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Generations of Sport
May 15 - September 13 in the Stuhr Building

GRAND ISLAND, STUHR MUSEUM - Stuhr's annual Summer Exhibit "Generations of Sport" goes where few exhibits has gone before by encouraging you to take our "use" artifacts, and try out some sports!

The exhibit, which runs May 15 - September 13, focuses on sports as they existed during the mid and late 1800s. Adults can play ping pong, badminton, throw a period baseball and hit a volleyball, all using 1800s period rules. For children there's bowling, basketball, a boxing bag and period games such as Carrom, Skittles and Shoot the Moon on the second floor.

Generations of Sport: A Stuhr Exhibit, will merge examples and highlights of sports from earlier generations with the opportunity to interact and participate. The exhibit is part of an entire summer Stuhr has dedicated to games, sports and activity. With this in mind, the Stuhr staff will bring you a summer exhibit that mixes traditional exhibit ideas of showcasing artifacts, displaying rich period photographs and presenting relevant and interesting text with interactive hands-on displays that will hopefully reflect the fun and success of Kids Corner. Our sports theme could not provide a better subject matter.

In Cronin Hall, an exhibition of photographs from the newly released publication, "Images of America: Grand Island; The Julius Leschinsky Photographs" will be on display. Also the Second Floor Glass Dome Display will feature five bicycles from the permanent collection along with photographs from our archives showing the popularity of bicycling at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century.