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 … [Read more...]
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North Platte Rail Fest
Put your ear to the ground and you can already hear Rail Fest 2010 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 … [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 … [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. … [Read more...]
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 … [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, … [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 … [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 … [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 … [Read more...]
Union Pacific Railroad’s Bailey Yard – North Platte, Nebraska
The largest railroad classification yard in the world. It was named in honor of former Union Pacific President Edd H. Bailey. If the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers were to play here, they'd have enough room for 2,800 football fields. … [Read more...]