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Legacy of the Plains Museum, Gering, NE
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Legacy of the Plains Museum

A private, nonprofit museum in Gering, Nebraska, covering pioneer life, farming, and High Plains history beside Scotts Bluff National Monument.

2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE 69341 · Gering, NE

About Legacy of the Plains Museum

The museum sits on the Oregon Trail and holds pioneer and early community artifacts, antique tractors, and farm implements. Its campus includes an 80-acre working farm and historic farmstead buildings, with views of Scotts Bluff National Monument. Exhibits cover Native American archaeology, settler life, irrigation, rural community growth, and the agriculture of the semiarid High Plains. Special events may include blacksmith demonstrations, horse-drawn harvest equipment, and living history actors. The campus is still being expanded.

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