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Antelope County Historical Museum
Neligh, Nebraska

Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Library

The Museum per se was established about 40 years ago in the old County Jail. We have recently revitalized it, weeded the collection and embarked on considerable document cataloging and preservation.

Bess Streeter Aldrich House
Elmwood, Nebraska

Historic House

Brown County Historical Society
Ainsworth, Nebraska

General, History, Historic House, Historical Society

The Society meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of each month. The hours vary during the year.They are at 7:30 P.M. October thru April, and at 8:00P.M. May thru September,at the Brown County Historical Society-Coleman House located 1 block north of Hiway 20 on Old Hiway 7 on the left side.

Deuel County Historical Society
Chappell, Nebraska

Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Specialized

Gage County Historical Society and Museum
Beatrice, Nebraska

Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society

The Museum is in a 1906 Burlington Passenger Station, the first Neo-Classical Revival architectural style on the Burlington line. This building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

House of Yesteryear
Leigh, Nebraska

Historic House

Plattsmouth Conservancy
Plattsmouth, Nebraska

Culture, General, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Library

The Plattsmouth Conservancy is dedicated to the preservation of Plattsmouth's architectural heritage. The Plattsmouth Conservancy is a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging city residents and businesses to wisely use and retain their historical homes and buildings. The Conservancy seeks to promote the identification, evaluation, preservation, and restoration of these buildings. The organization strives to stimulate and support public awareness of such places by exchanging information and ideas, conducting tours and seminars, and gathering materials and books for public use.

Sudman-Neumann Heritage House
Chappell, Nebraska

Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Specialized

The Sudman-Neumann Heritage House at Fifth and Vincent streets is restored to its 1911 glory and filled with period furniture. For more information, call Chappell Tourist Information at (308) 874-2401 or visit www.chappellne.org.

The Weeping Water Museum Complex
Weeping Water, Nebraska

General, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Specialized

About thirty miles south of Omaha down Highway 50 and thirty miles east of Lincoln on Highway 34 exists something you might not expect in the small town of Weeping Water. It is the Weeping Water Valley Historical Society Museum Complex. For the size of the town, the museum really is a site to see. You can see displays on Native American Culture, frontier life, go visit a Doctor's Office form the late 1800's or see recreations of the Weeping Water's early buisnesses. If you want to do research the complex along with the local library offers plenty of that. There are plenty of old photo's, documents, and artifacts. The museum consists of four different buildings. Three of the buildings are a block off main street near the town's historic library.

Tobias Community Historical Society
Tobias, Nebraska

History, Historic House, Historical Society

This museum housed in the original bank and Tobias Print Shop, saved in the 1891 fire which burned most of the business district.

Benson Historical Society
Omaha, Nebraska

Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Library

Message from Founder John Hargiss: I welcome and thank everyone who has shown support for the Benson History and Welcome Center. Our goal is to educate and preserve the history of this community that my heart is so connected to.

Boone County Historical Society
Albion, Nebraska

History, Historic House, Historical Society

Housed in the old White Star filling station and rural school, the museum is dedicated to the preservation and display of Boone County history. The Boone County Historical Society Museum has many indoor and outdoor exhibits that many will find to be both intriguing and educational.

Buffalo County Historical Society/Trails & Rails Museum
Kearney, Nebraska

Children's, Culture, General, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Library, Park

The Trails & Rails Museum has six historic buildings to tour through, as well as livery barn and an authentic Union Pacific steam engine and caboose. The archive building is used by researchers all over the world. We have acquired the land to the west of us and can almost double in size. Join us for several special events through-out the year! We are located on the original Mormon Trail Route (current 11th St.)

Dixon County Historical Society
Allen, Nebraska

History, Historic House, Historical Society

Five different buildings of treasures of Dixon County history. Our Research Room is a great help for genealogists, lots of old newspapers from Dixon County. Also we are getting to gether the history and memories of the RRs that run through Dixon County. Our country School house has pictures and records books from country schools in Dixon county.

Hall County Historical Society
Grand Island, Nebraska

General, History, Historic House, Historical Society

We offer a Voices from the Past program that is free to the public on the second Sunday of each month, September-April. Local individuals present information on historic topics of area interest. We also have a historic German language church service on July 4th. Usually a bus tour is available in the fall.

Jefferson County Historical Society
Fairbury, Nebraska

Cemetery, History, Historic House, Historical Society

The Jefferson County Historical Society has been collecting, preserving, and teaching the history of Jefferson County, Nebraska since 1955.

Pony Express Station Museum
Gothenburg, Nebraska

History, Historic House, Park

The Sam Macchette station, used by the Pony Express between 1860 and 1861, is located in Ehmen Park in the center of Gothenburg. It was used as a fur trading post/ranch house along the Oregon Trail southwest of Gothenburg. It was moved from its original site and rebuilt in Ehmen Park in 1931. The museum has been open to the public since 1954.

The Frank House
Kearney, Nebraska

General, History, Historic House, University

The Frank House was designed by George William Frank, Jr. for his parents who lived in the house until 1900. It was the first house west of the Missouri River to be wired for electricity during its construction (1886-1889.) In 1907 the Frank House became a part of the Nebraska State Tuberculosis Hospital and was used as living quarters for the hospital’s staff until 1972. The Frank House is now an integral part of the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Thurston County Heritage Museum
Pender, Nebraska

Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society

Stroll through this 1905 prairie home.

Willa Cather State Historic Site
Red Cloud, Nebraska

Art, History, Historic House, Historical Society

The Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation (Willa Cather Foundation) was founded in 1955, through the efforts of a small group of volunteers in Red Cloud, Nebraska, led by Mildred R. Bennett. Today the Foundation is directed by a thirty-member Board of Governors that includes nationally recognized scholars, teachers, and business and professional people from throughout the United States. The Willa Cather Foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting understanding and appreciation of the life, time, settings, and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather. For the first 20 years of its existence, the Willa Cather Foundation concentrated on preserving and restoring sites important to the life and works of Willa Cather.

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