Scout Programs

For Girls:

Brownie Girl Scout Programs
Listening to the Past
This program provides hours of fun and excitement for the Brownie age group. Scouts have the opportunity to earn the “Listening to the Past” Try-It patch at the Great Platte River Road Archway. The program begins with a welcome to the Archway, followed by a 45 minute Archway tour, a 15 minute historical reenactment by an Archway reenactor, 30 minutes participating in historical games and 30 minutes creating an historical craft. Maximum of 80 girls per 2 ½-hour session. This is a Saturday program for individual councils only. The Archway can provide this program for individual scout groups with a minimum of ten scouts.

Brownies in the Roaring 20’s  (click here for flyer)

     Come have a “Grand ol’ time” with us! Earn the “Brownies Through the Years” patch; manners patch and an Archway Overnight patch while learning about one of the most exciting decades in American history. Friday night Brownies will learn what life was like for young girls in the 1920’s. Sing, “Yes! We Have no Bananas” and other 1920’s songs, learn popular dances, “dress up” to dance the Charleston and see the first Disney cartoons and silent movies. Saturday morning scouts will wake to a hot breakfast before they meet Emily Post and learn how to be a good hostess, set a table and proper table manners.

This program begins at 7 p.m. Friday and ends at 11:00 a.m. Saturday. Program cost includes cost of materials, breakfast and Archway tour. Pre-registration is required.

Junior Girl Scout Programs
Mother Earth (Brownies may attend as well)
Learn how Native Americans respected “Mother Earth.” Friday night will concentrate on the Earth Connections badge – read tree rings, learn how Native Americans used plants, play an eco-game. The program will focus on the Pawnee and Sioux tribes of central Nebraska; the young Native American girl and her role, what trees were sacred, how trees and plants were used, and the importance of “Mother Earth” to both tribes. Scouts will spend the morning creating their own dreamcatcher before touring the Archway show. All troops will have an assignment to complete before attending the program. Cost includes: overnight program, Archway overnight patch, hot breakfast and Archway tour.

Trails to Towns (click here for flyer)
During the “From Trails to Towns” program Junior Girl Scouts will co me together to learn about their towns as well as others. We will discover each town’s famous people, legends and landmarks. We will focus on the future of each town, and focus on the past by starting one of the first towns along the Great Platte River Road. Scouts will decide what is needed on their journey, meet their new Native American neighbors and will decide what is important in starting their new town. The evening will conclude with the watching of the movie “O Pioneers” (based upon the novel written by Nebraska author Willa Cather.) The overnight ends the next morning with a hot breakfast, tour of the Archway and reenactments from the trails era by Archway reenactors. An Archway Overnight patch is included. Maximum of 100 girls.

Cadette and Senior Scout Programs
Museum Discovery
From dirt ruts to diners, The Great Platte River Road Archway allows Cadettes to discover the history of America. First tour the Archway , then take a “behind the scenes” tour of the innovative technology used to bring history to life. Scouts will complete five of the eight requirements needed for the Museum Discovery interest project, including: the tour and “behind the scenes” tour, designing your own museum, accessibility for the disabled, museum-based careers and museum studies programs. The Archway can provide this program for individual scout groups with a minimum of ten scouts.

• Scouting Overnights are tentative, subject to minimum registrations.

To receive more information on our Scout Programs for Girls please contact Ronnie O’Brien at 877-511-ARCH or by email at robrien@archway.org.

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