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Upcoming PAL Events

Brown Bag Lecture Series: PAL offers free programs, open to the public on the second Tuesday of each month, beginning at noon, at the Museum of Nebraska History, 15th & P Streets. We invite you to bring your lunch and enjoy the program. You can be back at work by 1:00!


• Pal Board of Directors Meeting

Wednesday, Aug 11, 2010

7:30 p.m. To be held at Architecture Hall on the UNL campus.


• PAL Board of Directors Meeting

Wednesday, Sep 08, 2010

7:30 p.m. To be held at Architecture Hall on the UNL campus.



• Tours: Several times each year, PAL sponsors free tours of historic areas in the community. These tours are open to members and the public. Dates and times vary and information may be found on this website and in the Lincoln Journal-Star.

• Videos of Brown Bags and Tours: The programs are taped and shown for a month on Time Warner Cable channel 5 (City TV), beginning about a week following the presentation. For the day-by-day schedule, go to http://www.lincoln.ne.gov/city/mayor/cic/5citytv/guide.htm and look for the PAL entry. See the “Videos” page for information on additional access to past PAL programs on VHS tapes and DVD’s at Bennett Martin Library and the University of Nebraska Architecture Library (you need not be an employee or registered student.). Soon, selected past programs may be found under a listing for the “Preservation Association of Lincoln” on the City of Lincoln CITY-TV server (under Video ON DEMAND) at http://www.lincoln.ne.gov/city/mayor/cic/5citytv/video.htm.

• PAL Board Meetings: These meetings are open to members and invited guests. Board meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month, except May, usually in Architecture Hall on the UNL campus, for the purpose of conducting the business of the organization.

Other Coming Events

Other community organizations sponsor history and preservation programs.

• NSHS Brown Bag

Thursday, Aug 19, 2010

Noon. Museum of Nebraska History, 15th and P Streets. “My Two Friends – Mari Sandoz and John Neihardt.” Ron Hull, NET senior advisor and Professor Emeritus of Broadcasting, UNL, speaker.


• NSHS Brown Bag

Thursday, Sep 16, 2010

Noon. Nebraska State Historical Society Brown Bag. Museum of Nebraska History, 15th and P Streets. “Presenting Frightmares Since 1958 – A History of Nebraska’s Creature Feature Hosts.” Dale Bacon, NSHS Library/Archives Division, speaker.


• NSHS Headquarters Building Rededication

Saturday, Sep 18, 2010

11:00 a.m. Headquarters Building, 1500 R Street. "NSHS Headquarters Building Rededication." Address by former Congressman Doug Bereuter. For information, contact Deb McWilliams at 402-471-4955 or deb.mcwilliams@nebraska.gov.