Pioneer Village is a
museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
and
tourist attraction
A tourist attraction is a place of interest that tourists visit, typically for its inherent or an exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement.
Types
Places of natural b ...
along
U.S. Highway 6
U.S. Route 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War Grand Army of the Republic, veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system. While it currently runs east-northeast fr ...
in
Minden, Nebraska
Minden is a city in, and the county seat of, Kearney County, Nebraska, Kearney County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 2,923 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It is home of the Pioneer Village (Nebraska), Pioneer Village ...
, United States. Pioneer Village was founded in by
Harold Warp, a Chicago manufacturer from Minden. The museum comprises a complex of 28 buildings on with a total collection of over 50,000 items. The museum has a large collections of items from 1830 to the present, including frontier buildings; early cars (more than 350 are on display) and airplanes; a
Wurlitzer
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Caliola;
tractor
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s and other farm implements; and an art collection. The Pioneer Village also manages a motel and a campground as part of the complex.
Gallery
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See also
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List of museums in Nebraska
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Nebraska Prairie Museum, located about 20 miles west in
Holdrege, Nebraska
Holdrege is a city in Phelps County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 5,495 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Phelps County. The Nebraska Prairie Museum is located in Holdrege.
History
Holdrege was established in 1883 wh ...
.
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Hastings Museum
The Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History is located in Hastings, Nebraska. It claims to be the largest municipal museum between Chicago and Denver. It is housed in a building funded by the Works Progress Administration and dedicated o ...
, located about 30 miles east in
Hastings, Nebraska
Hastings is a List of cities in Nebraska, city and the county seat of Adams County, Nebraska, Adams County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 25,152 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is known as the town where Kool-Aid ...
.
References
External links
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Harold Warp's Pioneer Village Roadside America
Family Motor Coach Association - Pioneer Village
Landmarks in Nebraska
U.S. Route 6
Open-air museums in Nebraska
Museums in Kearney County, Nebraska
Transportation museums in Nebraska
History museums in Nebraska
American West museums
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