Sightseeing
Local GemGrand Island
No admission feeNebraska's Hall County seat, gateway to Fonner Park and the Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer.
Museums
The Plainsman Museum
A county museum in Aurora, Nebraska, showing how settlers on the central Nebraska plains lived, with agricultural history included.
210 16th Street, Aurora, NE 68818 · Aurora, NE
About The Plainsman Museum
The Plainsman Museum, run with the Hamilton County Historical Society, is a complex of buildings in Aurora, Nebraska. Its displays cover the everyday life of plains settlers and their descendants, and they also include the region's farming past. The museum was dedicated in 1976 as part of the national bicentennial. Its buildings are wheelchair accessible, and the museum lends up to four manual wheelchairs to visitors.
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What's around here?
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Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer
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Kearney County Museum
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American Automobile Experience
Under $25Car museum in Kearney showcasing more than 100 vintage and classic automobiles spanning decades of American auto history.
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Visit Kearney
No admission feeNebraska's official Kearney welcome center for maps, brochures and trip-planning help.
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