition, a dance tune punctuated...
Date: January 10, 2025
Time: 5:30 pm
Location:
Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue Boulevard North, Bellevue, NE, USA (View on Map)
How is the Forest different after the sun goes down? How does the full moon affect nocturnal animals? Come learn this and more at our guided Full Moon Hike! This program will include an educational discussion of the nocturnal animals around the Forest and a brief talk into the lore...
https://8913.blackbaudhosting.com/8913/ED-Public-Program-Full-Moon-Hike-Wolf-Moon
Date: January 11, 2025
Time: 11:00 am
Location:
6717 U.S. 12, Lolo, MT 59847, USA (View on Map)
Shirley Trahan is the senior translator and language adviser for the Séliš-QỈispé Culture Committee. She is one of the few first-language Séliš speakers left on the Flathead Indian Reservation. In a recent article for Native News, a special project by the University of Montana School of Journalism, Trahan recalled her...
Date: January 14, 2025
Time: 11:00 am
Location:
Columbia River Maritime Museum, Marine Drive, Astoria, OR, USA (View on Map)
ADULT LECTURE - 2025 PAST TO PRESENT SERIES Ford Room in the Columbia River Maritime Museum Dams and Traffic Jams: Impacts on Water and Salmon Kelli Daffron & Graham Klag, with North Coast Watershed Association. Included with Museum Admission - MEMBERS are FREE! Seating for up to 80, first...
Date: January 18, 2025
Location:
Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue Boulevard North, Bellevue, NE, USA (View on Map)
The volunteer Land Stewardship crew meets on select Saturday mornings to work on various projects. Anyone is welcome to join, even if it’s just one time. Bring the family and get some hard work done with us! Projects, start time, and location will be announced via email blast 10 days...
https://fontenelleforest.org/event/land-stewardship-volunteer-work-days-2025/2025-01-18/
Date: January 18, 2025
Time: 11:00 am
Location:
6717 U.S. 12, Lolo, MT 59847, USA (View on Map)
The Séliš-QỈispé Culture Committee was created in 1974 in response to the urgent concern of many traditional elders that strong action was needed to ensure that younger generations would carry on the culture. The Séliš-QỈispé Culture Committee is a group of culturally knowledgeable elders whose wise oversight and directions shape...
Date: January 18, 2025
Time: 2:00 pm
Location:
200 S 10th St, Atchison, Kansas, USA (View on Map)
Annual Meeting and presentation from Charles and Sara Robinson aka Steve and Suzanne Germes, using their unique historical character interpretation skills will bring the period of “Bleeding Kansas” to life illustrating how Kansas became the 34th State. The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed settlers in Kansas Territory to vote on...
Date: January 25, 2025
Time: 11:00 am
Location:
6717 U.S. 12, Lolo, MT 59847, USA (View on Map)
Fred Cooper was a smokejumper from 1962 to 1967 in Washington and Oregon. After graduating from Oregon State University, he had a career in human resources with the USFS. He is a smokejumper historical researcher and a board member of the National Smokejumper Association. His book, Smokejumper Experiment details the...
Date: February 1, 2025
Time: 11:00 am
Location:
6717 U.S. 12, Lolo, MT 59847, USA (View on Map)
A favorite at Winter Storytelling, Sneed Collard graduated with honors in marine biology from the University of California at Berkeley and earned a master’s in scientific instrumentation from U.C. Santa Barbara. To research and write his nonfiction books, he has traveled to Australia, Costa Rica, Southeast Asia, South America, and...
Dates: February 2, 2025 - August 31, 2025
Location:
Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center, North Main Street, Chamberlain, SD, USA (View on Map)
Voices of Resilience: Contemporary Native American Women Artists invites viewers to engage with the strength and creativity of Native American women. The exhibition fosters a deeper understanding of their roles as innovators and leaders within the art community and their cultures, celebrating the rich tapestry of their experience and the...
https://aktalakota.stjo.org/event/voices-of-resilience-exhibition/
Date: February 6, 2025
Time: 5:00 pm
Location:
Missouri History Museum, Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, USA (View on Map)
Join Andrew W. Hahn, local author and executive director of the Campbell House Museum, for this presentation about his new book, which charts the growth of St. Louis from its founding in the 1700s to the present day. Mapping St. Louis: A History of the Gateway City in 40 Rare Maps interweaves maps...
Date: February 8, 2025
Time: 11:00 am
Location:
6717 U.S. 12, Lolo, MT 59847, USA (View on Map)
Thomas Jefferson’s Corps of Discovery included Captains Lewis and Clark and a crew of 28 men to chart a route from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. All the crew but one volunteered for the mission. York, the enslaved man taken on the journey, did not choose to go. York’s...
Date: February 15, 2025
Location:
Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue Boulevard North, Bellevue, NE, USA (View on Map)
The volunteer Land Stewardship crew meets on select Saturday mornings to work on various projects. Anyone is welcome to join, even if it’s just one time. Bring the family and get some hard work done with us! Projects, start time, and location will be announced via email blast 10 days...
https://fontenelleforest.org/event/land-stewardship-volunteer-work-days-2025/2025-01-18/
Date: February 15, 2025
Time: 11:00 am
Location:
6717 U.S. 12, Lolo, MT 59847, USA (View on Map)
Anthropologist Sally Thompson is an experienced workshop leader whose career in the Rocky Mountains and American Southwest has spanned more than four decades. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado in 1980, the same year she moved to Missoula. She has worked as an archaeologist, ethnohistorian, educator, filmmaker,...
Date: February 22, 2025
Time: 11:00 am
Location:
6717 U.S. 12, Lolo, MT 59847, USA (View on Map)
Now entering its 22nd year, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is the premier venue for non-fiction film in the American West. The upcoming festival will take place February 14-23, 2025. Big Sky offers an ideal setting for filmmakers to premiere new work and develop lasting relationships with fellow filmmakers...
Date: March 1, 2025
Time: 11:00 am
Location:
6717 U.S. 12, Lolo, MT 59847, USA (View on Map)
Artist Leslie Van Stavern Millar III dresses in period costume and brings a selection of her three-dimensional, sci-fi alternative history art works, the Montana Peepshow Story Boxes, depicting time travel episodes of Queen Elizabeth I. The art and stories lead to conversations about episodes of Montana history, what was occurring...
Dates: March 3, 2025 - March 31, 2025
Location:
Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center, North Main Street, Chamberlain, SD, USA (View on Map)
The St. Joseph’s Student Art Exhibition showcases the creativity of students in grades 1-8 at St. Joseph’s Indian School. This special event takes place at the Aktá Lakota Museum during March, which is celebrated nationwide as Student Art Month. The exhibition aims to inspire children to explore their passion for...
https://aktalakota.stjo.org/event/st-josephs-student-art-exhibit/
Dates: March 20, 2025 - March 22, 2025
Location:
C. M. Russell Museum, 13th Street North, Great Falls, MT, USA (View on Map)
The Russell Auction is an annual art auction held in Great Falls, Montana. This event is one of the premier Western art auctions in the United States, attracting collectors, art enthusiasts, and Western art aficionados from around the country. Proceeds from the auction benefit the C.M. Russell Museum, which is...
Dates: March 28, 2025 - March 30, 2025
Location:
Museum of the Rockies, West Kagy Boulevard, Bozeman, MT, USA (View on Map)
Mark your calendars for the 4th Annual Dinosaurs and MOR! events March 28 - 30, 2025. Immerse yourself in this international gathering of top paleontologists, bringing together hundreds of enthusiasts. Join us for a paleo art contest, members-only evening kick-off, dinner and keynote by Dr. Steve Brusatte, family-friendly programs, Jr. Paleontologist passport stations,...
Date: March 29, 2025
Time: 8:30 am
Location:
Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue Boulevard North, Bellevue, NE, USA (View on Map)
Do you enjoy watching birds in your backyard? Are you someone who wants to develop your birding interest into an active recreational hobby? Then sign up for Introduction to Birding! This program will include a brief talk covering topics such as what makes Fontenelle Forest one of the top birding...
https://8913.blackbaudhosting.com/8913/ED-Public-Program-Introduction-to-Birding
Date: April 1, 2025
Time: 5:00 pm
Location:
Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center, North Main Street, Chamberlain, SD, USA (View on Map)
Poetry is hitting the road in South Dakota, courtesy of the state Poetry Society. With events all over the state, it’s an opportunity to find inspiration, or lift your own voice. South Dakota’s State Poet Laureate, Bruce Roseland, along with other SDSPS member poets and special guests, will be...
https://aktalakota.stjo.org/event/poetry-is-hitting-the-road-in-south-dakota/
Dates: June 7, 2025 - June 8, 2025
Location:
Fort de Chartres State Historic Site, State Route 155, Prairie du Rocher, IL, USA (View on Map)
Each June, Fort de Chartres State Historic Site hosts the largest rendezvous in the Midwest with over a thousand participants, hundreds of encampments, and thousands of visitors joining in on the festivities. Based on the traditional French fur trapper’s rendezvous where trappers and traders would meet at a predetermined location...
https://www.greatriverroad.com/fcc-events/rendezvous-fort-chartres
Date: June 14, 2025
Time: 11:00 am
Location:
Big Bone Lick State Historic Site, Beaver Road, Union, KY, USA (View on Map)
Join us for a day of discovery at Big Bone Lick State Historic Site! On Saturday, June 14th from 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. there will be lots to explore including Ice Age fossils, settler life, birds of prey, atlatl throwing, environmental education, crafts, and much more. The discovery area...
Dates: September 14, 2025 - September 17, 2025
Location:
Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza, Main Street, Kansas City, MO, USA (View on Map)
Mark your calendar. The 2025 Lewis and Clark Trail Alliance Annual Gathering will convene in Kansas City, MO from September 14 - 17, 2025. Host hotel is the Kansas City Marriott on the Plaza. Join three days of fellowship, tours, and informative presentations. More details to follow.
Dates: October 17, 2025 - October 19, 2025
Location:
Big Bone Lick State Historic Site, Beaver Road, Union, KY, USA (View on Map)
Save the date for 2025! More information to come. Are you a food or craft vendor interested in setting up at the festival? Contact claire.kolkmeyer@ky.gov to receive an application, due by 10/8/2025. Preregistered schools or homeschool groups receive a discounted rate for School Day on 10/17! Contact claire.kolkmeyer@ky.gov for more...
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