Western Nebraska Tourism
Western Nebraska Tourism on NebraskaBeautiful.com Western Nebraska Tourism, the Panhandle region - your Nebraska Tourist Guide to Vacations, Attractions and Events
Strategic Air and Space Museum - Ashland, Nebraska
General Curtis LeMay had a vision of having a museum that preserved aircraft, and in 1959 his vision started to take shape as the first plane was brought to what was then known as the Strategic Aerospace Museum. While life has certainly changed in the years since 1959, so has the museum, as it has even changed its name, looking towards the future, to be sure it doesn’t become limiting. Read more
MONA – Museum Of Nebraska Art - Kearney, Nebraska
The Museum of Nebraska Art or MONA as it is known to locals is the state’s official collection of Nebraska art by Nebraska artists. The address of the museum is in Kearney, Nebraska at 2401 Central Avenue. The building that is home to the Museum of Nebraska Art was built in 1911 in the Renaissance Revival Style and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Read more
North Platte Rail Fest
Put your ear to the ground and you can already hear Rail Fest 2008 coming around the bend. It’s looking to be an incredibly fun-filled weekend celebrating the Union Pacific Railroad and its many employees.
Are you a railroad buff? History will be steaming into North Platte aboard the "Living Legend" #844 steam engine. Read more
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument - Harrison, Nebraska
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument - Harrison, Nebraska
Come and experience the history of nineteen million years ago, creatures long extinct roamed across a Miocene savanna. Today, we find their fossilized remains in the sedimentary hills of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Read more
Dancing Leaf Cultural Learning Center - Wellfleet, Nebraska
Dancing Leaf Cultural Learning Center - Wellfleet, Nebraska
Are you interested in an experience in
Primitive Native American life? You can have it if you visit the Dancing Leaf Cultural Learning Center.
Hudson Meng Bison Kill Site - Chadron, Nebraska
Hudson Meng Bison Kill Site - Chadron, Nebraska
You will want to visit the world’s largest Alberta Culture bison kill site and museum. At Hudson-Meng you will experience a moment in time, discovering how early North American hunters survived 10,000 years ago. Capture their spirit, hear the story, learn about America’s prehistory, and the animals that roamed here. Hudson-Meng is the world’s largest Alberta Culture Bison Kill Site and bonebed. Read more
Lincoln County Historical Museum - North Platte, Nebraska
Lincoln County Historical Museum - North Platte, Nebraska
The Museum contains treasures of life in Lincoln County, including period room settings, china, quilts, fashions, furniture, a doctor’s office, telephone office, post office, beauty shop, DAR collection, natural history, a model railroad, railroad history and lots of photographs. Read more
Scotts Bluff National Monument - Gering, Nebraska
Scotts Bluff National Monument - Gering, Nebraska
Named for fur trapper Hiram Scott, this imposing natural formation was originally called ma-a-pa-te ("hill that is hard to go around") by Indians in the region.
Scotts Bluff, rising 800 ft above the surrounding valley floor, and 4649 ft. above sea level, was a famous landmark along the Oregon Trail. Read more
Trailside Museum of Natural History - Crawford, Nebraska
Trailside Museum of Natural History - Crawford, Nebraska
This one-of-a-kind exhibit features the fossils of two large bull mammoths whose tusks locked together during an Ice Age battle for dominance. During the struggle one mammoth slipped, and they both fell to the earth still locked in combat. Unable to separate, unable to rise, they died where they fell. Read more
Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park - North Platte, Nebraska
Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park - North Platte, Nebraska
North Platte was home of the man who made the Wild West world-renowned. No one figure personifies the frontier spirit better than William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, the West’s most colorful showman, army scout and buffalo hunter. Read more
