CENTRAL NEBRASKA
History/Culture

Pioneer Village

County:  Kearney
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City:  Minden 
Location:  138 East Highway 6
Dates & Hours:  We are open every day of the year, including all major Holidays, except Christmas Day. Winter hours: 9am- 4:30pm (7 days/week). Summer hours: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm (Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend).
More info:  800.445.4447 | www.pioneervillage.org

You have to see it to believe it... The largest private collection of Americana anywhere. The Pioneer Village complex comprises 28 buildings on 20 acres housing more than 50,000 irreplaceable items of historical value, restored to operating order, arranged in groups and also in the chronological order of their development.

There are 12 historic buildings around the circular "green". There's a Frontier Fort, a real honest-to-goodness Pony Express Station, an Iron Horse and a home made of sod. A general store and a toy store are chock full of all the goods from yesteryear. An original art collection includes 25 Currier and Ives prints, 23 Jackson paintings and the largest single collection of Rogers statues.

You can ride a priceless steam carousel, see 17 historic flying machines and marvel at 100 antique tractors. See a 1902 Cadillac and a 1903 Ford, both designed by Henry Ford, plus 350 other antique cars, all displayed in their order of development. For a relaxing trip into yesterday, come to Pioneer Village.


 


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