Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer

Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer is a museum in Grand Island, NE, part of the Central Nebraska guide. Cost: under $25. Railroad Town fully open and staffed daily May 1 through mid-September; exterior viewing year-round.

3133 W US Hwy 34 · Grand Island, NE

Why you should go…

Stuhr Museum is a living history museum on 208 acres of prairie with 107 buildings. Its centerpiece is Railroad Town, an 1890s prairie town of historic buildings where living historians work the trades daily from May through mid-September. The Stuhr Building, designed by Edward Durell Stone, holds exhibits year-round, and a separate building shows steam tractors, farm implements and antique autos. Outside the staffed season you can still walk Railroad Town and view it from outside.

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